Cross-Appointed Professorship with Research Grant for FY2025-FY2026 (3 Positions)

Sep 27, 2024 | Hiroshima University NERPS
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NERPS has secured a multi-year funding from FY2025 to FY2026 to support research and the establishment of new research clusters in Hiroshima University on the nexus of sustainability and peace in the context of global environmental change, including the post COVID-19 era. This builds on the fellowship programs that ended in March 2022 and that is to end in March 2025, respectively. A specific condition for the successful awardee is to spend approximately 2 months per fiscal year in residency at NERPS in Hiroshima University as a cross-appointed faculty member. This could be a continued two-month stay or be divided into two separate residencies. During this residency the awardee is required to integrate his/her research network with faculties and students at Hiroshima University and other local stakeholders around Hiroshima and Japan. The awardee is also expected to collaborate with the core members of the NERPS, contribute to the annual NERPS conference, play a specific role in the publication of Peace and Sustainability – the official journal of NERPS launched in August 2024, and deliver seminar presentations regarding the progress of their projects and interact with various stakeholders to foster research project collaboration. The goal of these research activities and networking is to develop a funding proposal that will sustain and expand the initiatives under the new cluster. The following specific thematic research areas have been identified for this purpose; education would be an overarching topic of interest across the themes:

  1. Resources in the context of the nexus (land, water, food, energy, fisheries, minerals, oil and gas, etc.), both domestic and transboundary types
  2. The nexus between peace and sustainability in the context of disaster risk reduction
  3. Digital technologies in the context of the nexus in an increasingly digital world (AI, Big Data, ICT, digital divide)
  4. Migration in the context of the nexus (environmental/climate/ disaster/ conflicts, etc.)
  5. Governance and institutions in the context of the nexus (local, national and international systems)
  6. Environmental peacebuilding
  7. Other topics suggested by the applicant with clear implications for peace-sustainability nexus
NERPS at Hiroshima University invites applications from academic researchers, by November 30, 2024, which propose 2-year research projects, addressing one or a combination of the above mentioned thematic research areas. We are also open to other innovative research projects that address issues at the nexus of peace and sustainability. The intent is to award successful applicants by no later than mid-January 2025, and the cross-appointment period will begin in April or later in 2025.