SPARCCLE is Hiring an Adaptation Pathways Researcher (f/m/d)
Job description
The SPARCCLE adaptation team co-led by IIASA (International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis) and Climate Analytics is looking to recruit a motivated and talented researcher with expertise in climate change adaptation. The successful candidate will join an international and interdisciplinary project, and focus on analyzing adaptation options for different sectors with a focus on the European region and on the development of adaptation pathways for various sectors.
About the Project Team
SPARCCLE (Societal Pathways of Adaptation and Resilience to a Changing Climate in Europe) is a Horizon Europe – funded project (2023-2027) to develop next-generation climate impacts and adaptation frameworks to explore, quantify and inform societal transformations towards climate resilient futures. SPARCCLE aims to develop climate-resilient strategies for Europe that jointly consider mitigation and adaptation, and support decision-making for action on socioeconomic risks for better identification of sustainable transformations. Climate resilient strategies will be based on probabilistic, multisectoral assessments of climate impacts and extremes, integrated with an understanding of multidimensional vulnerabilities and societal response capacities. Project tasks and outputs are oriented around knowledge co-development with stakeholders (WP1), probabilistic climate extremes and biophysical impacts (WP2), assessments and projections of multidimensional socioeconomic vulnerabilities (WP3), multidimensional damages, adaptation pathways and risks (WP4), and the integration of mitigation, adaptation, and societal transformation (WP5). The project is executed by a 12-member consortium of academic institutions, think tanks, government agencies and private sector partners, and is led by IIASA.
Your responsibilities
- Perform in-depth research on key adaptation options in several sectors: health, agriculture, water, energy, tourism
- Contribute to the development of sectoral adaptation pathways for Europe
- Contribute to the conceptualization and analysis of soft limits to adaptation
- Preparation of the related deliverables, reports, stakeholder communication and capacity building activities
- Publications in peer-reviewed journals and actively engage in dissemination efforts such as scientific conferences and workshops, stakeholder, and policy events.
Your profile
- A Masters degree or a PhD degree, or demonstrated equivalent professional experience, in environmental science, climate change, engineering, geography, economics or a related field
- Strong quantitative, methodological and technical skills with a focus on statistical methods and preferably econometrics
- Experience in programming in R or Python is essential
- Experience with the CLIMADA model is an asset
- Experience in using AI and machine learning is an asset
- A degree of flexibility and willingness to travel
- Fluency in English and excellent presentation skills
- IIASA and Climate Analytics offer interdisciplinary and international workplaces and the possibility to interact with researchers of different nationalities, with strong ties to a world-wide network of research institutions engaged in environmental systems research. The successful candidate must be able to work in, and have respect for, an intercultural environment.
- The position may allow for parallel study for a PhD qualification for R1 recruits (external)
Our offer
- A job with purpose. With us you will work in a team of highly engaged people and with your skills you can make a positive contribution to the climate crisis.
- We are a diverse and inclusive team and welcome your application regardless of your gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, disability status, citizenship, or any other aspect that makes you unique.
- We are working in a positive and inspiring working atmosphere with an international team.
Conditions
- The selected candidate should be available to take up the position as soon as possible, ideally in October 2024. We offer a full-time position for a two year fixed term contract.
- This is a split position between IIASA and Climate Analytics and the contract will be split with one year in each organisation (CA and IIASA) and location (Berlin and Vienna) respectively.
