Dear colleagues,
We have an exciting new NSERC postdoctoral position housed within the
Hakai Network at Simon Fraser University, in collaboration with the
Ocean Tipping Points Project. Please circulate this widely to your
current students and colleagues in social-ecological systems, coastal
ecology and fisheries science. Applicants should send a cover letter,
short statement of research interests, curriculum vitae, reprints of
relevant publications, and three letters of reference to
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] by January 31st 2014. We will
continue to receive applications after this date until a successful
candidate is found. Ideally, the successful candidate will start this spring.
Please see the position details and contact information below or
contact <mailto:[email protected]>[email protected] for the full advertisement.
About the Opportunity:
Simon Fraser University, The Hakai Network for Coastal People,
Ecosystems and Management, and the Ocean Tipping Points project
invite applications for a post-doctoral fellowship in applied
fisheries ecology, with focused research on modeling the
social-ecological interactions between an ecologically and culturally
important forage fish, Pacific herring, and coastal communities in
British Columbia. Together, we seek applicants interested in
contributing to an interdisciplinary research group composed of
marine ecologists, fisheries scientists, oceanographers, geneticists,
policy analysts and archaeologists. The post doc will play an
important cross-cutting role in this group, integrating the
ecological, cultural and economic implications of herring and working
directly with our community partners. The successful Post-Doctoral
Scholar will be appointed for two years with funding from a National
Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Strategic
Project Grant. They will be based at The Hakai Network at Simon
Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. Field
research will be based at the Hakai Beach Institute on Calvert
Island, and First Nations communities on Central Coast and Haida
Gwaii regions of British Columbia. This research will also involve an
international collaboration with the Ocean Tipping Points Project
(<http://www.oceantippingpoints.org/>http://www.oceantippingpoints.org/).
The salary for the position will be commensurate with experience ($40
-50,000) with grant-supported travel and research funds ($10,000).
About the Competition:
Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in marine ecology, fisheries science or
a relevant field at the time of appointment, and should have a
demonstrated track record of high quality research. The successful
candidate will work closely with Drs. Anne Salomon and Margot
Hessing-Lewis with the Coastal Marine Ecology and Conservation (CMEC)
lab, the Hakai Beach Institute, The Herring School, and Drs. Carrie
Kappel, Phil Levin and Jameal Samhouri from The Ocean Tipping Points
project, as well as our Coastal First Nations partners (Haida
Fisheries and the Heiltsuk Integrated Resource Management
Department). A strong quantitative background with demonstrated use
of modeling skills in fisheries and/or ecological disciplines is
preferred. Knowledge of loop/network analysis and decision-making
modeling tools will be considered a strong asset. In addition,
experience working with coastal communities, commitment to
collaboration across disciplines, and a working knowledge of
qualitative research techniques would be greatly valued. A
theoretical understanding of SES (Social-Ecological Systems) thinking
and its practical application should be demonstrated.
--
Dr. Margot Hessing-Lewis
Research Associate
<http://hakai.org/>Hakai Beach Institute, Calvert Island, BC
<http://www.sfu.ca/hakai.html>Hakai Network,
<http://cmeclab.com/>CMEC, Simon Fraser University
778.928.3970 - Strand Hall Annex 622, University Dr.
Burnaby BC - V5A 1S6
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