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30.04.24

Projektmitarbeiter*in / Junior Researcher im Bereich Migration, Regionalentwicklung und Gleichstellung

Fachhochschule Kärnten

Ihre Aufgaben: 

• Mitwirkung bei transdisziplinären nationalen und internationalen Forschungsprojekten in den folgenden Themenfeldern: 
  • Migration und Integration, Vulnerabilität, gesellschaftliche Vielfalt, Social and Solidarity Economy  
  • Regionalentwicklung insbesondere in ländlichen Räumen, Nachhaltigkeit und nachhaltiger Tourismus, Auswirkungen des demographischen Wandels auf die Gesellschaft  
  • Gender- und Jugendstudien  
• Mitarbeit im Projektmanagement, bei der Kommunikation sowie der Vermittlung der Forschungsprojekte und -ergebnisse (klassische Medienarbeit, Social Media)  
• Mitwirkung bei der Erstellung von Publikationen und Konferenzbeiträgen im Rahmen der Forschungstätigkeit 
• Mitarbeit bei der Planung und Organisation von Tagungen und Workshops  
• Bereitschaft zu Weiterbildung und wissenschaftlicher Weiterentwicklung im Rahmen des Hochschul- und Forschungsbetriebs

Die Fachhochschule Kärnten schätzt die Motivation und das große Engagement Ihrer Mitarbeiter*innen und bietet familienfreundliche Rahmenbedingungen. Wir unterstützen mit einem vielfältigen Weiterbildungsprogramm und fördern individuelle Maßnahmen. Wir bieten ein attraktives Arbeitsumfeld, einen krisensicheren Arbeitsplatz und ermöglichen flexible Arbeitszeiten. Die Gesundheitsförderung, ein vielfältiges Sportangebot, das kollegiale Miteinander sowie die kontinuierliche Verbesserung von Umweltleistungen (EMAS zertifiziert) haben an unserer Hochschule einen besonderen Stellenwert. Durch unsere Partnerschaft mit CorpLife haben Sie Zugang zu Corplife Benefits Einkaufsvergünstigungen.

Bewerbungsfrist: 30. April 2024

15.05.24

PhD Position Safe Planning and Control for Autonomous Robots

Delft University of Technology

Ensuring safe planning and control is paramount when we deploy autonomous robots in complex environments around humans, such as in agricultural or food-production applications. Unsafe decisions of autonomous robots may damage their hardware, the environment, or even harm humans. Together with an interdisciplinary team, we investigate new algorithmic foundations to ensure that robots only execute safe and desired decisions and plans. Whenever our algorithms detect potentially unsafe situations while the robot is operating, they execute countermeasures to keep the robot in a safe state. Such online verification algorithms allow us to mathematically prove the robot’s safety. To demonstrate and evaluate our algorithms, we work with various robotic systems such as mobile manipulators, quadrupeds, and drones, and deploy them in complex real-world environments.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and open team player to help us develop the next generation of verification techniques that automatically certify the safety of autonomous robots in real-world environments. You will be working together with us on new techniques to specify rich safety constraints that autonomous robots need to adhere to, synthesize verification algorithms that ensure safe planning and control, and adapt models on the fly during the robot’s operation to account for uncertainties. Our group focuses on applications in the agricultural and food production domain, and we would love to work with you on creating realistic testbeds. In the Cognitive Robotics department, we have various state-of-the-art robots available to demonstrate our research in realistic tasks. We cultivate an open and collaborative environment to create robots that work with and for humans on major societal problems.  Are you interested in helping us to unravel the full potential of autonomous robots that operate with guaranteed safety? We are looking forward to receiving your application.

Tasks:

• Performing literature studies on safe planning and control techniques.
• Developing new safety verification techniques for autonomous robots.
• Setting up testbeds within agriculture and food production applications.
• Implementing and validating algorithms in realistic environments and applications.
• Collaborating within the group, department, and faculty on robotic applications.
• (Co-) authoring scientific articles and thesis
• Supervising students and teaching.

Application Deadline: 15 May 2024

01.05.24

Senior Scientist mit Diplom/Master oder Doktorat

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz

Johannes Kepler Universität Linz und Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien haben jüngst die interuniversitäre Art x Science School for Transformation gegründet. Die School bündelt die Stärken und Kompetenzen beider Universitäten mit dem Ziel, den dringenden Transformationsfragen unserer Zeit gegenüberzutreten und interdisziplinäre, zukunftsfähige Lehre und Forschung zu gestalten. Als Verstärkung für unser Team an der JKU suchen wir zum ehestmöglichen Zeitpunkt eine*n Senior Scientist mit Diplom/Master oder Doktorat/Ph.D.

