The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3), offers a full-time Research Fellow position. BC3is looking for candidates who can support its activities related to the analysis of the impacts of supply changes on biodiversity and land use using Life Cycle Assessment methods and other modelling tools such as Integrated Assessment Models. The selected candidate will contribute to different research projects carried out by the Low Carbon Research Line of BC3, in particular in the CLEVER Horizon Europe project.
About the project:
CLEVER investigates how international trade in agricultural and forest products affects global supply chains and associated biodiversity impacts, focusing on animal feed, energy crops, tropical timber and aquacultures. The aim is to identify hotpots for biodiversity loss embedded in international trade, as well as trade-offs with other land-use mediated impacts, by developing indicators and quantitative approaches for environmental footprint analysis and forward-looking assessments of policy interventions and. The final goal is to develop solutions for more sustainable production and consumption, influencing decision-making, in collaboration with policy stakeholders, the private sector and the civil society.
The candidate will contribute to the development of new features for the GLOBIOM model for a system-wide assessment of biodiversity impacts of different policy options and supply chain initiatives by capturing the linkages between biomass production systems, value chains, and trade responses, as well as other impacts on SDGs. In particular, (1) improving the representation of non-food biomass production and supply chains for sectors of interest (namely soy and forest products) in a global modeling framework, (2) distinguishing supply chain actors in selected sectors when relevant for the policy implementation, (3) implementing improved indicators on the impacts of biodiversity loss driven by both land occupation and transformation at regional and global scales, consistent with the LCA methodology, (4) introducing additional environmental and socio-economic impacts indicators covering SDG dimensions based on impact assessment methods for LCA and specific global databases, and (5) enhancing the existing modeling framework by capturing existing linkages between production location, land use change, environmental degradation and subsequent biodiversity impacts.
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Starting in September 2024, the position will extend along the whole duration of the project (until the 31st of August, 2025), with a six-month probation period.
The position will carry competitive salary, matching the academic and professional profile of the applicant, and excellent work conditions.
Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain.
As an HR Excellence awarded institution, BC3 is committed to conciliating research-academic requirements and family duties. BC3 is particularly concerned with creating equal opportunities for people independently of gender, culture, and race. Anyone with relevant qualifications is therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the position.
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15 July, 2024
Informal enquiries can be made to Prof Iñaki Arto (inaki.arto@bc3research.org) noting in the subject of the message “RESEARCH FELLOW – CLEVER Project”.
Please consider that only applications sent through the form included at the bottom of the BC3 web page will be considered (https://info.bc3research.org/job-offers/).
The BC3, is a world class interdisciplinary research centre for the study of the causes and consequences of the climate change.
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