Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow in Environmental Governance, Indigenous Studies, and Political Economy (ECOIP Project) Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Japan

Two postdoctoral researcher positions are available for the ECOIP project, Towards an Ethical Economy: Addressing the Impacts of Commodity Trade and Consumption on Indigenous Land and Survival , at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature. The project examines how global commodity production, trade, and consumption affect Indigenous Peoples, their territories, livelihoods, rights, and ways of life. The research sits at the intersection of political economy , environmental justice , and bro...

PhD position at the University of Amsterdam in the CERRADO Project (Conservation and Ecological Restoration for Resilient Agriculture and Development Outcomes), focused on environmental justice , agrarian justice , and sociobioeconomies in Brazil’s Cerrado , especially the MATOPIBA region. The project examines how agricultural development and biodiversity conservation can be better balanced amid agribusiness expansion, deforestation, land conflicts, and climate change. The PhD research will cont...

Funded PhD opportunity in Geography at Texas A&M University focused on environmental justice , environmental change , community resilience , and the social impacts of environmental crises and degradation. The project is part of a $4.7M foundation-funded initiative supporting a center of excellence for humanities-based and community-engaged research on environmental change and Latinx communities. The doctoral researcher will contribute to grant activities while developing an original dissertation...

LUT University is recruiting for a Researcher or Doctoral Researcher in justice and sustainability transitions at its Lappeenranta, Finland campus. The position is part of the Academy Research Fellowship project Circuits of Justice: Exploring Normative and Spatial Dimensions of Justice Across Finland’s Battery Supply Chain , led by Dr Alicja Dankowska in the Energy and Society research group. The project examines how justice claims emerge, circulate, and evolve across Finland’s battery supply ch...

Leiden University is recruiting a PhD candidate for the research project Entangled with Seaweed , focusing on the economization of seaweed and blue economy strategies in South Africa. The project examines how seaweed-related development affects coastal communities, especially in contexts shaped by colonial and apartheid legacies and unequal access to coastal areas. The PhD researcher will be based at the Institute of Cultural Anthropology and Development Sociology, Faculty of Social and Behaviou...