Ihre Aufgaben:

• Mitarbeit in Organisation und Lehre der Art x Science School for Transformation
• Entwicklung und Anbahnung nationaler und internationaler Drittmittel- und Innovationsprojekte mit Fokus Inter- und Transdisziplinarität, Kunst und Wissenschaft, Kultur und Kreativwirtschaft
• Vernetzung mit Forschenden und Begleitung bei der Antragstellung und Abwicklung
• Koordination bestehender europäischer Kooperationsprojekte
• Abhaltung von Lehre im Rahmen der Studienprogramme der School im Umfang von 1 bzw. 2 Semesterwochenstunden (je nach Vorqualifikation Prae- oder Post-Doc)
• Planung, Entwicklung und Begleitung von Forschungs-/Lehr- und Innovationsprojekten der School
• Durchführung von Forschungsprojekten
• Kommunikations- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit zu Projekten der Art x Science School for Transformation

Bewerbungsfrist: 01. Mai 2024

06.05.24

6 Research fellows (m/f/d) with part-time employment (65%)

Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

The German–South African, DFG- and NRF-funded IRTG Transformative Religion trans­disciplinarily investigates the impact of religion in processes of social transformation and the impact of these transformations on religion in contemporary global societies with an intercontinental perspective. It seeks to contribute to recent academic research and public debates on the complex relationship between religion and society. Against the backdrop of discursive differences in perceiving and positioning religion in the field of knowledge between the global north and the global south and with a distinctive decolonial approach, this IRTG aims at a critical epistemology through which the situatedness of religious knowledge production and reception in processes of social trans­formation can be researched. In case studies from contexts in the global South and North, the IRTG seeks to investigate religion as specifically situated knowledge function­ing as a resource and as a site of social transformation. It engages scholars from two continents and a variety of disciplines to go beyond conventional research approaches. The research focus of the IRTG unfolds in the following four research areas: national identity; development; migration; healing.

job description:

• scientific services in research within the framework of the DFG-funded Re­search Training Group (RTG) "Transformative Religion: Religion as situated knowledge in Social Transformation Processes"
• pursuite of an own dissertation project related to one of the IRTG’s research areas within the overall thematic framework of the IRTG

Application Deadline: 6 May 2024

15.05.24

Post Doc Position in The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD) at the Department of Political Science

University of Copenhagen

The Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen, is hiring a postdoctoral researcher as part of the project “The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)”, led by Associate Professor Jonathan Luke Austin.

We invite applications for a postdoctoral researcher to join the research project ‘The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)’. HUD is a four-year Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) funded project focused on the contemporary humanitarian challenges: war, refugee flows, forced displacement, etc. Such humanitarian challenges are rapidly worsening: contemporary conflicts are more frequent and protracted, refugee flows are rapidly destabilizing geopolitical structures, and humanitarian actors are under growing threat. In light of these dilemmas, HUD explores how emerging technologies, processes of aesthetic design, and engineering insights can be combined with knowledge from international relations to tackle the crisis facing humanitarianism. Our goal is to 1) explore how we might better integrate ‘high theoretical’ and ‘critical’ social scientific concepts and theories into the world of practice (humanitarian and beyond), 2) to see how social science can be more closely ‘bridged’ with engineering, architectural, and design practice and knowledge, and 3) therein, take up the urgent task – especially in the light of recent geopolitical events – of working collaboratively across the sciences to improve the conditions of some of the most vulnerable populations in the world.

The successful candidate will both collaborate closely with the project team of 3 Principal Investigators, 3 PhDs, 3 Postdocs, 1 Senior Researcher, and project coordinators on core research activities and develop their own independent research project/agenda connected to HUD’s overall themes. Specifically, tasks will include the following:

• Conducting primary and secondary research on the relationship(s) between humanitarianism, design, and technology
• Analysing collected data and working to conceptualize novel forms of humanitarian intervention within HUD’s scope
• Co-authoring publications as appropriate with the project team
• Assistance with the organization of – and participation in – workshops and leading international conferences
• Communication with key stakeholders, including sharing key insights from the project
• Opportunity to engage in educational activities linked to the project.

