[ES_JOBS_NET] Research Chair in African Climate Risk, University of Cape Town, Closing Date 4 Sept 2023

[Mark New]

AXA RESEARCH CHAIR (PROFESSOR OR ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR): AFRICAN CLIMATE RISK
African Climate and Development Initiative, University of Cape Town
Deadline, 4 Sept 2023

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The AXA Research Fund supports climate research at the African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) through a Successional Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk.  Three chairs have been supported, each for a five-year term, in succession. UCT is now recruiting the second chair in this programme, for the period 2024 to 2028.  This is a fixed-term 5-year contract position.

The AXA Chair in African Climate Risk will undertake internationally recognized research in any area of climate risk in Africa, across the physical, mathematical, natural and social sciences.  Research areas of interest in climate risk that align with ACDI’s research strategy include but are not limited to: climate risk management, climate adaptation (including ecosystem-based adaptation), climate resilient development, extreme climate events and climate-related risks to people and ecosystems, and AI and machine learning applications in climate risk. Applications from researchers who take an interdisciplinary, outcomes-based, applied approach to their research are especially welcome.

The University of Cape Town is internationally recognised for its climate research and teaching. The ACDI, where the AXA Research Chair will be based, is a flagship interdisciplinary institute at UCT that plays a coordinating and enabling role for research and teaching in climate and development. It works in a hub-and-spoke model with core staff in the hub, and associates and collaborators located in other academic departments and research groupings across multiple faculties.

The AXA Research Chair in African Climate Risk is a highly prestigious position, one of only two such Research Chairs in Africa.  The AXA endowment offers full salary support for the chair, along with start-up research funding, providing a base on which to consolidate and extend excellence in research. The chair holder will be expected to build on this start-up funding through external grants to establish a vibrant research group that collaborates with other research groupings at UCT and externally.

Mark New

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