Postdoctoral Researcher, Nordic Forest Policies

Updated: over 1 year ago
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 08 Sep 2022

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry invites applications for the position of postdoctoral researcher in the context of Nordic forest policies. The position is for a fixed term of 2 years full-time starting from September, 2022 onwards (or as agreed).

The postdoctoral researcher will be employed at the Department of Forest Sciences and will be part of the research project “Green forest policies: a comparative assessment of outcomes and trade-offs across Fenno-Scandinavia (GreenPole)”. The overarching aim of the project is to assess effects of forest policies through an interdisciplinary approach,  and derive evidence-based policy advice. The project is part of a consortium of three Universities, including Lund University, the University of Copenhagen and the University of Helsinki. The project includes a number of a workpackages employing and combining multiple models and methods from ecology, environmental science, and social sciences.

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to identify and evaluate, using qualitative methods, key changes in forest policies during the period 2000-2020 in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. She/he is also expected to contribute to the overall success of the project, by engaging and collaborating with the overall team. The position may involve departmental duties, mainly in the form of teaching, up to 10%. The position will be based in Helsinki, Finland.

QUALIFICATIONS

An appointee to the position must hold a doctoral degree in environmental policy, forest sciences, sustainability sciences or other relevant fields. The candidate should be familiar with qualitative methods, in particular: interview-based data collection with researchers and other experts as data sources; qualitative analysis of interviews and other written material; structured literature reviews. The candidate should be capable of independent work as well as collaboration with an international and interdisciplinary team. The working language will be English.

Type of employment: Fixed term, 2 years
Salary: €3349 per month
Number of positions: 1
Working hours: full-time
Starting date: September 2022 or as agreed

The employment contract will include a probationary period of six months.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are requested to enclose with their application the following documents in English. Please compile all documents as a single PDF file.

  • a cover letter (max 1 page)
  • a CV (max 3 pages)
  • a list of publications
  • a copy of the PhD certificate
  • name and contact information of two referees

External applicants, please submit your application using the University of Helsinki Recruitment System via the Apply Now button.

Applicants who have a helsinki.fi username and a valid employment contract, a grant researcher's contract, a visiting researcher's or visiting professor's contract at the University of Helsinki are requested to leave their application by using the employee login.

The deadline for applications is 8.9.2022 at 23:59 EEST. The University of Helsinki welcomes applicants from a variety of gender identities, and linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

FURTHER INFORMATION

Further information about the position may be obtained from University Researcher Dalia D’Amato ([email protected] )
If you need support with the recruitment portal, please contact HR Coordinator ([email protected] ) or HR Specialist Mirkka Juntunen ([email protected] )

WHAT WE OFFER

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offers an opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary and international research environment in the context of sustainability. The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry is located in the Viikki campus. The mission of the faculty is to promote the sustainable use of renewable natural resources through scientific research and research-based teaching. We focus on agricultural and forest sciences, food and nutrition, microbiology, as well as on economics and management. www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-agriculture-and-forestry

The Department of Forest Sciences is one of the units of the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry with a staff of about 100 persons. The Department conducts internationally recognized forest research and provides the highest-level education based on the research. The focus areas of research are forest ecology, forest resource management and forest economics, business and policy. The appointee can and is encouraged to be also affiliated with the Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS). https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-agriculture-and-forestry/research/forest-sciences



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