Postdoc “social Tipping Points and The Climate

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Bern, Schweiz Universität Bern Universität Bern Vollzeit

**Postdoc “Social tipping points and the climate challenge”**
**80-100%, 2 years plus 1-year extension**:
Tipping points in both natural and social systems are getting increasing attention in the face of the climate challenge. However, climate and social tipping points tend to be treated in a similar way and with similar tools despite fundamental differences, raising a number of epistemic and methodological issues. This interdisciplinary research project will investigate the extent to which a meaningful and operational notion of social tipping point can be articulated and applied to concrete case studies. The first (conceptual) part will critically examine the various ways in which the concept of social tipping point is articulated in relation to the climate challenge. In the second (operational) part, the aim is to identify potentially new cases of social tipping points, focusing in particular on the extent to which they can be predicted and intervened on (triggered).
The Postdoc will be co-supervised by Prof. Dr. Vincent Lam (Institute of Philosophy, and Prof. Dr. Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen (Institute of Political Science).

Details

Starting date September 01, 2023 or upon agreement. Employment conditions and remuneration in accordance with the standards of the University of Bern, Switzerland. The salary ranges between 88,000 and 100,000 CHF p.a. (gross salary; ca 90-105 k US$).
For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Vincent Lam or Prof. Dr. Isabelle Stadelmann-Steffen.

Applications from women and underrepresented groups are explicitly encouraged.



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