Application Deadline: 15 May 2024

13.05.24

Fellowships at the Centre for Apocalyptic and Post-Apocalyptic Studies (Capas)

Käte Hamburger Kolleg

CAPAS is a Centre for Advanced Studies and offers up to 10 scholarships for a maximum period of twelve (12) months per academic year. Respectively, the calls for fellowship applications will be publicly advertised once a year on our website. International scholars and scientist from a variety of academic fields in the humanities and sciences are encouraged to apply, if they hold the rank of Assistant Professor or equivalent. The remuneration and length of a fellowship appointment will be agreed upon by CAPAS and each individual fellow. 

Application-Deadline: 13 May 2024

No deadline mentioned

Scientific Assistant in Systems Immunology

ETH Zürich

The Laboratory for Systems and Synthetic Immunology is led by Prof. Dr. Sai Reddy. It is part of the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-​BSSE) of ETH Zurich, located in the city of Basel.

The D-BSSE is the first truly interdisciplinary research unit of ETH Zurich where theory, experimental biology and engineering groups team up to foster advances in Systems Biology, Biotechnology and Synthetic Biology. With its headquarters in Basel, Switzerland, the D-BSSE is situated in the heart of the Biovalley, a tri-national region hosting 40% of the global life science industry including several pharma giants, which provides a unique environment for high-leverage translational research.

Job description

We are looking for a highly skilled and motivated Scientific Assistant to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in the field of immune repertoire analysis and a passion to develop novel platforms. The Research Assistant will be deeply involved in advancing our capabilities in synthetic immunology, contributing significantly to our research and development efforts.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, implement, and manage synthetic immunology platforms
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize platforms

Ensure efficient and accurate execution of platform processes

No deadline mentioned

Open unitl filled

Postdoctoral Researcher in Humanitarian Design

University of Copenhagen

The Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen is seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral researcher to join the project “The Future of Humanitarian Design (HUD)”. Led by Associate Professor Jonathan Luke Austin, this project aims to address contemporary humanitarian challenges through the integration of emerging technologies, aesthetic design processes, and engineering insights with knowledge from international relations. The successful candidate will collaborate with an interdisciplinary team and contribute to innovative research focused on improving conditions for vulnerable populations worldwide.

Job Description:

• Conduct research as part of the HUD project, focusing on the intersection of humanitarian challenges, emerging technologies, and design processes
• Collaborate with an interdisciplinary team of researchers and practitioners from academic institutions and humanitarian organizations
• Travel to relevant field sites, including Colombia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to conduct research and engage with local communities
• Pursue independent research related to project themes and personal interests
• Contribute to project publications, reports, and presentations

Early appplication is encouraged, position is open until filled

01.05.24

Ausschreibung Mandat Projektumsetzung

SAGUF

Die Schweizerische Akademische Gesellschaft für Umweltforschung und Ökologie (saguf) ist seit ihrer Gründung 1972 als Fachgesellschaft der Akademien der Schweiz eine treibende Kraft des Wandels in der Wissenschaft. Die saguf konzipiert und erprobt Ansätze, Methoden und Formate für inter- und transdisziplinäre sowie transformative Forschung und Lehre. Ausgehend von einem pluralistischen Wissenschaftsverständnis berücksichtigt und verbindet sie dabei unterschiedliche Generationen, Kulturen und Strömungen nachhaltigkeitsorientierter Wissenschaft - von empirisch-analytischen über normativ-kritische bis hin zu engagiert-aktivistischen Positionen.

Für ihr Projekt “Zwischen Analyse und Aktivismus. Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft im Dialog mit der jungen Generation weiterdenken” sucht die saguf im Zeitraum von Mai bis Oktober 2024, mit verstärktem Arbeitseinsatz zwischen Juni und September 2024 eine:n nachhaltigkeits-interessierte:n Nachwuchswissenschaftler:in mit ausgeprägtem Interesse an Ausrichtung und Organisation nachhaltigkeits-orientierter, transformativer Wissenschaft und empirischer Sozialforschung (Interviews und Umfrage). Für den ersten Teil dieses Projektes – eine Umfrage – suchen wir eine:n BA/MA-Student:in (https://saguf.ch/de/projects/young_generation).

Aufgaben

• Literaturrecherche und -auswertung zum Wandel von Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft
• Durchführung von explorativen Interviews mit jungen Nachhaltigkeitswissenschaftler:innen
• Mitarbeit bei der Konzipierung einer Online-Umfrage
• Durchführung und Auswertung der Umfrage
• Präsentation von Zwischenergebnissen in diversen interaktiven Formaten
• Mitarbeit beim Verfassen von Publikationen

Open until Filled

Senior Manager, DELPHI

University of Utah

The Senior Vice President for Health Sciences Research Unit ( SVPHS Research Unit) at University of Utah Health seeks a Senior Manager (Research Development Associate III ) to organize, and oversee all administrative aspects of theData Exploration and Learning for Precision Health Intelligence ( DELPHI ) Data Science Initiative. The goal of the DELPHI Initiative is to catalyze interdisciplinary data-science driven research to drive innovation in health and medicine.

