Organisation/Company University of Southern Denmark Department SDU Climate Cluster Research Field All Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Denmark Application Deadline 28 Feb *********:59 (Europe/Copenhagen) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The Gaia Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, funded by the EU under the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), offers 6 additional positions across to the already 9 existing fellowship, in this final call.
This programme is open to early-career researchers from all disciplines, including Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, and Engineering. Based at the University of Southern Denmark's Climate Cluster (SCC), Gaia aims to foster interdisciplinary research by integrating fellows into a collaborative network of academic, public, and private partners.
Fellows will benefit from advanced interdisciplinary training, bridging academic research with societal applications, to address critical climate challenges and the green transition. Emphasis is placed on developing leadership and collaboration skills, preparing participants to take on significant roles in research and innovation within climate-related sectors.
Applications Process
How does it work?
You have an idea that fits within the 10 research themes of Gaia ( ), you find and contact a potential researcher at SDU, about your application and ask them if they would like to be your supervisor and you then gather all the material you need to make your application.
Key Research Themes:
The green transition and nature-based solutions
Value systems, perceptions, and worldviews
Energy, technology, and society
Education, relationships, and ecoliteracy
Sustainability and adaptation in the Nordic and Arctic region
Resource use, innovation, and the circular economy
Digital technology, information, and citizen empowerment
International development and climate challenges
Transport, society, and human health
Behavioural change and the green transition
Supervision:
Each Postdoctoral Fellow will have a main SDU supervisor, and co-supervisor as well as a non-academic partner organisation mentor. Fellows have to find and contact their potential main supervisor through SDU's researchers' portal (en/persons/ ).
Applicants have to find a
supervisor
at SDU
Mobility Rule
: Applicants must not have lived, worked or studied in Denmark or at SDU for more than 12 months in the 3 years before 28 February **** (recruitment start).*
Relevant PhD
in Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences, Health Sciences, or Engineering by the call deadline (date of PhD defence/viva)
Have a
maximum of 8 years
full-time equivalent research experience measured from the date stated on the PhD diploma.
The application must be in
English
The
research proposal
must be
relevant
to the Gaia programme mission of climate mitigation, adaptation, and the green transition (research themes)
successful applicants must work in Denmark by the time of employment
*Mobility eligibility window is from 01 March **** until 28 February ****
Proof of communication
/Letter of support with Supervisor
PhD certificate
Optional: Up to two letters of recommendation from the graduating university or previous employers
Application deadline: 28 February at 23:59 hours local Danish time
Number of offers available 6 Company/Institute Gaia Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, SDU Climate Cluster (SCC), University of Southern Denmark Country Denmark State/Province Odense City Odense Postal Code **** Street Campusvej 55 Geofield
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