Vacancies at ISS

Vacancy for Research/Science Communicator

The main role of the Research Communicator will be to ‘broker’ research and to provide communications support in order to increase the visibility and impact of ISS research. The research communicator will be required to support a wide range of projects from single research outputs that need to be communicated to non-academic audiences to larger programmes which may require more strategic support.

The successful candidate will combine a critical social science perspective with excellent interpersonal, writing and communications skills. The position will be located in the Projects and Research Support team of the institute.

Application deadline - 3rd March 2019

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New PhD position at ISS: Valuing nature in the circular economy

Applications are invited for an ‘Early Stage Researcher’ (ESR) to pursue a PhD at the International Institute of Social Studies on the political ecology/economy of value within the context of scholarly debates on and practical efforts towards the creation of a ‘circular economy’.

Applicants are encouraged to develop their proposals with a view to articulating a theoretically-grounded critique of the valuation of nature within the context of the ‘circular economy’ in particular and the Anthropocene in general. Such a critique would be expected to pay particular attention to the justice and equity implications of such valuation mechanisms.

The position is fully-funded for 36 months and open to applications from non-EU candidates as well.