*Earth Lab Post-Doctoral Research Scholars at the University of
Colorado-Boulder*
The Earth Lab initiative, part of the University of Colorado Boulder’s
“Grand Challenge: Our Space, Our Future,” seeks post-doctoral
researchers to join a dynamic team pushing the frontiers of coupled
earth and social system science
(http://www.colorado.edu/earthlab/).Earth Lab’s mission is to harness
the wave of Earth data generated by aerospace platforms and other
sources to better understand the pace and pattern of environmental change.
Earth Lab seeks four Post-Doctoral Research Scholars to lead a research
agenda in the following areas:
1.The Natural Science of Coupled Extremes,
2.The Social and Economic Impacts of Extremes,
3.Human Health and Environmental Change, and
4.Settlements and Environmental Change.
These target research areas represent Earth Lab’s efforts to explore
society’s vulnerability and resilience to global environmental change.
*2. Social and Economic Impacts of Extremes, position #09414*
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Earth Lab seeks a Post-Doctoral Research Scholar on Extremes in Coupled
Social and Natural Systems, with a focus on social and economic
processes. The successful candidate must have content knowledge and data
analytics skills relevant to extremes, with emphasis on economic impacts
and responses. The extremes focus seeks to build on the suite of Earth
Lab efforts, plus research findings in coupled human and environment
systems, to pursue knowledge frontiers in dynamic and emergent system
behaviors (e.g., understanding of extremes, threshold behaviors, and
abrupt changes). This Post-Doctoral Research Scholar will work in the
Risk and Decision Making project as well as bridge among other ongoing
science themes at the Earth Lab (Wildfire, Drought, Erosion, Arctic
Processes, Human Health, and Settlements). This position will focus on
the impacts of extreme events on social and environmental systems,
valuation of those impacts and of societal responses, including
analyzing the value of information in reducing impacts and
vulnerability. Moreover, we are interested in how coupled extreme events
may further disrupt both ecological and social processes and
infrastructure with special attention to the existence of threshold
behaviors when the resilience capacity of a social and/or environmental
system is exceeded.
_Specific Qualifications for Social and Economic Impacts of Extremes
Position:_
•Doctoral degree in social sciences or interdisciplinary field
(economics, public policy, geography or other quantitative social science)
•Demonstrated interest and the skills necessary to explore the social
and economic impacts of extreme environmental events.
•Strong quantitative background.
•Experience or willingness to learn how to integrate and analyze large
and/or heterogeneous datasets, including socio-economic data and Earth
observations from remote-sensing platforms.
Preferred:
* Skills that enable exploratory approaches to system dynamics,
extreme events, tipping points, and emergent behaviors, across a
wide range of systems from natural to social.
_Contact for this theme: _William Travis, Deputy Director of Earth Lab,
and Department of Geography, william.tra...@colorado.edu
<mailto:william.tra...@colorado.edu>
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_Overall Qualifications for Earth Lab Postdocs:_
* Doctoral degree in natural or social sciences related to the Earth
Lab research themes.
* Strong quantitative background.
* Experience in, or willingness to learn, appropriate programming and
data analytic tools. Ideally the candidates will have experience in
programming languages (e.g., R, Python, or others), can work in
different environments (e.g., Linux), and are well versed in
geospatial analysis software (e.g., QGIS).
* Experience in integrating and analyzing large, and/or heterogeneous
datasets.
* Experience in working with a high performance computing or cloud
computing environment is a plus.
* Demonstrated publication and grant-writing skills.
* Team spirit and interest in interdisciplinary research settings.
For more information on this and other positions and for more
information about Earth Lab, visit the Earth Lab website
(http://www.colorado.edu/earthlab/).
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To Apply:**
Please visit the CU Careers website
(https://cu.taleo.net/careersection/2/moresearch.ftl?lang=en) to apply
for this position (search for position #: 09414).Applications that are
received by *June 9th* will be given full consideration, but the
positions will remain open until filled.
For general information on applying, please contact Chelsea Nagy
(rachel.n...@colorado.edu <mailto:rachel.n...@colorado.edu>).
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