We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to support the Principal
Investigator in UB of the Project CITIES4FOOD - TRANSFORMING DIVERSE
CITIES FOR SUSTAINABLE FOOD SECURITY conducting scientific and
management activities associated to this project throughout 2 years.
Food systems are at the heart of the current socio-ecological crisis,
contributing to a third of greenhouse gas emissions while failing to deliver
healthy and adequate food for all (food security), which results in urgent
health problems across the globe as well as mounting inequalities. How we
produce, transform, distribute, consume and dispose of food is profoundly
transformed by urbanisation trends, with an increasing amount of
population living in cities. To tackle these pressing challenges, FOOD4CITIES
aims to explore how various urban socio-ecological configurations and
governance interventions influence sustainable food security outcomes in
an increasingly urbanized world.
Job description: The postdoctoral researcher will be participating and coleading
research, management and communication activities within
CITIES4FOOD.
Generally, the researcher will support the PI and the rest of the team to
achieve the scientific objectives of the project, develop effective task
management and collaboratively work, publish and disseminate project
findings. We seek highly motivated candidates to:
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• work in an international, innovative and multistakeholder team,
• develop state of art research activities (conceptual frameworks,
methodologies and empirical work) to create more just and
sustainable cities through urban food policies and initiatives, and
• communicate and amplify scientific, policy and innovation
knowledge generated to deliver change locally and internationally
• develop transdisciplinary work, co-producing solutions with
different types of stakeholders and implementing changes on the
ground,
Key responsibilities:
• Contribute to the development and application of a socioeecological
framework to analyse urban food systems performance.
• Conduct secondary data analysis of urban food systems dynamics
in a set of European cities.
• Conduct field work in three European cities, including the
application of qualitative and participatory research techniques
• Support PI in the development of the project
• Carry out any administrative work associated with this programme
of research and assist with wider CITIES4FOOD project
administration and research group activities when required.
• Synthetize knowledge generated across the project to inform
urban food systems transformation and maximise impact on the
ground of project results
• Integrate learnings and findings across the project to develop
publications, guidebooks, and a decision support tools for
furthering urban food systems knowledge and its impact on policy
making.
• Travel to and participate in meetings and project activities as
required.
• Support the organisation of project meetings and conferences
across the project.
• Help train and mentor other team members.
• Engage in the dissemination of the results from research to
stakeholders in the appropriate form (e.g. presentations,
publications, blogs, newspaper articles etc.).
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• Participate actively in the activities of the UB research group and
the Food Action and Research Observatory FARO