Postdoctoral researcher (M/F) – Implementation of nature-based solutions at the scale of a mountain territory

9 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

CNRS

Department

Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine

Research Field

Environmental science
Political sciences » Science and society

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

France

Application Deadline

29 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

1 Apr 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

The postdoctoral researcher will be responsible for the participatory and spatially explicit modelling of scenarios for upscaling nature-based solutions (NbS), applied to mountain territories. NbS are chose during the project's implementation with territories stakeholders among existing or desired actions for the restoration (e.g. hedgerows), management (e.g. grasslands, verges, hedgerows) and biodiversity conservation. Scenarios co-produced with stakeholders will focus on the amount and location of NbS. Modelling will be the target method for an iterative process projecting the implementation, its resource needs and its territory-scale benefits for biodiversity, local society and its economy.Le chercheur postdoctoral sera responsable de la modélisation participative et spatialement explicite de scénarios de déploiement de solutions fondées sur la nature (SfN), appliquée aux territoires de montagne. Les SfN sont choisies lors de la mise en place du projet avec les acteurs des territoires parmi des actions en cours ou souhaitées de restauration (ex. haies), de gestion (ex. prairies, talus, bocage) et de conservation de la biodiversité. Les scénarios co-construits avec les acteurs concerneront le volume et la localisation des SfN. La modélisation sera la méthode privilégiée pour un processus itératif projetant le déploiement, ses demandes en ressources et ses bénéfices à l'échelle du territoire pour la biodiversité, la société et l'économie.

-- Modelling mountain landscape dynamics and ecosystem services
- Organisation and execution of workshops and interviews with mountain stakeholders
- Participatory modelling of scenarios
- Assessment of scenario outcomes for biodiversity, ecosystem services, social and economic indicators of criteria co-produces with actors
- Assessment of barriers / constraints and of resources (human, material, financial…) for the implementation of scenarios
- Monitoring literature: territory-scale assessment of benefits of NbS and upscaling methods
- Publication of scientific results in international journals
- Oral presentation of results in accessible format for territories and regional actors, and for non-academic partners of the SOLU-BIOD national living-lab network
- Participation in scientific activities of the SOLU-BIOD national living-lab network

The project officer will join the BIOM team at Laboratoire d'Ecologie Alpine (LECA), a joint unit of CNRS, Université Grenoble Alpes and Université Savoie Mont-Blanc, under the supervision of Sandra Lavorel. They will collaborate daily with the Grenoble SOLU-BIOD team at LECA and LESSEM (INRAE Grenoble), including Sandra Lavorel and Isabelle Arpin (sociologist). Their activities will be integrated to the ServAlp research theme on nature-based climate change adaptation with a group of junior scientists and led by Sandra Lavorel and Ignacio Palomo (IGE, Grenoble) and regular meetings. They will collaborate regularly with national partners of the national SOLU-BIOD project and its Linving labs network.

Requirements

Research Field

Environmental science

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Research Field

Political sciences

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Languages

FRENCH

Level

Basic

Research Field

Environmental science

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Research Field

Political sciences » Science and society

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Eligibility criteria

- PhD in environnemental sciences
- Familiarity wit sustainability science conceptual frameworks : socio-ecosystems, ecosystem services
- Landscape dynamics modelling
- Ecosystem service modelling
- Participatory modelling, ex. COMMOD, multi-agent models, participatory MCDA etc.
- Geographic information systems (ArcGIS, R)
- Spatial data analysis ; statistical analyses; R software
- Methods for participatory research with local and regional actors
- Work as part of an interdisciplinary academic and non-academic team
- Fluency in the French language
- Fluency in English scientific language
- Writing skills in French and English
- Methods and fluency for written and oral communication
- Autonomy, self-reliant
- Rigour, reliability, responsiveness, relational qualities
- Driving license desirable

Website for additional job details

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Offres/CDD/UMR5553-SANLAV-005/Default.aspx

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Laboratoire d'Écologie Alpine

Country

France

City

GRENOBLE

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://emploi.cnrs.fr/Candidat/Offre/UMR5553-SANLAV-005/Candidater.aspx

Contact

City

GRENOBLE

Website

http://www-leca.ujf-grenoble.fr/

STATUS: EXPIRED