KINGS COLLEGE LONDON: Postdoctoral Analysis Affiliate within the Societal Impacts of Excessive Warmth Occasions in a Warming Local weather

About Us

The Division of Geography at King’s School London is a vibrant hub of multi-disciplinary scholarship that seeks to handle and resolve essentially the most urgent points going through our world right this moment. By drawing collectively a singular cohort of students, the Division consists of experience in international environmental governance, the bodily and social science dimensions of local weather change, cross-border migration, rising economies, and politics.

Concerning the Function

The aim of this position is to work on the UK Analysis and Innovation Future Chief’s Fellowship: Lowering International Catastrophic Dangers from Unseen Local weather Extremes.

The appointed candidate shall be embedded inside a wider group of bodily and social scientists working to establish essentially the most urgent threats to humanity from ‘unseen’ local weather extremes – these occasions which lack a historic precedent, however which may happen within the comparatively close to future.

The main focus for this particular place shall be on the societal impacts of maximum warmth occasions, together with these extreme sufficient to overwhelm human physiology. Utilizing the case examine of Jacobabad, Pakistan (one of many hottest cities on earth), the appointed candidate will carry out qualitative research to assist enhance understanding of the dimensions of the challenges forward, and the way they might be confronted via adaptation.

The researcher can even contribute their social science experience to assist the broader research group discover essentially the most regarding unseen local weather extremes which threaten our future.

It is a full-time put up and you may be provided an a hard and fast time period contract till June 2028.

About You

To achieve success on this position, we’re searching for candidates to have the next abilities and expertise:

Important standards 

1. A PhD in local weather human geography, social science, anthropology, or a cognate self-discipline   
2. A wonderful understanding of the societal impacts from excessive climate occasions
3. Experience in qualitative research strategies, together with interviews and focus group discussions
4. Expertise in publishing scientific articles
5. Wonderful written and oral communication skills
6. A wonderful capacity to work independently

Fascinating standards

1. Expertise of fieldwork in South Asia
2. Experience within the hazard of maximum warmth
3. Expertise of working collaboratively inside an interdisciplinary context
4. Have a great understanding of gender associated points

Downloading a duplicate of our Job Description

Full particulars of the position and the abilities, information and expertise required might be discovered within the Job Description doc, supplied on the backside of the following web page after you click on “Apply Now”. This doc will present info of what standards shall be assessed at every stage of the recruitment course of.

Additional Data

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