Jobs & bourses

19.05.24

Mitarbeiter*in im Nachhaltigkeitsteam

Universität Zürich

Schwerpunkte: Koordination der Nachhaltigkeit im operativen Betrieb, Geschäftsführung der Kommission für Nachhaltigkeit.

Das Nachhaltigkeitsteam (ab 1. August 2024: die Abteilung Sustainability) hat die Aufgabe, Aspekte der Nachhaltigkeit in Forschung, Lehre und operativem Betrieb der Universität Zürich zu koordinieren und zu fördern. Hierfür stehen seine Mitarbeitenden mit Forschenden und Lehrenden aus allen Fakultäten und Mitarbeitenden des administrativen und technischen Personals im Austausch, ebenso mit Medien und Öffentlichkeit.

Wir suchen eine engagierte Persönlichkeit, die in der zukünftigen Abteilung Sustainability zum einen die Umsetzung geplanter Nachhaltigkeitsmassnahmen im operativen Betrieb der Universität koordinieren und unterstützen und zum anderen die Geschäfte der Kommission für Nachhaltigkeit führen wird.

Ihre Aufgaben

Im Rahmen einer unbefristeten Anstellung (ca. 50 %) haben Sie folgende Aufgaben: Sie arbeiten unter anderem zu den Themen nachhaltige Beschaffung, Nachhaltigkeit in Laboren und Reduktion des Energieverbrauchs. Hierfür stehen Sie in engem Austausch mit den jeweiligen Fachstellen der UZH. Sie entwickeln Massnahmen zur Stärkung der Nachhaltigkeit im operativen Betrieb der UZH und setzen diese gemeinsam mit anderen Organisationseinheiten um. Zu Ihren Tätigkeiten gehört das Networking mit internen und externen Kooperationspartner*innen, die Planung und Durchführung interner Workshops, Datenmanagement und die Entwicklung von Informationsmaterialien. Als Geschäftsführung der Kommission für Nachhaltigkeit bereiten Sie Sitzungen der Kommission vor, erstellen Dokumente und sind Ansprechperson für die Mitglieder der Kommission.

Im Rahmen einer befristeten Anstellung (ca. 20 % bis Ende Mai 2026) arbeiten Sie gemeinsam mit anderen Hochschulen an einem Projekt zu nachhaltigem Reisen bei Auslandsaufenthalten von Studierenden.

Stellenantritt: 01. August 2024

Bewerbungsfrist: 19. Mai 2024

15.05.24

CIRES/ ESIIL Post-Doctoral Research Scholar (Team Science)

University of Colorado

The Environmental Data Science Innovation and Inclusion Lab (ESIIL) within CIRES at the University of Colorado Boulder welcomes applications for a postdoctoral fellow to investigate social dynamics within collaborating scientific teams. Funded by the US National Science Foundation, ESIIL is a national research center dedicated to advancing environmental data synthesis, promoting ground breaking team science, and enhancing inclusivity and diversity in the environmental science workforce. The project will focus on the effects of social, cultural, and intellectual diversity (among other factors) within scientific groups on group dynamics, group performance, and group creativity. The fellowship will be supervised by Dr. John Parker (University of Oslo) and Dr. Jennifer Balch (CU Boulder). The aim of this project is to enhance basic understanding of social dynamics in diverse collaborative teams and to articulate a set of practical, evidence-based practices and principles for guiding the scientific teams of the future. 

