[ES_JOBS_NET] ecosystem services & wine postdoc, please circulate

[Erika Marín-Spiotta]

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From: "Kimberly Nicholas" <kimberly.nicholas.academic at gmail.com>
Date: Jan 23, 2015 11:34 AM
Subject: ecosystem services & wine postdoc, please circulate
To: "Kim Nicholas" <kimberly.nicholas.academic at gmail.com>
Cc:

> Dear friends,
>
> I hope this note finds you well.
>
> I'm looking for a postdoc (or exceptional master's graduate) to work with
me at Lund University on ecosystem services in the wine industry in Europe
as part of the OPERAs project. Could you please help distribute this
posting to your networks? I'd be happy to speak further with interested
candidates.
>
> Please note the application deadline is February 9th.
>
> http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/erek/job/653253
>
> Many thanks for your help!
> Kim
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> Researcher
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> Type of employment: Limit of tenure, 2 years
> Extent: 100 %
> Location: Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies, LUCSUS, Lund
> First day of employment: As soon as possible - Negotiable (latest
September 1, 2015.)
> Official Records Number: PEPA 2014/994
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>
> Post-graduate Researcher (holding MSc or PhD degree):
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> Operationalizing Ecosystem Services with Stakeholders in the European
Wine Industry
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> Job Description
> We invite applications for a two-year early-career research position for
a candidate currently holding either a masters or doctoral degree, based at
the Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) in Lund,
Sweden. The applicant will be part of the European FP 7-funded research
project OPERAs (www.operas-project.eu). OPERAs is a consortium of 27
academic, civil society, and private partners working together with
business, policy, and non-profit partners to help bring ecosystem services
tools and approaches into decision-making processes. The position will be
based within the Wine Exemplar of the OPERAs project. This exemplar is one
of a dozen case studies where stakeholders are actively involved in
research processes and the co-production of knowledge to develop and test
theories, tools and instruments for ecosystem services management and
decision support.
>
>
> In particular, the applicant will lead the implementation of the Wine
Exemplar, which seeks to combine tools ranging from life-cycle analysis to
economic modeling to cultural valuation through surveys and close
collaboration with stakeholders. The applicant will also be involved in an
analysis of governance issues related to ecosystem services.
>
>
> Main supervisor: Kimberly Nicholas, Associate Professor at LUCSUS and
OPERAs Task Lead for Exemplars. More information: www.kimnicholas.com.
Co-supervised by Lennart Olsson, Director of LUCSUS. Collaborations
envisioned with Torsten Krause, current Postdoc on OPERAs project.
>
> Job assignments
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> Research Focus (80% time)
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> •Lead Wine exemplar: Identify and establish cooperation with relevant
wine industry stakeholders (growers, winemakers, associations, etc.),
identify their research needs, and develop and implement research to meet
those needs to improve ecosystem seevices decisionmaking. Current
collaborations exist with the wine industry in the Alentajo region of
Portugal, with others envisioned.
>
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> •Help to coordinate between Exemplars (case studies across Europe) and
across tasks within OPERAs (e.g., applied and theoretical research,
instrument development and outreach/dissemination).
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> •Maintain communication within research team for Wine Exemplar, within
OPERAs project, and outreach with the public (e.g., blog posts, policy
briefs, social media).
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> •Test a governance typology of ecosystem services being developed at
LUCSUS within the Wine Exemplar, and coordinate with application in other
Exemplars.
>
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> •Contribute to research design, analysis, interpretation, and write-up
for peer-reviewed publications
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> Administrative and Service Focus- (20% time)
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> •Project management and reporting, particularly Interim and Final
Exemplar reporting for EU Deliverables.
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> •Coordinate Exemplar management (e.g., schedule and run bimonthly Skype
calls, disseminate notes from meetings, provide research support to
Exemplars as needed)
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> •Teaching responsibilities: Serve as teaching assistant in master's
courses, with the aim to eventually co-teach the Earth Systems Science, a
10-ETCS credit, 7-week course on the natural science foundations of
sustainability challenges, focusing on Planetary Boundaries, experimental
design, and programming in R.
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> •Eventual potential to co-supervise MSc student theses, especially those
working within OPERAs.
>
>
> Qualifications
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> Required Qualifications:
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> •Completed master’s degree in related field (geography, sustainability,
ecology, environmental science, environmental studies, etc.)
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> •Project management experience
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> •Background in natural science sufficient for contributing to teaching
introductory master’s course in Earth Systems Science
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> •Demonstrated research record, including record of successful
collaboration and co-operation with others, particularly interdisciplinary
collaboration.
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> •Fluent written and spoken academic English
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> Preferred Qualifications:
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> •Completed PhD degree in related field (geography, sustainability,
ecology, environmental science, environmental studies, etc.).
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> •Experience in computer programming (e.g., R, Matlab)
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> •Experience in the wine industry
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>
> •Additional language proficiency relevant for wine regions in Europe
(e.g., Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian, German) are a benefit
>
>
> For more information regarding project design and job specifics, please
contact:
>
>
> Kim Nicholas, Associate Professor (regarding project design and job
specifics): Kimberly.nicholas.academic at gmail.com
>
> Kimnicholas.com
>
>
>
> ~~
> Kimberly Nicholas
> Associate Professor of Sustainability Science
> Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)
>
> Visiting address: Josephson 112, Biskopsgatan 5, Lund
> Mailing address: P.O. Box 170, SE-221 00, Lund, Sweden
>
> (+46) 46 222 6812
> kimberly.nicholas.academic at gmail.com
> @KA_Nicholas
> http://www.kimnicholas.com/
>
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