Offre de postdoc : Carbon Governance Living Lab

Horizon Postdoctoral Fellowship at Concordia University

Concordia University in Montreal, Canada is currently accepting applications for postdoctoral fellowships valued at $50,000 per year (plus benefits) for each of two years :

• Research program title: Towards a Carbon Governance Living Lab: Designing and Testing Local Decarbonization Governance Experiments
• Supervisor(s): Adriane MacDonald, PhD

Program description (up to 200 words):

• Addressing complex sustainability challenges like climate change requires coordinated actions from organizations of all types, including governments, businesses, and non-profit agencies. An
• increasingly popular way that organizations are enacting their social responsibility to these challenges is through participation in living labs.
• This program of research aims to map the existing local carbon governance experiments in Canada, co-create a carbon governance living lab, explore its viability, testing, and evaluating different interventions, and create a replicable framework based on lessons learned from the pilot living lab and the database of carbon governance experiments.
• The postdoctoral fellow will focus on understanding the role of living labs in socio-ecological transitions and applying that research to the design of carbon governance experiments in the Canadian context. They will be expected to contribute expertise to the design and implementation of research protocols (e.g., surveys, interview protocols, and coding schemes) and collect data for this project.
• They will also participate in the PI’s research teams and mentor research assistants and graduate students.
• The postdoctoral fellow will also be expected to initiate, and collaborate on, other research projects on multi-stakeholder sustainability partnerships, and sustainable development more broadly.

Academic qualifications required:

• Ph.D. in Management (specialization in Strategy, Organization Studies, Corporate Social Responsibility, or Sustainability), Geography, or related field.

Eligibility requirements: 

• Applicants must not currently hold a postdoctoral appointment at Concordia
• Priority will be given to postdoctoral fellows who have obtained their PhD from another university although in exceptional cases Concordia graduates may be considered
• Applicants must adhere to the postdoctoral fellow eligibility criteria outlined in Concordia University’s Postdoctoral Policy

Timeline and Application Process:

• The application deadline is March 31st, 2024.
• The Postdoctoral Fellow must start their appointment by August 2024 or sooner.

Submission process:              

• All documents must be submitted to Adriane MacDonald at adriane.macdonald@concordia.ca
• Please include the reference number with your application

Application checklist:

• One to three (1-3) page research statement demonstrating fit with the program described above
• Current curriculum vitae demonstrating research excellence and a capacity for leadership in the domain (maximum 5 pages).
• Two letters of reference from academic supervisors or current employers to be sent via e-mail directly to: to Adriane MacDonald at adriane.macdonald@concordia.ca.

Concordia University is a vibrant research and teaching environment, with state-of-the-art research facilities and many research centers. Concordia is located in Montreal, Canada, a diverse and creative city, often ranked as offering one of the best quality of living experiences in North America.

Concordia University is committed to Employment Equity and encourages applications from women, Aboriginal Peoples, visible minorities, ethnic minorities, and persons with disabilitie