What your key responsibilites will be

• Implement research programs, which includes contributing to the design of research studies, applying for ethics approval, co-developing survey instruments, ethnographic observations, interview protocols, and collecting and analyzing data.
• Lead publication efforts, including drafting articles, co-authoring publications, and preparing manuscripts.
• Oversee project management and administrative tasks such as documentation and data management and manage research assistants when appropriate.
• Coordinate with ESIIL PI and leadership team

Application Deadline: 15 May 2024

15.05.24

PhD Position Safe Planning and Control for Autonomous Robots

Delft University of Technology

Ensuring safe planning and control is paramount when we deploy autonomous robots in complex environments around humans, such as in agricultural or food-production applications. Unsafe decisions of autonomous robots may damage their hardware, the environment, or even harm humans. Together with an interdisciplinary team, we investigate new algorithmic foundations to ensure that robots only execute safe and desired decisions and plans. Whenever our algorithms detect potentially unsafe situations while the robot is operating, they execute countermeasures to keep the robot in a safe state. Such online verification algorithms allow us to mathematically prove the robot’s safety. To demonstrate and evaluate our algorithms, we work with various robotic systems such as mobile manipulators, quadrupeds, and drones, and deploy them in complex real-world environments.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and open team player to help us develop the next generation of verification techniques that automatically certify the safety of autonomous robots in real-world environments. You will be working together with us on new techniques to specify rich safety constraints that autonomous robots need to adhere to, synthesize verification algorithms that ensure safe planning and control, and adapt models on the fly during the robot’s operation to account for uncertainties. Our group focuses on applications in the agricultural and food production domain, and we would love to work with you on creating realistic testbeds. In the Cognitive Robotics department, we have various state-of-the-art robots available to demonstrate our research in realistic tasks. We cultivate an open and collaborative environment to create robots that work with and for humans on major societal problems.  Are you interested in helping us to unravel the full potential of autonomous robots that operate with guaranteed safety? We are looking forward to receiving your application.

Tasks:

• Performing literature studies on safe planning and control techniques.
• Developing new safety verification techniques for autonomous robots.
• Setting up testbeds within agriculture and food production applications.
• Implementing and validating algorithms in realistic environments and applications.
• Collaborating within the group, department, and faculty on robotic applications.
• (Co-) authoring scientific articles and thesis
• Supervising students and teaching.

Application Deadline: 15 May 2024

01.05.24

Senior Scientist mit Diplom/Master oder Doktorat

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz und Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien haben jüngst die interuniversitäre Art x Science School for Transformation gegründet. Die School bündelt die Stärken und Kompetenzen beider Universitäten mit dem Ziel, den dringenden Transformationsfragen unserer Zeit gegenüberzutreten und interdisziplinäre, zukunftsfähige Lehre und Forschung zu gestalten. Als Verstärkung für unser Team an der JKU suchen wir zum ehestmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n Senior Scientist mit Diplom/Master oder Doktorat/Ph.D.

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Mitarbeit in Organisation und Lehre der Art x Science School for Transformation
• Entwicklung und Anbahnung nationaler und internationaler Drittmittel- und Innovationsprojekte mit Fokus Inter- und Transdisziplinarität, Kunst und Wissenschaft, Kultur und Kreativwirtschaft
• Vernetzung mit Forschenden und Begleitung bei der Antragstellung und Abwicklung
• Koordination bestehender europäischer Kooperationsprojekte
• Abhaltung von Lehre im Rahmen der Studienprogramme der School im Umfang von 1 bzw. 2 Semesterwochenstunden (je nach Vorqualifikation Prae- oder Post-Doc)
• Planung, Entwicklung und Begleitung von Forschungs-/Lehr- und Innovationsprojekten der School
• Durchführung von Forschungsprojekten
• Kommunikations- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zu Projekten der Art x Science School for Transformation

Bewerbungsfrist: 01. Mai 2024

06.05.24

6 Research fellows (m/f/d) with part-time employment (65%)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

The German–South African, DFG- and NRF-funded IRTG Transformative Religion trans­disciplinarily investigates the impact of religion in processes of social transformation and the impact of these transformations on religion in contemporary global societies with an intercontinental perspective. It seeks to contribute to recent academic research and public debates on the complex relationship between religion and society. Against the backdrop of discursive differences in perceiving and positioning religion in the field of knowledge between the global north and the global south and with a distinctive decolonial approach, this IRTG aims at a critical epistemology through which the situatedness of religious knowledge production and reception in processes of social trans­formation can be researched. In case studies from contexts in the global South and North, the IRTG seeks to investigate religion as specifically situated knowledge function­ing as a resource and as a site of social transformation. It engages scholars from two continents and a variety of disciplines to go beyond conventional research approaches. The research focus of the IRTG unfolds in the following four research areas: national identity; development; migration; healing.

