Post-Doctoral Researcher/Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute and School of Engineering & Architecture

Post-Doctoral Researcher/Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher, MaREI Centre, Environmental Research Institute and School of Engineering & Architecture

Institution: University College Cork

Vacancy Category: Research

Salary From: €39 130.00

Salary To: €46 442.00

Contract Type: Temporary

Vacancy closing date: 12 Nov, 2021

Subject / Area: Agriculture, Food and VeterinaryBiological SciencesPhysical and Environmental Sciences

This position will be filled at either Post-Doctroal Researcher or Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher level depending on the qualifications and experience of the successful candidate/

Position summary

Applications are invited for a fully funded post-doctoral or senior post-doctoral research position in University College Cork’s MaREI, the SFI Research Centre for Energy, Climate and Marine, to carry out an in-depth analysis of the impact of the Creative Climate Action initiative on climate change awareness, engagement and action in Ireland. The successful candidate will join a multi-disciplinary team of researchers in MaREI to deliver an innovative programme of research to explore the role of cultural and creative interventions in promoting dialogue and engaging diverse audiences in new responses to climate change.

The CREATIVE C-CHANGE project will develop and implement a framework for evaluating the impact of creative and performative climate action projects that have been funded under the Creative Climate Action call. The call was launched in March 2021 by the Creative Ireland within the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media in collaboration with the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The work includes an assessment of impacts in terms of engagement with multiple stakeholders, communities and the broader public. Such impacts may entail a change in awareness, engagement, attitudes, perceptions and/or behaviour related to climate change and climate change action, as well as other emergent societal impact processes. A key innovation will be to extend conventional parameters for evaluating the arts in climate change in terms of communication and outreach and embrace the potential of the arts as co-generators of knowledge, climate action and transformative change. This post-doctoral/senior post-doctoral researcher will combine wider cross-disciplinary insights to co-develop and refine a methodology for assessing the impact of Creative Climate Action initiatives on public awareness and attitudes to climate change and climate change action, alongside other emergent indicators. This will include the planning, design and implementation of data collection efforts (including potential surveys and focus group sessions). The evaluation process will further involve in-depth analysis of a sample of initiatives.

Applications are invited from candidates with relevant PhD qualification and experience of research on the arts or performative and cultural aspects of climate change research.

Note: This position will be filled at either postdoctoral researcher or senior postdoctoral researcher level depending on the experience of the successful candidate

Project Title: Analysing the Impact of the Creative Climate Action Initiative on Climate Change Awareness, Engagement and Action in Ireland (CREATIVE C-CHANGE).

Post Duration:  18 months

Salary: Post-Doctoral Researcher: €39,130 - €46,442 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale), Senior Post-Doctoral Researcher: €47,764 - €50,530 p.a. (IUA Salary Scale)

For an information package including further details of the post see https://ore.ucc.ie/.

Job ID: 050771

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to Dr Marguerite Nyhan in the MaREI Centre for Energy, Climate & Marine and the School of Engineering & Architecture at University College Cork. Email: [email protected]

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title and project name.

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on Friday, 12 November 2021.

No late applications will be accepted.

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector.

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