Dear colleagues, The Institute for Environmental Sciences (ISE) at the University of Geneva, Switzerland, is accepting candidacies for a 70% Research and Teaching Fellow position (maître assistant) to start on September 1, 2018. The posting is aimed at young researchers who have obtained a PhD in law (or a degree deemed equivalent) and have acquired solid knowledge and expertise in the area of energy law and its environmental, political and social dimensions. The position is attached to the Hub for Environmental Governance and Territorial Development (GEDT). The GEDT Hub is composed of 14 professors and about 50 researchers from different disciplines and diverse backgrounds, who conduct research on environmental governance, sustainability and territorial development. The GEDT Hub promotes close scientific and pedagogical collaborations in an inter- and transdisciplinary perspective with the ISE's three other hubs - natural and physical sciences, economics and management, environmental informatics - on five transversal themes: water, climate, biodiversity, energy regions and cities.
Major research themes to be addressed by the successful candidate may include: Regulation of energy in international environmental law; the role of international institutions in the regulation of the energy sector and its impact on the protection of the global environment; international legal rules concerning foreign investment and trade in energy and the relationship between those rules and international environmental law; effects of energy activities on human rights and the environment; the link between energy law and climate change law; the role of energy in Agenda 2030 and the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular the legal framework applicable to renewable energy. French language competences are required for teaching responsibilities. Full details are available here: https://jobs.unige.ch/www/wd_portal.show_job?p_web_site_id=1&p_web_page_id=33741. Applications include a letter of motivation, updated CV, copies of diplomas and certificates of employment. The deadline is May 15 - applications have to be submitted online at the above address. Best regards, Jörg Balsiger -- Prof. Jörg Balsiger Directeur, Institut / Pôle de la Gouvernance de l'Environnement et du Développement Territorial Université de Genève Département de Géographie et Environnement, Faculté des Sciences de la Société Institut des Sciences de l'Environnement Uni Carl Vogt B308, Boulevard Carl-Vogt 66, CH-1211 Genève 4 tél. : +41 22 379 9453 | émail : [email protected] | www : https://www.unige.ch/gedt/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
