The AXA Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk at the ACDI is providing Postdoctoral ResearchFellowship The fellowship is offered in Social and Economic Assessment of Extreme Weather and Climate.
The AXA Research Chair Programme in African Climate Risk at the ACDI intends to (i) measure the relative contribution of environment modification and landscape management effects of weather condition and seasonal environment extremes; and (ii) approximate the social and financial advantage of various adjustment alternatives to minimize the effects of these severe occasions.
TheAfrican Climate & Development Initiative (ACDI) is the University of Cape Town’s active reaction to the environment modification and advancement difficulty.
CourseLevel: Fellowship is offered for pursuing the postdoctoral research program.
StudySubject: Fellowship is offered in Social and Economic Assessment of Extreme Weather and Climate.
ScholarshipAward: The worth of the fellowship is ZAR 250,000-300,000 depending upon experience and is tenable for 24 months with the possibility of extension for more years based on acceptable development.
Scholarship can be taken in: South Africa
Eligibility:
Required
- A PhD, granted within the previous 5 years, with an expertise in economics.
- Has strong financial modelling, information processing and analysis abilities.
- Demonstrated capability to produce peer-reviewed research posts.
- Excellent composed and spoken interaction abilities in English.
- Experience, or a desire to construct experience, in interacting research to varied non-expert audiences.
Desirable
- Knowledge of multi-criteria analysis that integrates both financial and social elements.
- Has experience in resource and/or ecological economics, specifically in the farming and water sectors, and their worth chains.
- Has useful experience of running hydro-economic and agro-economic computer system designs.
- Has proficiency in South African and/or southern African financial settings.
- The experience of guidance or co-supervision of PhD and/or Master’s level research tasks.
Nationality: Citizens of South Africa are qualified to use.
CollegeAdmission Requirement
EntranceRequirement: Applicants need to have finished their postgraduate degrees within the previous 5 years and might not formerly have actually held a full-time irreversible expert or scholastic post.
EnglishLanguage Requirement: Applicants need to have outstanding composed and spoken interaction abilities in English.
How to Apply: Applicants ought to send (i) an application letter that consists of a brief description of their proficiency and research interests and how these connect to the position, (ii) a CV consisting of a publication list, (iii) copies of scholastic records and/or certificates, and (iv) e-mail addresses of a minimum of 2 referrals who been straight included in their PhD and/or previous postdoctoral research. Applications must be emailed to: nomabelu.somatube-at-uct. ac.za.
ApplicationDeadline: The application due date is August 15, 2017.
