Mark New
1 week ago
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Climate Change Impacts on Africa Surf Conditions and Surf Economies University of Cape Town in South Africa
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; funding details are not specified in the post excerpt, but it is a postdoc fellowship within the Africa Climate Collaborative call.
Country
South Africa
University
University of Cape Town
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University of Cape Town is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship focused on climate change impacts on Africa’s surf conditions and surf economies. This opportunity sits within a wider Africa Climate Collaborative postdoc call and is supervised by Mark New, Marieke Norton, Emily Vosper (University of Bristol), and Chrisopher Trisos (UCT / University of Stellenbosch).
The project will map known and emerging surf breaks across Africa, assess how local communities depend on surf tourism, and model how changing wind, swell, and sea-level rise may affect surf break quality, consistency, and persistence. It also includes community-based fieldwork at up to eight surf tourism destinations to study climate risk perceptions, adaptation barriers, and opportunities for climate-resilient surf economies.
Academic areas: climate science, oceanography, physical geography, environmental science, geography, earth science, economics, statistics, and computational climate data analysis.
Required profile: a recently graduated PhD researcher with a PhD in climate science, oceanography, physical geography, or a related field; or another relevant PhD plus supporting undergraduate/Masters/work experience. Applicants should be able to analyse large multidimensional datasets, ideally climate datasets such as CMIP, reanalyses, and satellite products, and be committed to interdisciplinary research.
Desirable experience: gridded climate data access, Python or similar scientific scripting in Linux/Unix, climate libraries such as Xarray, Dask, NetCDF4, or Iris, econometrics, and socioeconomic data collection methods such as surveys, interviews, or focus groups.
Location: South Africa (University of Cape Town). Application: follow the linked postdoctoral fellowship page for full instructions and application details.
Funding details
Postdoctoral Research Fellowship; funding details are not specified in the post excerpt, but it is a postdoc fellowship within the Africa Climate Collaborative call.
What's required
Applicants should be recently graduated PhD researchers. Required: a PhD in climate science, oceanography, physical geography, or a related field; alternatively, another relevant PhD may be acceptable if combined with relevant undergraduate, Masters-level, or work experience in one or more of those fields; ability to analyse large multidimensional datasets, ideally climate data such as CMIP, reanalyses, and satellite products; and ability and commitment to work in an interdisciplinary research setting. Desirable: experience accessing gridded climate data from stores such as ESFG and CDC; ability to analyse climate model datasets using Python or other scientific scripting tools in a Linux/Unix environment; experience with Python libraries such as Xarray, Dask, NetCDF4, or Iris; experience in econometrics or related socioeconomic data analysis; and capability in socioeconomic data collection methods such as surveys, interviews, or focus groups.
How to apply
Open the linked fellowship page for full details on the position and application process. Review the eligibility and preferred skills, then follow the instructions on the University of Cape Town postdoctoral fellowship page.
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