Phd Postition in Sustainable Cultural Management
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**Introduction**:
UNIL is a leading international teaching and research institution, with over 5,000 employees and 17,000 students split between its Dorigny campus, CHUV and Epalinges. As an employer, UNIL encourages excellence, individual recognition and responsibility.
**Presentation**:
As part of the major research-for-action project “Culture Goes Sustainable”, we are looking to hire a **PhD Student in Sustainable Cultural Management**.**
Join a cutting-edge international research-for-action team in the project “Culture Goes Sustainable: Empowering cultural institutions for the sustainability transition” between the University of Lausanne (UNIL) and the Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW). You will have the unique chance to shape the future of sustainability in the cultural sector at the global scale and take part in an inspiring intellectual venture within a larger team of seven people and with partners from around the world. The project seeks to empower the cultural sector for the sustainability transition by developing a community of practice and the necessary tools, training and standards to accelerate the sustainability transition.
The position is part of the research team M3 (Materialities | Multiplicities | Metropolis) led by Professor Martin Müller, who will act as the PhD supervisor. It is affiliated with the Department of Geography and Sustainability, an interdisciplinary community of about 130 scholars working on space, place, and the environment. With 27 professors and more than 60 postgraduate students, the Department provides a vibrant and stimulating environment for cutting-edge research. It hosts regular lecture series and distinguished visiting scholars from around the world.
**Job information**:
Expected start date in position : September 1st, 2024
Contract length : 4 years
Activity rate : 100%
Workplace : University of Lausanne, Switzerland
**What we offer**:
- Practice-led research in a cutting-edge environment
- Collaboration and co-development with leading partners from the cultural sector around the world
- A creative environment with high freedom, a start-up spirit and significant responsibility, combining culture, management and sustainability.
- Developing your competencies with a team, bringing together research and culture with entrepreneurship and innovation
- A competitive salary matching your qualifications.
- Life in the world’s most livable small city, with your office a five-minute bike ride from the beaches of Lake Geneva and a one-hour train ride from the Alps.
- The chance to invest your time and skills to work towards a good life for all on this precious planet.
**Your responsibilities**:
You will be leading the development, validation and implementation of a sustainability management framework and system for measuring, monitoring and managing sustainability in cultural organisations. Your work will consist of reviewing the existing academic and professional literature, developing key sustainability indicators through interviews and surveys, and testing and validating pilot versions with our practice partners. You will also contribute to the larger roll-out of the sustainability management system to new institutions around the world in the final year of the project.
Your work will be in close partnership with cultural organisations in different parts of the world to co-create and implement a framework that can be adapted to different regional contexts and different types of institutions (museums, theatres, opera houses etc.). This will also involve working on-site with organisations for a certain period of time.
Regular presence in the office is required to build a team spirit and accelerate learning. Home office will be possible for part of the working time, after an induction period.
**Your qualifications**:
We are looking for an individual to join our team with several of the following characteristics:
- Master’s degree (or equivalent) in a field relevant to this position
- Some experience in the cultural sector
- Experience with qualitative and/or quantitative methods
- A desire to develop an international research profile
- Working knowledge in English (other languages are an asset)
- Team player in a multilingual, multidisciplinary environment
- Independence and initiative
**Deadline: 14 April 2024**
Please submit the following documents in PDF format only via the University of Lausanne Careers website.
- Full Curriculum Vitae
- Scans of university diplomas and course transcripts/marks
- A piece of research (e.g. Master’s thesis, research paper, publication, etc.)
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**Additional information**:
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