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June 2023: New 5 year ERC Horizon 2030 research project on social-ecological sufficiency and planetary boundaries<\/strong><\/p>\n Mainstreaming Social-Ecological Sufficiency About the positions<\/strong><\/p>\n Official advertisements for the two Postdoc positions (approximately 4.5 years) will go online in the coming weeks, with an envisaged starting date around November 2024. The three PhD positions (approximately 3.5 years) will be officially advertised slightly later and are envisioned to start around February 2024. Please register your interest in any of these positions now by sending a copy of your CV (without a photo) and a short motivational letter (max one page) as a single pdf file to <\/strong>abson@leuphana.de <\/a>with the position you are interested in as the subject line of the email.<\/p>\n Once the official job adverts are posted anyone who as provided an expression of interest will be contacted directly with instructions on how to apply for the positions.<\/strong><\/p>\n Postdoc 1 & PhD 1: Quantifying ecological sufficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n These two positions will focus on: 1) Downscaling planetary boundaries to \u2018ecologically permissible\u2019 average household consumption budgets using environmentally extended multi-regional input-output (EEMRIO) analysis. 2) Developing scenarios for just allocation of resources within (global) ecological limits under different assumption of global resource distribution and 3) Identifying patterns of ecologically sufficient production and consumption in different countries. These positions require strong empirical (interdisciplinary) modelling skills and ideally previous experience with EEMRIO analysis, as well as a firm foundation in sustainability science.<\/p>\n Postdoc 2 & PhD 2: Quantifying social sufficiency<\/strong><\/p>\n These two positions will focus on: 1) Undertaking and analysing consensual based assessments of socially sufficient levels of household consumption (for multiple consumption sectors such as mobility food, consumer goods etc.) in the focal (Germany) case study country. 2) Identifying socio-economic determinants of social sufficiency by exploring the attitudes, norms, material cultures, consumption practices etc. that shape households` consumptive choices and 3) Assessing social sufficiency through deliberative approaches in the focal and 5 satellite case study countries. These positions require strong empirical social science skills (surveys, data analysis and participatory assessment, transdisciplinarity etc.) as well as a firm foundation in sustainability science. German language competency is a prerequisite for these positions.<\/p>\n PhD 3: Assessing strategies for closing the social-ecological sufficiency gap<\/strong><\/p>\n This position will focus on: 1) conceptualizing and analyzing societal discourses on sufficiency. 2) Developing scenarios and strategies for closing the gap between ecologically permissible and socially acceptable levels of household consumption and 3) identifying leverage points for the transition to social-ecological sufficiency at the household level. This position requires a strong theoretical foundation in sustainability science and the ability to synthesis ideas from different knowledge domains. Previous experience of social-ecological scenario development\/analysis is desirable.<\/p>\n All five positions will be located in the Social-ecological Systems Institute <\/strong>(SESI) <\/a>within the Faculty of Sustainability <\/strong>at Leuphana University <\/a>in northern Germany. Leuphana University promotes professional gender equality and heterogeneity among its members.<\/p>\n
Closing the sustainable consumption gap between societal demand and ecological limits
2 Postdoc and 3 PhD positions coming up<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n