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Postdoctoral Research Associate

Company:
The University of Arizona
Job Location:
Tucson, 85724
Category:
Geography
Type:
Full-Time

Posting Number: req20657

Department: Udall Center

Location: Main Campus

Address: Tucson, AZ USA

Position Highlights

The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy at the University of Arizona announces a postdoctoral position to focus on community engagement in environmental governance.

Community engagement is at the cornerstone of environmental and natural resources governance. Yet, it is often characterized by institutional deficiencies, inequities in practice, inadequate benchmarking, and a lack of measurable outcomes. This position offers the opportunity to explore community engagement across a number of efforts underway at the Udall Center, including urban greening, governance practices in the Colorado River Basin, and water contamination and regulatory politics, among other research topics. In addition, there is considerable room for the postdoctoral researcher to design and implement their own research initiative under this broad umbrella of community engagement in environmental governance.

The Udall Center for Studies in Public Policy is a university-wide research center that is the intellectual home for interdisciplinary, community-based policy research and outreach. As such, the Udall Center's charge is to advance cross-cutting inquiry and connect diverse policy research efforts and researchers, gain increasing external support for policy research, and deliver measurable outputs with public impact.

This postdoctoral research position is meant to support the Environmental Policy Program (EPP) of the Udall Center. The EEP engages in applied research and outreach on public policy topics relating to economic development, environment, public health, public lands, and energy transitions and extends to such themes as social justice, gender equity, human well-being and quality of life, and energy and renewables.

Outstanding UA benefits include health, dental, vision, and life insurance; paid vacation, sick leave, and holidays; UA/ASU/NAU tuition reduction for the employee and qualified family members; access to UA recreation and cultural activities; and more!

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Duties & Responsibilities

Duties &
responsibilities:

  • Collaborating in an
    interdisciplinary and diverse research group
  • Developing and,
    where appropriate, overseeing project design
  • Synthesizing and
    integrating across diverse bodies of public policy, geography, political
    science, and other relevant disciplinary literature
  • Conducting
    qualitative and/or quantitative research
  • Conducting and
    writing literature reviews for proposals and publications
  • Working with local,
    regional, and national partners
  • Participating in and
    presenting research results at national and international conferences
  • Organizing and
    facilitating project meetings and broader community engagement efforts
  • Coauthoring academic
    articles with research group members
  • Co-supervising 1-3
    undergraduate and graduate students engaged in collaborative efforts
  • Co-developing
    proposals for extramural funding to continue and expand the line of research
  • Additional duties
    may be assigned.

Knowledge, skills
& abilities:

  • Enthusiasm for
    studying community engagement in environmental and natural resources governance
  • Comfort working in
    teams, leading team meetings, and supervising students
  • Collaborative and
    problem-solving spirit
  • Strong
    methodological skills
  • Record of published
    research in this area

Minimum Qualifications

  • Doctoral degree or equivalent in geography, environmental policy, planning, political science, environmental science, or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with community engagement

FLSA: Exempt

Full Time/Part Time: Full Time

Number of Hours Worked per Week: 40

Job FTE: 1.0

Work Calendar: Fiscal

Job Category: Research

Benefits Eligible: Yes - Full Benefits

Rate of Pay: DOE

Compensation Type: salary at 1.0 full-time equivalency (FTE)

Type of criminal background check required: Name-based criminal background check (non-security sensitive)

Number of Vacancies: 1

Contact Information for Candidates

Andrea Gerlak, agerlak@arizona.edu

Open Until Filled: Yes

Documents Needed to Apply: Curriculum Vitae (CV), Cover Letter, and One Additional Document

Special Instructions to Applicant

Please be prepared to upload CV, Letter of interest summarizing interest and qualifications (in lieu of cover letter) and 1-2 writing samples e.g., thesis or dissertation, term paper, or manuscript for publication, for a total of 3 uploaded documents.

Diversity Statement

At the University of Arizona, we value our inclusive climate because we know that diversity in experiences and perspectives is vital to advancing innovation, critical thinking, solving complex problems, and creating an inclusive academic community. As a Hispanic-serving institution, we translate these values into action by seeking individuals who have experience and expertise working with diverse students, colleagues, and constituencies. Because we seek a workforce with a wide range of perspectives and experiences, we provide equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or genetic information. As an Employer of National Service, we also welcome alumni of AmeriCorps, Peace Corps, and other national service programs and others who will help us advance our Inclusive Excellence initiative aimed at creating a university that values student, staff and faculty engagement in addressing issues of diversity and inclusiveness.

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