Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Sustainability in Japan

Ritsumeikan University is recruiting research fellows for the Multisensory and Cognitive Design Laboratory in Shiga Prefecture, Japan. This is a fixed-term postdoctoral/researcher equivalent opening for about two people, with work centered on cognitive science , experimental psychology , information science , and food science . The lab focuses on research about perception and cognition, especially the relationship between the human mind and food. The position is connected to projects such as KAK...

Okinawa National College of Technology is recruiting a researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position for the NARO BRAIN project “Development and Supply of Smart Agriculture Technologies.” The work is based in Okinawa, Japan , and focuses on smart agriculture , soil management , agricultural environmental engineering , agricultural information engineering , soil science , plant nutrition , crop production science , environmental agriculture , and horticultural science . The successful ...

RIKEN’s Research Center for Computational Science (R-CCS) in Japan is recruiting a Researcher/Postdoctoral Fellow for the Complex Climate Science Research Team . The position focuses on weather and climate modeling , computational science , high-performance computing (HPC) , GPU computing , and generative AI for scientific software development. The project aims to build a new specification-driven research and development platform for scientific and technical computing. The work includes designin...

Recruitment of a fixed-term Research Fellow / Senior Research Officer at the Disaster Prevention and Public Health Resilience Research Center , National Institute of Public Health (Wako City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan). This is a postdoctoral-equivalent full-time research position focused on public health , disaster prevention , health crises , medical sociology , and health informatics . The role includes public health activities and administrative support related to large-scale disasters and h...

Fixed-term Researcher opening at the National Institute of Public Health, Japan This recruitment is for a researcher/postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position in the Architecture and Facility Management Research Department at the National Institute of Public Health in Saitama Prefecture, Japan . The role focuses on research and studies on the indoor environment of buildings , especially humidity , thermal comfort , and related health effects , together with associated training activities. This...

Open call for a Researcher / postdoctoral-equivalent fixed-term position in the ECOIP Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature in Kyoto, Japan. The project, Toward an Ethical Economy: Addressing the Impacts of Commodity Trade and Consumption on Indigenous Lands and Survival , examines how global commodity production, trade, and consumption affect indigenous peoples, territories, livelihoods, rights, and lifestyles. The successful candidate will focus on remote sensing , GIS , ge...

Fukushima International Research and Education Organization (F-REI) is recruiting a postdoctoral-equivalent researcher for the Regional Environmental Co-creation Unit in Fukushima, Japan. The position focuses on environmental science , radioactive materials , nuclear disaster recovery , and related modeling of environmental dynamics in forests, rivers, and lakes. Research themes include developing and improving high-precision future prediction models, accelerating models with AI and machine lear...

Open call for Research Fellow / Senior Research Fellow positions in the ECOIP Project at the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (National Institutes for the Humanities), Kyoto, Japan. The project, Toward an Ethical Economy: Addressing the Impacts of Commodity Trade and Consumption on Indigenous Lands and Survival , examines how global commodity production, trade, and consumption affect indigenous peoples, their territories, livelihoods, rights, and lifestyles. The research combines globa...

Ritsumeikan University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher / specialist researcher for the Center for Play Creation Research in Kyoto, Japan. The position is part of the Game Creation and Inheritance Project (GCCP) , an industry-government-academia collaborative initiative supported by the Japan Creator Support Fund and the Agency for Cultural Affairs through the Japan Arts Council. The role is centered on game informatics , entertainment , and practical arts , with responsibilities that inc...