The Senior Manager will play a pivotal role in the strategic planning and execution of the DELPHI Initiative. This includes developing and implementing a wide range of strategic, proactive, and capacity building activities designed to enable and enhance data science research that includesstrategic research advancement, communication of research and research opportunities, enhancement of collaboration and team science, proposal development, and nurturing alliances between and among faculty at the U of U and funding agencies. A key function of this position is to work with stakeholders to develop program proposals, budgets (including a schedule for obtaining external support), goals, and implementation plans for review by health sciences center leadership. The individual in this position will be expected to operate independently to achieve program outcomes. In addition, this individual will contribute to emerging and ongoing SVPHS Research Unit initiatives and administrative responsibilities.

The Senior Manager will be a part of the Research Program Development Team in the SVPHS Research Unit which oversees the development and implementation of key research strategic initiatives including the Diabetes and Metabolism Research Center, the Immunology, Inflammation, and Infectious Diseases Initiative, the Center for Genomic Medicine, the Digital Health Initiative, and the Center for Medical Cannabis Research. To learn more about the other SVPHS Research Unit strategic research initiatives, please visit:https://uofuhealth.utah.edu/research/areas-initiatives/. The Senior Manager will report to the Director of Research Program Development and will work alongside the DELPHI Co-Directors and Steering Committee to lead the initiative.

This position is eligible for telework in a hybrid telework & in-person environment.

Open until filled

17.04.24

Juniorprofessur Environmetrics

Technische Universität Berlin

Profil der Universität
Die TU Dortmund mit ihren 17 Fakultäten in den Natur- und Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie den Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften ist eine dynamische Universität mit einem starken Profil in Forschung, Lehre, Nachwuchsförderung und Transfer. Die Fakultät Statistik der Technischen Universität Dortmund ist die einzige eigenständige Statistik-Fakultät im deutschen Sprachgebiet mit besonderer Stärke in interdisziplinärer Forschung. Sie bietet ein vielseitiges Forschungsumfeld durch die Leitung und Beteiligung an mehreren großen Verbundprojekten in der Statistik, der Informatik, den Ingenieurwissenschaften sowie den Sozial- und Lebenswissenschaften. Zu ihrem lokalen wissenschaftlichen Netzwerk zählen unter anderem die Fraunhofer-Institute IML und ISST, die Leibniz-Institute IfADo und ISAS sowie das im Rahmen der Research Alliance Ruhr neu gegründete Research Center „Trustworthy Data Science and Security“. Das Research Center schlägt dabei eine wissenschaftliche Brücke zwischen Statistik, Informatik und Gesellschaftswissenschaften, um das Vertrauen in digitale Technologien und Methoden zu erhöhen.

Profil der Professur
Sie vertreten in der Forschung den Bereich Environmetrics durch datenwissenschaftliche Analysen und Methodenentwicklung im Bereich Umwelt oder Klima und entwickeln diesen (inter-)national sichtbar weiter. Dabei beteiligen Sie sich innerhalb und außerhalb der TU Dortmund an Forschungsverbünden und -kooperationen, insbesondere z.B. am GRK 2624 „Biostatistical Methods for High-Dimensional Data in Toxicology“, am TU Dortmund - Center for Data Science and Simulation (DoDaS) oder dem Kompetenzfeld Metropolenforschung (KoMet). Sie engagieren sich bei der Einwerbung von Drittmitteln, fördern den wissenschaftlichen Nachwuchs und beteiligen sich angemessen an der Lehre der Fakultät.

