A PUBLIC UNIVERSITY INTENSIVE IN RESEARCH AND COMMITTED TO TEACHING INNOVATION
The Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF; www.upf.edu) is a university committed to public-institution values, wide open to the world and a city university engaged in the dynamic life of Barcelona. The primary aims of the UPF are to educate responsible professional people and citizens committed to the values of civic life, and contribute to the development of research, the transfer of technology and the culture of innovation as driving forces behind progress for society in the XXI century. Among the aspects that contribute to the reputation of the UPF are: the continuous innovation and improvement in teaching and technology, the good academic performance of the students, the successful passage of our graduates into the professional world, the university’s high internationalisation index, and its high standing in the international research arena. The UPF’s activity indicators are a benchmark for Spanish University system.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Department of Political and Social Sciences at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (https://www.upf.edu/web/politiques) invites applications for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the area of Environmental Justice and Socioenvironmental Transformations, effective October 2024.
The monitoring of the selection process will be made public on the department's website, under the section 'Job Offers'.
Candidates must hold a PhD degree. Please refer to the call for applications on the department's website for details.
Research:
Candidates will demonstrate expertise and a strong publication record, preferably transversal, in the following sub-areas: political ecology that allow examining asymmetric power relations in the dynamics of environmental justice conflicts, and how emerging leaderships reconfigure these asymmetries seeking the inclusion of gender issues, new generational perspectives, and the non-human world. Similarly, the candidate must have a perspective, such as ecological economics, that clarifies the distributive dimensions within conflicts, both from a material point of view and in the way different values are framed and expressed, as well as how the notion of effectiveness is conceived and evaluated. It will be valued if the candidate has experience in using a wide range of analytical tools, especially multi-criteria analysis, tools of digital humanities (e.g., social network analysis, geoprocessing of data), qualitative research tools, and their combination in mixed research methods.
Teaching:
Candidates will demonstrate expertise and a strong publication record, preferably transversal, in the following sub-areas: environmental justice studies and socioenvironmental transformations, with special emphasis on issues of effectiveness and diversity, is jointly assessed.
The standard duration of the contract is 5 years; at the beginning of the 5th year the Tenure-track lecturer will undergo performance evaluation in all areas, including their commitment to the Department’s goals and needs stated above (i.e., research, teaching, service, knowledge transfer). If performance evaluation is successful, the University will issue a call for a permanent, tenured position. Tenure-Track faculty are eligible for relocation expenses reimbursement and some discretionary start-up funds.
DEPARTMENT DESCRIPTION
UPF Department of Political and Social Sciences is ranked #1 in the country (QS World Ranking) and offers a vibrant and active research environment where interdisciplinarity and innovation is highly valued. Our department offers degrees at undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD level and includes diverse research lines.
Our faculty comprises 32 full-time tenured and tenure-track professors, who participate in teaching activities at all levels: 2 undergraduate degrees (Political and Administration Sciences; Philosophy, Politics and Economics), and five Master’s Degrees (Research in Political Science; Political Philosophy; Current Democracies: Nationalism, Federalism and Multiculturalism; Migration Studies and the Erasmus Mundus European Politics & Society). In addition, our faculty supervises PhD research as part of the Doctoral Program and sponsors numerous postdoctoral researchers.
