Doctoral Researcher

23 May 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)

Department

Conflict Patterns and Environments (CoPE)

Research Field

Economics » Social economics
Environmental science » Global change

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Norway

Application Deadline

30 Jun 2023 - 12:00 (Europe/Oslo)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

37.5

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2023

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

HE / ERC

Reference Number

101055133

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

No

Offer Description

Do you want to contribute to a new and original area of research and produce knowledge of immediate relevance to policy and planning? Do you want to work closely with a larger interdisciplinary team of researchers studying how societal development can moderate future climate change risks? The Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO) invites applications for the position of Doctoral Researcher on the POLIMPACT project. Application deadline is 30 June 2023.

This PhD fellowship is financed as a part of a European Research Council grant for the project “POLIMPACT : Enabling Politically Sensitive Climate Change Impact Assessments for the 21st Century”, led byResearch Professor Halvard Buhaug. The project aims to develop and make use of new qualitative and quantitative political development pathways, building on the existing Shared Socioeconomic Pathways (SSP) scenario framework. This work entails partly providing empirical evidence of how political factors shape impacts of climatic hazards on core human security outcomes today; partly developing end-of-century narratives and projections of relevant indicators of political development, broadly consistent with the SSPs; and partly using estimates from the empirical analyses to quantify implications of alternative political development pathways for future climate-sensitive societal risks via dynamic statistical simulation models.

The doctoral project is envisioned to focus in particular on the empirical component and on estimating future climate change impacts using the extended scenario framework, although applications may also suggest concrete contributions to other parts of the POLIMPACT project portfolio.

Requirements

Research Field

Political sciences » Science and society

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Applicants must have the following qualifications:

• A Master’s degree or the equivalent in a relevant discipline in Social Sciences, Computer Science, or Natural Sciences focusing on social outcomes of relevance to the project
• Strong skills in statistical methods
• Good communication skills (written and oral English)
• High degree of independence and willingness to learn

In addition, one or more of the following qualifications are welcome but not required:

• Experience with relevant Social Sciences research
• Experience with programming, preferably in Python
• Experience with machine learning methods
• Experience with Integrated Assessment Models
• Experience with teamwork

Specific Requirements

 

We seek applicants with solid training in statistical methodology, with a disciplinary background from either of the fields mentioned below. Successful applicants will have developed a doctoral project proposal that is explicitly linked to one or more of the work packages in the POLIMPACT project. Candidates are encouraged to read the background material closely before writing their doctoral project description.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Research Field

Economics » Social economicsPolitical sciences » Science and society

Years of Research Experience

1 - 4

Additional Information
Benefits

PRIO is located in attractive premises in central Oslo. The employment is for a three-year, full-time position as Doctoral Researcher.The annual starting salary for a Doctoral Researcher at PRIO is NOK 528 502. Employees are offered a membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

Website for additional job details

https://www.prio.org/about/careers/22

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Institutt for fredsforskning

Country

Norway

State/Province

Norway

City

OSLO

Postal Code

0134

Street

Hausmanns gate 3

Where to apply

Website

https://www.prio.org/about/careers/22

Contact

State/Province

Norway

City

OSLO

Website

http://www.prio.org

Street

Hausmanns gate 3

Postal Code

0186

E-Mail

cathrine@prio.no

STATUS: EXPIRED