Bewerbungsfrist: 17. April 2024

Open until filled

Postdoctoral Associate - GCR: Convergent Anthropocene Systems

Virginia Tech

Description

This postdoctoral position is funded by a recently award National Science Foundation Growing Convergence Research project titled: GCR: Convergent Anthropocene Systems (Anthems) – A System-of-Systems Paradigm. The project will develop a systems-of-systems (SoS) convergence paradigm that includes an SoS computational framework, an SoS decision-support system, and an SoS pedagogy, enabling diverse stakeholders to integratively address the suite of societal challenges of the Anthropocene (e.g., climate change and impacts,
renewable energy, adaptive infrastructure, disasters, pandemics, food insecurity, biodiversity loss) and catalyzing a major transformation in our national and global approach to science and engineering. The SoS convergence paradigm will be developed, implemented, and validated in close collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Program (CBP), focusing on the Chesapeake Bay Watershed (CBW) region. The CBP is a consortium of governmental and non-governmental entities that manage the CBW, and through their committee structure and outreach provide an avenue for effective stakeholder engagement. The CBW is home to over 17 million people and the CBP stakeholder community needs integrated modeling tools to examine synergies (e.g., nutrient reduction and flood risk mitigation) and tradeoffs (e.g., nutrient reduction and fish productivity) across multiple systems. Together, the CBW and the CBP provide a real-world testbed for the SoS convergence paradigm, enabling intellectually-diverse researchers to address multiple interdependent societal challenges (eutrophication, food and agriculture, and economic growth) by integrating across multiple systems (land use, watershed, economic,
estuary and governance) and multiple disciplines (environmental engineering, city and regional planning, planning policy and design, civil engineering, geography, industrial and systems engineering, political economy and public policy).

Working in close collaboration with the lead PI (John Little) and Co-PIs (Shalini Misra and Theo Lim) at Virginia Tech, the Postdoctoral Associate will be responsible for integrating models (land-use, watershed, and economic systems) in the SoS framework and for helping to manage the entire project. The successful candidate will be responsible for computational research including system modeling and development of simulation software, as well as writing publications, and collaborating in a transdisciplinary team environment. The Postdoctoral Associate will also work in close collaboration with Amro Farid, a systems engineering expert at Stevens Institute of Technology, who is the co-lead on the project.

The Postdoctoral Associate is also expected to spend time mentoring PhD students and attending project meetings. The Postdoctoral Associate will have the opportunity to learn best practices in proposal preparation and will receive guidance and training in the preparation of manuscripts for scientific journals and presentations at conferences. Occasional travel is required to attend annual project meetings and conferences.

Open until filled

29.04.2024

Nachwuchsförderung - Sozial-ökologische Forschung

Deutsches Bundesamt für Bildung und Forschung

Mit der neu erschienenen Förderrichtlinie ruft das Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF) Postdoktorandinnen und Postdoktoranden auf, sich mit ihrer Skizze für die Leitung einer „sozial-ökologischen Nachwuchsforschungsgruppe für resiliente und nachhaltige Stadt-Umland-Regionen“ zu bewerben. Hierfür besonders gefragt sind Führungsqualitäten, Kenntnisse in inter- und transdisziplinärer Zusammenarbeit, der Wille sich wissenschaftlich weiter zu qualifizieren und gleichzeitig bei der Lösung gesellschaftlicher Herausforderungen im städtisch-regionalen Kontext mitzuwirken. Die Einreichfrist für Skizzen ist der 29. April 2024 für einen möglichen Projektstart im April des darauffolgenden Jahres. Details hierzu finden Sie in der Förderrichtlinie. Häufig gestellte Fragen zur Förderrichtlinie werden in den FAQ beantwortet.

Einreichefrist der Skizzen: 29. April 2024

Open until filled

Assistant/Associate/Full Professor HS, Epidemiology and Environmental Health

University at Buffalo

The University at Buffalo School of Public Health and Health Professions is recruiting an Open Rank (Assistant/Associate/Full) Professor in Health Services and Health Policy Research. This new position is state-funded (hard money), 12-month, and tenure track. We are open to candidates with expertise in all areas of public health, especially health policy, health economics, healthcare quality, health services, patient-centered care, resource utilization, and health outcomes research.
 

The successful candidate will be a part of the Division of Health Services Policy and Practice (HSPP) in the Department of Epidemiology and Environmental Health (EEH) and join a University-wide multidisciplinary team of health outcomes researchers. The primary focus of the position will be on research, but the candidate will also make contributions to the teaching and service missions of the School of Public Health and Health Professions. The successful candidate will develop an independent, funded research program, contribute to graduate student teaching and to university and professional service.
 

We are particularly looking for candidates who can operate effectively in a diverse community of students and faculty and share our vision of helping all constituents reach their full potential. We are committed to developing an excellent and diverse community of scholars and students engaged in education, research, and service. We encourage applications from women, members of historically marginalized groups, veterans, and individuals with disabilities. We are seeking an energetic and enthusiastic faculty member who is interested in the opportunity to help grow the research and academic program.

Open until filled