Academia Sinica, Research Center for Environmental Changes

Position ID:

AS-Research Center for Environmental Changes-RFERSRG24NOV [#29176]

Position Title:

Researcher Positions in Environmental Resilience and Sustainability Science

Position Type:

Tenured/Tenure-track faculty

Position Location:

Tainan, Taiwan

Subject Areas:

Climate Change
environmental sustainability / environmental change and health impacts/adaptation

Appl Deadline:

2025/01/31 11:59PM help popup

** (posted 2024/11/06, listed until 2025/01/31)

Position Description:

The Research Center for Environmental Changes (RCEC), Academia Sinica invites outstanding scientists to apply for tenure-track researcher position at the assistant research fellow level or above in the Environmental Resilience and Sustainability Research Group (ERSRG). This position is expected to begin from summer of 2025. We particularly consider applicants with expertise in the area of “environmental change and health impacts/adaptation” with transdisciplinary approaches.

Academia Sinica advocates transdisciplinary and solution-oriented Sustainability Science in order to tackle the significant challenges on our society brought by global environmental changes. Sustainability Science is one of the priority areas in Academia Sinica Southern Campus. To support the development of Sustainability Science, RCEC has established ERSRG in 2020. The aims of ERSRG are to assess the impacts of environmental changes from human-centric perspectives and to explore potential adaptation options. Follow the development of Academia Sinica Southern Campus, a research team will be built up focusing on the area of human health and wellbeing under dynamic environmental changes with the anticipation of forming a thematic center in the near future. The current position of “environmental change and health impacts/adaptation” is open for Academia Sinica Southern Campus.

Applicants are required to have a doctoral degree; those who has an excellent record of independent research are highly welcomed. Application materials shall be submitted on-line through the Academic Jobs Online by including (1) curriculum vitae with a full publication list, (2) a research plan, (3) 1-3 representative papers, and (4) contact information of at least three reference peers.

For more information, please visit the RCEC and Environmental Resilience & Sustainability Research Group webpage (https://www.rcec.sinica.edu.tw/index_en.php?action=researchGroup&cid=4) or contact Ms. Nellie Chang at nellie@gate.sinica.edu.tw. The application deadline is January 31, 2025.

Application Materials Required:

Submit the following items online at this website to complete your application:

Cover letters (optional)
Curriculum Vitae
Research statement
Publication list
Up to Three Representative Paper(s)
Three or more references (no actual letters, just names and email addresses )

Further Info:

https://rcec.sinica.edu.tw/index_en.php

RCEC-Academia Sinica
128, Sec 2, Academia Rd. Taipei 115201, Taiwan