Postdoc Position in Geography

vor 4 Wochen

Lausanne, Schweiz Université de Lausanne Vollzeit

**Introduction**:
With more than 17’000 students and more than 5’000 staff, the University of Lausanne (UNIL) is a leading international teaching and research institution. Its scenic campus is situated on the shore of Lake Geneva, close to the city centre of Lausanne, and is home to over 120 nationalities. As an employer, UNIL encourage excellence, personal recognition, and responsibility.

**Presentation**:
**Postdoc (governance of energy transformations)**
to join Prof. Selin Yilmaz's research team.
The IGD brings together some 130 members working in the fields of geography and sustainability, combining the humanities and natural sciences. With 27 professors and MERs and over 80 PhD students and postdocs, the IGD offers an international, interdisciplinary, and stimulating environment conducive to high-level research. It regularly hosts renowned conferences and researchers from all over the world.

**Job information**:
Job title: Postdoc (in French: premier-ère assistant-e)
Start date: June 1, 2024
Duration of contract: 1 year, 1 year renewable, maximum 2 years
Activity rate: 100%.
Location: Géopolis building, UNIL-Mouline, Lausanne, Switzerland

**Description of research / Your activities**:

- Public engagement, discourses, socio-technical imaginaries;
- Sustainability experimentation: Investigating Living Lab methodologies and governance of Living Labs with local stakeholders, forming a new Living Lab in Lausanne;
- Methodologies and impact assessment in transdisciplinary research as part of Living Labs;
- Analysing epistemic and practical diversity in processes of innovation in social
- practices;
- Institutional and policy studies.

The position also includes teaching support tasks such as preparing and marking assignments, and co-supervising Bachelor's and Master's students. The postdoc is also invited to give one or two lectures in connection with his/her research. He/she may also be involved in a Bachelor's course (energy systems) and/or a Master's course (governance of energy transformations).

**Your profile**:

- Have obtained or are about to obtain a PhD degree (please indicate expected date of defense) in geosciences (geography, environmental sciences), in Science and Technology Studies or another social science discipline focusing on energy policies, innovations and energy-related socio-technical transformations;
- Proven knowledge of energy policy; Sciences and Technology Studies (STS); socio-technical transformations; energy and innovation;
- Good knowledge of qualitative methods (e.g. interviews) are expected and quantitative methods (e.g. techno-economic) would be an asset;
- Language skills in French (French is the language of instruction at UNIL, as well as the main way of interaction within the IGD) and English are expected. German would be an asset.

**Your benefits**:
The IGD offers a stimulating environment and a culture conducive to the development of a research career. IGD members are enrolled in international research networks, and postdocs are encouraged and supported to participate in these too, at annual conferences. IGD offers competitive salaries and financial support for field work and conference attendance.

**Contact for further information**:
Application deadline: March 31, 2024
- Motivation letter (2 pages);
- A complete curriculum vitae including a list of publications;
- Copies of PhD diploma and transcriptions of the master degree;
- Two samples of academic work (articles or manuscripts).

Interviews are scheduled for 15 April 2024, from 09:00 to 13:00 local time.

**Additional information**:

- UNIL is committed to equal opportunities and diversity._
- UNIL supports early career researchers._

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