Post-Doctoral Position: OCEAN Sustainability Pathways for Achieving Conflict Transformation

Sep 5, 2020 | FAPESP
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FAPESP is a public foundation, funded by the taxpayer in the State of São Paulo, with the mission to support research projects in higher education and research institutions, in all fields of knowledge.

Two post-doctoral positions for young researchers are available within the scope of a project on participatory processes for the resolution of conflicts in fishing communities and the use of scientific communication to strengthen the interface between science and public policies in promoting the blue economy.

The team is formed by multidisciplinary researchers, civil society organizations and managers of Environmental Protection Areas and is part of an international consortium in which scientists from Brazil, USA, Norway, Sweden, India and South Africa team together. Scholarship holders will be based at Instituto do Mar, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) in Santos, Brazil, contributing to the exchange of knowledge in the consortium International. Field activities will take place on the coast of the state of São Paulo and south of the state of Rio de Janeiro.

In addition to the requirements by FAPESP, the following are desirable, but not excluding:

  • Skills for working in multidisciplinary, multisectoral and multinational groups;
  • Leadership in knowledge production in coastal management and sustainable development;
  • Fluency in English (mandatory) and Portuguese (desirable);
  • Experience with traditional or indigenous communities.

Interested candidates should send the FAPESP Curriculum Summary, motivation letter and two reference letters. After the initial selection based on the documents, there will be an interview.

This opportunity is open to candidates of any nationalities. The selected candidate will receive a FAPESP’s Post-Doctoral fellowship in the amount of R$ 7,373.10 monthly and a research contingency fund, equivalent to 15% of the annual value of the fellowship which should be spent in items directly related to the research activity.

In November 2018, this call was launched to foster innovative solutions to accelerate the sustainable use of the oceans and minimize the effects of global change. FAPESP takes part in one of the 13 selected international proposals:

Processo / Grant ID: 2019/24416-8

Acrônimo/ Acronym: OCEANS PACT

Pesquisador Responsável / Principal Investigator: Ronaldo Adriano Christofoletti

Instituição sede / Host Institution: Instituto do Mar – IMar/Unifesp

Pesquisador Líder / Leader PI: Michael Gilek

Instituição Líder / Leader Host Institution: Södertörn University, Sweden

Países Participantes / Participating Countries: Sweden, Norway, United States, India, South Africa, Brazil

Agências Financiadoras / Funding Agencies: FAPESP, FORMAS, RCN, NSF, MoES, NRF

Pesquisadores Parceiros / Partner Researchers:

  • Peter Arbo - The Arctic University, Norway
  • Frank Dukes - University of Virginia, United States
  • Devanathan Parthasarathy - Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
  • Merle Sowman - University of Cape Town, South Africa