Hi all, We have an exciting post-doc/research fellow opportunity at the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES), Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy. More info below (It is also posted here<https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/3257582545/>)
Feel free to circulate widely. Best Ben Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow Institute for Environment and Sustainability - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy<https://www.linkedin.com/company/institute-for-environment-sustainability/life/> About the job The Research Fellow/Postdoctoral Fellow will be a core member of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability’s (IES's) research team. Research tasks include working on the Center for Water Policy’s cutting-edge work on urban water policy and governance, as well as our burgeoning Center on Climate and Energy. The candidate will lead policy-relevant research projects, take responsibility for project and grant management, and contribute to stakeholder liaison and outreach of the Institute. We are especially looking for candidates who hold a high level of policy research competence in Applied Economics, Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science, Environmental Science or in a related field. In particular, candidates should have demonstrable interest, work, and/or research experience on the policy and governance aspects of water, climate and energy. All candidates should have a strong willingness to contribute to IES’s mission and to engage with new topics and research tools. Responsibilities: * Design, implement and lead research projects under IES’s various research programmes * Prepare high quality research papers on topics related to IES’s core research themes suitable for publication in high-tier academic journals * Contribute to grant and institute-level reporting requirements and funding proposals/applications * Provide support for IES’s events and outreach activities Requirements 1. PhD in Applied Economics, Public Policy, Sociology, Political Science, Environmental Science or in a related field. 2. Excellent analytical skills with knowledge of: * big data analytics, economics, econometrics, laboratory/field experiments, game theory and/or agent-based modelling * anticipatory policy design and practice, including path dependency analysis * Applied social science experience, including independently designing, conducting surveys and analysing its data * Preference for those with good and relevant publication records / working papers * Excellent verbal and written English * Good time management skills and ability to multi-task effectively * Able to commit till 31 March 2023 (renewable for 1 year on good performance) Application Procedure Please include the following documents in the application: * One-page cover letter, with a brief statement of relevant research expertise and description of skill sets (see “Requirements”) * Curriculum vitae * Transcripts (Undergraduate, Masters, and Doctoral degrees): Scanned copies for initial application * One writing sample (min. 500 words) * Details of two referees (preferably academic) who can comment on the applicant’s academic abilities and research experience Please send electronic submissions to Ms May Cheong ([email protected]) Interested candidates are encouraged to find out more about the Institute for Environment and Sustainability, IES-CWP and Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/iwp/ and http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ Ben Cashore Li Ka Shing Professor in Public Management Director, the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES)<https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/ies/> Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy National University of Singapore Recent news LKYSPP faculty Quah and Cashore recognised among Top 1% of Scientists Worldwide<https://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/news-events/news/details/4-lkyspp-faculty-recognised-among-top-2-of-scientists-worldwide?fbclid=IwAR1uh8ylsD-S4uqKKymmyfUPqOceXqsOr_k3LWVYXTq7yZCRbT92WfRseIo#.YbBtldb4EJo.linkedin> Recent publications 2022 Benjamin Cashore and Steven Bernstein. “Bringing the Environment Back In: Overcoming the Tragedy of the Diffusion of Commons Metaphor<https://doi.org/10.1017/S1537592721002553>”, Perspectives on Politics 2022 Leehi Yona, Benjamin Cashore and Mark A. Bradford. “Factors Influencing the Development and Implementation of Greenhouse Gas Inventories<https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/figure/10.1080/25741292.2021.2020967?scroll=top&needAccess=true#metrics-content>,” Policy Design and Practice 2021 Graeme Auld, Steven Bernstein, Benjamin Cashore (corresponding author) and Kelly Levin, “Managing Pandemics as Super Wicked Problems: Lessons from, and for, COVID-19 and the Climate Crisis<https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11077-021-09442-2>”, Policy Sciences 2021 Benjamin Cashore, Jette Steen Knudsen, Jeremy Moon and Hamish van der Ven, “Private Authority and Public Policy in Global Context: Governance Spheres for Problem Solving<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/rego.12395>” with YouTube link<https://ddec1-0-en-ctp.trendmicro.com:443/wis/clicktime/v1/query?url=https%3a%2f%2fyoutu.be%2f6lxU7sz3cKw&umid=bcc5630e-e6cd-4303-a6c5-541a620ba9ea&auth=8d3ccd473d52f326e51c0f75cb32c9541898e5d5-ebc521594c70b37e5c60894a67f3313547e6df34>, Regulation & Governance, special issue<https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1111/(ISSN)1748-5991.private-authority-and-public-policy-interactions-in-global-context> 2021 Yixian Sun, Hamish van der Ven and Benjamin Cashore “Sustainable Commodity Governance and the Global South: Introduction<https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0921800921001208>” to Special Issue of Ecological Economics<https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/ecological-economics/special-issue/10X56G2NV1F>” (edited by Yixian Sun, Hamish van der Ven and Benjamin Cashore), Ecological Economics. 2021 Michael L. Barnett, Benjamin Cashore, Irene Henriques, Bryan W. Husted, Rajat Panwar & Jonatan Pinkse, “Reorient the Business Case for Corporate Sustainability” Feature, Summer 2021, Stanford Social Innovation Review www.ssir.org<http://www.ssir.org> Contact information: 469B Bukit Timah Road; #02-01; Level 2, Li Ka Shing Building; Singapore 259771; tel +65 6516 6195 Email: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> ; Overview video<https://youtu.be/DPSmWLQ3LVo>; Web site<http://:%20https:/lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/our-people/faculty/benjamin-william-cashore;>; Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=DkfzcnwAAAAJ&hl=en>; twitter<https://twitter.com/bencashore>; linkedin<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-cashore-0a8785/>; Personal zoom office<https://nus-sg.zoom.us/my/bcfrombc?pwd=TTUwU2V1QWhPc2Z2MDB3OE9GRjhOUT09> ________________________________ Important: This email is confidential and may be privileged. 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