job description:

• scientific services in research within the framework of the DFG-funded Re­search Training Group (RTG) "Transformative Religion: Religion as situated knowledge in Social Transformation Processes"
• pursuite of an own dissertation project related to one of the IRTG’s research areas within the overall thematic framework of the IRTG

Application Deadline: 6 May 2024

15.05.24

Post Doc Position in The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD) at the Department of Political Science

University of Copenhagen

The Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, is hiring a postdoctoral researcher as part of the project “The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)”, led by Associate Professor Jonathan Luke Austin.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher to join the research project ‘The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)’. HUD is a four-year Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded project focused on the contemporary humanitarian challenges: war, refugee flows, forced displacement, etc. Such humanitarian challenges are rapidly worsening: contemporary conflicts are more frequent and protracted, refugee flows are rapidly destabilizing geopolitical structures, and humanitarian actors are under growing threat. In light of these dilemmas, HUD explores how emerging technologies, processes of aesthetic design, and engineering insights can be combined with knowledge from international relations to tackle the crisis facing humanitarianism. Our goal is to 1) explore how we might better integrate ‘high theoretical’ and ‘critical’ social scientific concepts and theories into the world of practice (humanitarian and beyond), 2) to see how social science can be more closely ‘bridged’ with engineering, architectural, and design practice and knowledge, and 3) therein, take up the urgent task – especially in the light of recent geopolitical events – of working collaboratively across the sciences to improve the conditions of some of the most vulnerable populations in the world.

The successful candidate will both collaborate closely with the project team of 3 Principal Investigators, 3 PhDs, 3 Postdocs, 1 Senior Researcher, and project coordinators on core research activities and develop their own independent research project/agenda connected to HUD’s overall themes. Specifically, tasks will include the following:

• Conducting primary and secondary research on the relationship(s) between humanitarianism, design, and technology
• Analysing collected data and working to conceptualize novel forms of humanitarian intervention within HUD’s scope
• Co-authoring publications as appropriate with the project team
• Assistance with the organization of – and participation in – workshops and leading international conferences
• Communication with key stakeholders, including sharing key insights from the project
• Opportunity to engage in educational activities linked to the project.

Application Deadline: 15 May 2024

13.05.24

Fellowships at the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (Capas)

Käte Hamburger Kolleg

CAPAS is a Centre for Advanced Studies and offers up to 10 scholarships for a maximum period of twelve (12) months per academic year. Respectively, the calls for fellowship applications will be publicly advertised once a year on our website. International scholars and scientist from a variety of academic fields in the humanities and sciences are encouraged to apply, if they hold the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent. The remuneration and length of a fellowship appointment will be agreed upon by CAPAS and each individual fellow. 

Application-Deadline: 13 May 2024

No deadline mentioned

Scientific Assistant in Systems Immunology

ETH Zürich

The Laboratory for Systems and Synthetic Immunology is led by Prof. Dr. Sai Reddy. It is part of the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-​BSSE) of ETH Zurich, located in the city of Basel.

The D-BSSE is the first truly interdisciplinary research unit of ETH Zurich where theory, experimental biology and engineering groups team up to foster advances in Systems Biology, Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology. With its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, the D-BSSE is situated in the heart of the Biovalley, a tri-national region hosting 40% of the global life science industry including several pharma giants, which provides a unique environment for high-leverage translational research.

