Postdoctoral Fellowship – Research Centre for Environmental Studies and
Sustainability (France) - Environmental history / Political philosophy
The Research Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainability
(ICD-CREIDD, UMR CNRS STMR) at the Troyes University of Technology (UTT)
seeks a 1,0 to 1,5 years postdoctoral fellow, beginning between October
01, 2012 and January 01, 2013.
The successful candidate will be pursuing research in environmental
history and political philosophy, centered on the relationships between
***global environmental change and democracy***, including intersections
with economics, anthropology, international studies and environmental
system analysis.
The fellowship is part of the French National Research Agency (ANR)
funded program “Democracy Facing Global Environmental Change” (DemoEnv)
with University Paris 5 Sorbonne exploring among others things ***the
prospect of authoritarian regimes under dire environmental pressures***.
The fellow will have an office within UTT’s Centre for Environmental
Studies and Sustainability, in Eastern Paris area between Burgundy and
Champagne, a diverse intellectual community of a dozen core faculty
members (including scholars specialized in environmental philosophy,
sustainability foresight, industrial ecology, life-cycle impact
assessment), hosting an international master program.
The fellowship includes competitive salary and research stipends.
Applicants must submit as soon as possible a letter of interest,
curriculum vitae, a writing sample (a peer-reviewed article or a book
chapter), and the names of three people who have agreed to write a
letter of recommendation via email to [email protected] (please
use subject heading PostDoc ANR DemoEnv).
