PostDoc / Scientist

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ - via Umantis - Leipzig - 16-06-2022 zur Vakanz  

Working time can be arranged flexible between 19.5 and 27.3 hours per week. Starting date is 1 September 2022, the position is limited until 30 June 2025.

Your tasks:

  • Identify economic and financial instruments (E&FIs) that can best be applied within spatial planning processes along the mitigation hierarchy on biodiversity
  • Analyse the interplay with instruments from spatial planning and environmental impact assessments
  • Identify and analyse the most commonly applied E&FIs and their impacts on biodiversity in cases related to spatial planning and large infrastructure projects
  • Understand potential impacts of EU sustainable finance strategy
  • Based on an analysis of transformative potential develop proposals for selected new/improved instruments
  • Document - with support from other partner institutes of the project
  • Contribute to reports and scientific manuscript writing

Your profile:

  • A Master degree and at least 3 years of relevant working experience in the field of economics, politics, geography or related disciplines or a PhD
  • Experience with biodiversity policy, and/or multi-level governance, preferably in the EU
  • Knowledge on policy instrument analysis, the EU renewed sustainable financing strategy and the Taxonomy regulation
  • Willingness to work in an interdisciplinary team and collaborate with international partners
  • Good track record in terms of scientific publications
  • The working language will be English

We offer:

  • Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel
  • The freedom you need to bridge the difficult gap between basic research and close to being ready for application
  • Work in inter-disciplinary, multinational teams and excellent links with national and international research networks
  • A vibrant region with a high quality of life and a wide cultural offering for a balance between family and professional life
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