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Scientific Assistant to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the field of immune repertoire analysis and a passion to develop novel platforms. The Research Assistant will be deeply involved in advancing our capabilities in synthetic immunology, contributing significantly to our research and development efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage synthetic immunology platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize platforms

Ensure efficient and accurate execution of platform processes

No deadline mentioned

Open unitl filled

Postdoctoral Researcher in Humanitarian Design

University of Copenhagen

The Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join the project “The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)”. Led by Associate Professor Jonathan Luke Austin, this project aims to address contemporary humanitarian challenges through the integration of emerging technologies, aesthetic design processes, and engineering insights with knowledge from international relations. The successful candidate will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and contribute to innovative research focused on improving conditions for vulnerable populations worldwide.

Job Description:

• Conduct research as part of the HUD project, focusing on the intersection of humanitarian challenges, emerging technologies, and design processes
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners from academic institutions and humanitarian organizations
• Travel to relevant field sites, including Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to conduct research and engage with local communities
• Pursue independent research related to project themes and personal interests
• Contribute to project publications, reports, and presentations

Early appplication is encouraged, position is open until filled

01.05.24

Ausschreibung Mandat Projektumsetzung

SAGUF

Die Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie (saguf) ist seit ihrer Gründung 1972 als Fachgesellschaft der Akademien der Schweiz eine treibende Kraft des Wandels in der Wissenschaft. Die saguf konzipiert und erprobt Ansätze, Methoden und Formate für inter- und transdisziplinäre sowie transformative Forschung und Lehre. Ausgehend von einem pluralistischen Wissenschaftsverständnis berücksichtigt und verbindet sie dabei unterschiedliche Generationen, Kulturen und Strömungen nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Wissenschaft - von empirisch-analytischen über normativ-kritische bis hin zu engagiert-aktivistischen Positionen.

Für ihr Projekt “Zwischen Analyse und Aktivismus. Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft im Dialog mit der jungen Generation weiterdenken” sucht die saguf im Zeitraum von Mai bis Oktober 2024, mit verstärktem Arbeitseinsatz zwischen Juni und September 2024 eine:n nachhaltigkeits-interessierte:n Nachwuchswissenschaftler:in mit ausgeprägtem Interesse an Ausrichtung und Organisation nachhaltigkeits-orientierter, transformativer Wissenschaft und empirischer Sozialforschung (Interviews und Umfrage). Für den ersten Teil dieses Projektes – eine Umfrage – suchen wir eine:n BA/MA-Student:in (https://saguf.ch/de/projects/young_generation).

Aufgaben

• Literaturrecherche und -auswertung zum Wandel von Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft
• Durchführung von explorativen Interviews mit jungen Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftler:innen
• Mitarbeit bei der Konzipierung einer Online-Umfrage
• Durchführung und Auswertung der Umfrage
• Präsentation von Zwischenergebnissen in diversen interaktiven Formaten
• Mitarbeit beim Verfassen von Publikationen

Open until filled

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor HS, Epidemiology and Environmental Health

University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions is recruiting an Open Rank (Assistant/Associate/Full) Professor in Health Services and Health Policy Research. This new position is state-funded (hard money), 12-month, and tenure track. We are open to candidates with expertise in all areas of public health, especially health policy, health economics, healthcare quality, health services, patient-centered care, resource utilization, and health outcomes research.
 

The successful candidate will be a part of the Division of Health Services Policy and Practice (HSPP) in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (EEH) and join a University-wide multidisciplinary team of health outcomes researchers. The primary focus of the position will be on research, but the candidate will also make contributions to the teaching and service missions of the School of Public Health and Health Professions. The successful candidate will develop an independent, funded research program, contribute to graduate student teaching and to university and professional service.
 

We are particularly looking for candidates who can operate effectively in a diverse community of students and faculty and share our vision of helping all constituents reach their full potential. We are committed to developing an excellent and diverse community of scholars and students engaged in education, research, and service. We encourage applications from women, members of historically marginalized groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic faculty member who is interested in the opportunity to help grow the research and academic program.

Open until filled