The tenure track candidate is expected to work as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Water and Climate Risk (WCR) of the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM).

Interdisciplinary science is central to our research, and you are expected to bridge natural water sciences to societal water risk assessments, including long-term projections of climate change and socio-economic trends. We are, therefore, seeking an expert with a strong modelling background, but with clear experience in bridging hydrology to societal impacts and feedbacks. Over time, the tenure track will establish a personal research domain within the field of socio-hydrological modelling, with a focus on feedbacks between (future) water-climate extremes (e.g. droughts) and human responses. Furthermore, you are expected to develop unique expertise in data processing using machine learning and statistics, and integrate these with hydrological models and agent-based approaches to solve questions on the complex interactions and feedbacks of systemic water-climate-risk such as droughts. You will seek for cooperation between IVM and our key partners Deltares, PBL and KNMI. You will write innovative proposals to acquire external funds to support the new research niche at the department.

Besides research, you will be responsible for teaching at Bachelor and Master levels within the field of water and climate risk. At WCR, teaching and research are strongly linked, allowing for mutual cross-fertilization. Earth science-oriented fieldwork is also part of the teaching programme. While collaborating closely with colleagues within the field of water and climate risk, you are also expected to engage in broader sustainability teaching programmes and cooperate in interdisciplinary research working together with other scientific disciplines, such as economics, governance, geography, ecology, hydrology and climatology. You should have excellent programming skills (preferably Python), preferably experience with socio-hydrological models and data processing. You should show academic leadership, maintain a high publication output, and raise competitive research funding. On the longer term, you are expected to build up a research line around your field of expertise. You will co-supervise PhD candidates, and several MSc students.

Your duties

  • develop your own research domain in socio-hydrological modelling and data processing
  • write research proposals for external funding
  • teach and supervise BSc and MSc student projects
  • recruit and co-supervise PhD candidates
  • conduct innovative research
  • fulfil limited managerial duties

Deadline 19 April 2021

Link: https://scholarshipdb.net/jobs-in-Netherlands/Tenure-Track-Position-Assistant-Professor-In-Hydroclimatic-And-Societal-Interactions-And-Data-Vrije-Universiteit-Amsterdam-Vu=mDJJ9oKI6xGUXgAlkGUTnw.html

 

 

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