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.
  

CIAT is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to address the key research question: How can Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) in the livestock sector be designed and implemented to promote inclusiveness, social equity and decrease existing gender gaps?

CIAT is seeking a Postdoctoral Fellow to address the key research question: How can Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMAs) be designed and implemented to promote inclusiveness, social equity and decrease existing gender gaps?

The Postdoctoral Fellow will be expected to work closely with a team of researchers from CIAT and partner organizations to include gender research in the LivestockPlus project. This project, which is part of the CCAFS, aims to reduce emissions from the cattle sector by promoting sustainable agricultural systems that include tropical forages and improved animal feeding practices.

Specifically, the Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to investigate gender roles and inequalities in the cattle sector in Costa Rica and Colombia as a baseline exercise. Then, work in collaboration with the LivestockPlus team to determine how various NAMAs may impact gender roles and inequalities and how gender relations may impact the uptake of NAMAs by farmers in the cattle sector.

The position will be based at CIAT Headquarters in Palmira, Colombia.

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