Post-doc: Climate Change & Governance
This post-doctoral opportunity will support research on Canadian and international climate change and flood risk governance. Policymakers have started to explore the adoption of "risk-based" approaches to disaster management—such as the use of risk assessments as a condition for disaster mitigation funding—and the expansion of private insurance to replace government disaster assistance. The post-doctoral fellow (PDF) would join the research research team of Dr. Thistlethwaite, Dr. Daniel Scott and Dr. Daniel Henstra in the Interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Change (IC3) to assess the social, political and economic implications of risk-based climate change and flood governance in Canada. Multiple funded projects are underway and the PDF would work closely with the research team to complete these projects and translate the findings into academic, policy and industry targeted publications, including comparisons with lessons from international experience with risk-based governance.
The successful candidate will:
- Work with Dr. Thistlethwaite, Scott and Henstra to produce co-authored peer reviewed journal articles based on recent survey, interview, content analysis and policy modeling studies.
- Develop plain language and policy reports to target government and industry audiences.
- Conduct independent research to expand the scope of the projects by examining risk-based policy instruments and drawing lessons from international experience.
- Develop grant applications to support expansion of the projects in Canada and internationally.
