Postdoctoral Position in Climate Change Adaptation, Gender, and Health at the University of Copenhagen

Location: Copenhagen, Denmark
Position Type: Fixed-term, 18 months
Start Date: 1st March 2025

The University of Copenhagen is in search of a dynamic and formidable researcher for a Postdoctoral Position in the Department of Public Health. This thrilling function is a component of the analysis undertaking “Himili Pamoja: Gendered Encounters in Climate Change Adaptation in Tanzania,” which focuses on the intersection of local weather change adaptation, gender, well being, and livelihoods. The profitable candidate will work carefully with Danish and Tanzanian companions, postdocs, and PhD college students at establishments equivalent to the University of Dar es Salaam and State University of Zanzibar.

Research Focus

The Global Health Section at the University of Copenhagen adopts interdisciplinary approaches to analysis and prioritizes de-colonization, fairness, and transformative views. Their work spans world well being, local weather change vulnerability, infectious ailments, sexual and reproductive well being, and rather more.

This place presents a possibility to work in a collaborative and supportive setting, contributing to vital analysis on gender-transformative local weather change adaptation in Tanzania.

Responsibilities

• Conducting ethnographic area analysis in rural and city Tanzania.
• Contributing to undertaking administration and co-supervision of PhD college students.
• Designing and implementing science communication and partaking with stakeholders in Denmark and Tanzania.
• Teaching and sometimes facilitating programs inside the division’s instructional applications.

Ideal Candidate

We are searching for a researcher with:

• A PhD in social sciences, ideally medical anthropology or anthropology of well being.
• Experience with ethnographic analysis and working in low-income settings.
• Strong publication file, each as a primary and co-author.
• Ability to contribute to gender-transformative local weather change adaptation analysis.
• Experience in instructing and supervision at the Master’s degree.
• Familiarity with qualitative analysis software program and glorious communication expertise.
• Proficiency in English; Swahili is a bonus.

Employment Details

• Salary: Starting at 38,500 DKK per 30 days (approx. 5,100 EUR). Additional pension contributions and potential tax reductions for eligible worldwide candidates.
• Contract Duration: 18 months (with the risk of extension relying on funding and undertaking progress).
• Working Hours: 37 hours per week.

How to Apply

Applications should be submitted on-line in English by fifteenth December 2024, and ought to embrace:

1. A motivated letter of software (max. one web page).
2. CV with particulars of training, work/analysis expertise, and related expertise.
3. Certified copies of PhD and Master’s certificates (or a written assertion from the PhD supervisor).
4. An inventory of publications.

For extra particulars, please go to the University of Copenhagen recruitment page or contact Britt Pinkowski Tersbøl at briter@sund.ku.dk.

Deadline for functions: 15 December 2024, 23:59 CET.

The University of Copenhagen values range and encourages all certified candidates to apply regardless of their private background.

Apply now to develop into half of this essential analysis initiative at the forefront of local weather change adaptation and gender well being research.