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Ph.D. position on Sustainable Development

  • Département Géographie et aménagement du territoire
    12 mars 2018
  • Catégorie
    Recherche
  • Thème
    Géographie & aménagement du territoire

The University of Luxembourg invites applications for its Faculty of Language and Literature, Humanities, Arts and Education

Doctoral candidate (PhD student) in Political Science/Social Science

  • Ref:F3-1300008
  • 14 months fixed-term contract, renewable up to 3 years, full-time (40h/week)
  • Student & employee status

Area: Sustainable Development

Your Role

This Ph.D. position is related to the work conducted by a research team on policy coherence for sustainable development as part of the GAMMA (« Innovación para la Integralidad en la Gestión Ambiental del Desarrollo Sustentable Apoyado en Datos Masivos y Aprendizaje Automatizado “ (Use of Big Data and Machine Learning for the Integrality of Environmental Management of Sustainable Development)) Research Program in which the University of Luxembourg is a participant through its contribution to the Chair in Regional Integration and Sustainability at INECOL (Xalapa, Mexico). The successful candidate will be expected to:

  • Prepare a doctoral thesis in sustainable development or policy coherence for development
  • Assist the professor with his editorial activities related to the journal Regions & Cohesion (five hours per week maximum).
  • Collaborate with the professor on methodological modeling of policy coherence for sustainable development
  • Occasionally lecture in the professor’s courses in the university’s Master in European Governance
Your Profile

  •  Master Degree or equivalent in a field related to sustainable development or policy coherence for development
  •  Practical experience in public policy; policy evaluation; development
  • Strong methodological skills. A background in environmental/ecological sciences or development studies will be considered an advantage. Knowledge of quantitative modelling will also be considered an advantage.
  • Language skills: Written and Oral Fluency in English is necessary. The successful candidate will also need to be able to interact on a daily basis within a research team where Spanish is also utilized.

We offer

  •  Personal work space at the university
  •  Highly competitive salary
  •  Opportunity to collaborate with international, interdisciplinary and multilingual research programs focusing on policy coherence for sustainable development

Further Information

Interested candidates are invited to send their complete application ONLINE by 9 April 2018 including:

  • Motivation letter highlighting background and outlining candidate’s interest in this position.
  • Curriculum vitae
  • A short description (max 2 pages) of a proposed PhD project
  • Contact information for 3 referees
  • Copies of diplomas
Contact

For further information please contact:

Prof. Dr. Harlan Koff

harlan.koff@uni.lu

Tel.: ++352-4666446270

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