Scientist (F/m/x) in Social Sciences - Leipzig, Deutschland - Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ

Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung UFZ

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Leipzig, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

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Lena Wagner

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Beschreibung

The UFZ

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences.

We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association.

Our mission:
Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

The job

We are looking for a highly motivated scientist (f/m/x) in social sciences to work in our third party funded EU Horizon 2020 project NEXOGENESIS.

UFZ coleads the Work package on stakeholder cocreation and is responsible for conceptualising the water-energy-food-ecosystems nexus governance assessment in five transboundary river basins.

We look for an experienced researcher with social skills able to manage interdisciplinary research within the consortium and the case studies; and at the same time able to create research products for sustainable, effective and legitimate KI-based decision making.

Your tasks

Assistance in leading the Work Package on Co-Creation and Stakeholder Engagement in Water-EnergyFood-Ecosystems Nexus governance
Preparing the Roadmap for WEFE Nexus Governance (our task 1.5, due in August 2025)
Analysing qualitative interviews conducted, mainly from our main case studies Danube-Jiu (Romania) and Inkomathi-Usuthu (South Africa)

- three Highlevel English journal publication on the basis of this analysis together with the work package team (University of Tour France, IHE Delft, KWR Utrecht)

Support of the project ́s internal cocreation process (task 1.3) and of the work package responsible for the case study management (WP5)
Assisting in designing the fourth, fifth and sixth round of workshops in the five case studies
Integration of nexus governance assessment concepts into social science water research at UFZ.

We offer

Excellent technical facilities which are without parallel
Work in interdisciplinary, multinational teams and excellent links with national and international research networks
A vibrant region with a high quality of life and a wide cultural offering for a balance between family and professional life
Interesting career opportunities and an extensive range of training and further education courses

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