Our research group at Leuphana University Lüneburg is looking to employ a post-doc to support existing activities and to explore new research directions.

Tasks and responsibilities: Research in environmental and sustainability governance, contributing to the international visibility of the research group. Innovative topics and approaches are particularly welcome. Potential research themes and methods include:

• Institutional change towards sustainability, potentially linking sustainability transitions research with institutionalist approaches
• Elite networks for the production of public goods
• Participatory and collaborative governance, from the local to global commons, with a potential focus on the global South
• Knowledge, (adaptive) learning and experimentation in policy-formation and governance
• Systems perspectives on governance and institutional design, e.g. leverage points for sustainability
• Innovative methods for the cumulation of evidence: meta-analytical methods and the potential role of “big data” in governance research
• Field experimentation on governance interventions.

Further tasks include:

• Developing and collaborating in writing articles for international journals;
• Supporting teaching activities on governance-related topics in environmental, sustainability and/or political science study programmes, with a teaching duty of four teaching hours per week during the semester;
• Assisting with day-to-day aspects of facilitating smooth collaboration within the research group;
• Preparation of a cumulative ‘habilitation thesis’ (or equivalent qualification) on a topic agreed with Prof. Dr. Newig.

Selection criteria:

• Completed university degree (Masters or equivalent) with above-average grades in the social sciences, e.g. political science, public administration, law, planning, human geography, environmental or sustainability science, as well as a completed PhD in one of these areas;
• Very good English language communication skills (written and oral);
• Academic publication experience;
• Experience in empirical research, and training in statistics, QCA or other formal comparative methods would be an additional asset;
• Ability and willingness to teach relevant classes; some teaching experience would be an asset.

For questions, please contact Prof. Dr. Jens Newig (newig@uni.leuphana.de).

Deadline for applications is August 15, 2018.

To apply, please visit the university’s website here.