Message posted on 08/03/2023

Job alert: 2x 3-year Postdocs on Peat Restoration Controversies

                Job alert: 2x 3-year postdocs exploring peatland restoration controversies
(Universities of Bristol and Birmingham)

Are you interested in joining a new interdisciplinary research project to
study controversies surrounding peatland restoration for carbon storage? The
Peatscapes project, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, is currently looking to
recruit two postdoctoral researchers into 3-year posts. These positions
present an exciting opportunity to work at the forefront of interdisciplinary
research on natural climate solutions, ecological restoration, and
resource-making.

The successful applicants will join a new, energetic and well-supported
project team, co-led by Dr James Palmer (University of Bristol) and Dr Krg
Kama (University of Birmingham). They will also work collaboratively with
other social and natural science colleagues, and with wider stakeholders and
communities involved in the management, use and restoration of peat-scapes in
the UK and Estonia.

Post 1: Research Fellow in Peatland Restoration Controversies (Birmingham -
closing date April 2nd)
Job advert:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CXR508/research-fellow-in-peatland-restoration-con
troversies
Full job description:
https://edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_600
1/job/1480/?utm_medium=jobshare

Post 2: Research Associate in Peatland Restoration Controversies (Bristol -
closing date March 31st)
Job advert:
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/CXZ066/research-associate-in-peatland-restoration-
controversies
Full job description:
https://www.bristol.ac.uk/jobs/find/details/?jobId=306516&jobTitle=Research%2
0Associate%20in%20Peatland%20Restoration%20Controversies

Further Project Details
To date, most research into peat restoration has been led by ecological
science, studying how peatland emissions will respond to future environmental
change and landscape interventions. Yet peatlands are not just complex
ecosystems. Given their diverse cultural importance and various uses as
economic resources, they can be better understood as peat-scapes  dynamic,
working landscapes whose ultimate purpose and value is contested by different
social groups. The Peatscapes project, accordingly, views restoration as a
thorny social process that brings carbon-based imperatives into conflict with
other ways of knowing and valuing peat natures. A more detailed overview of
the Peatscapes project is available
here. Please also follow @peatscapes on Twitter for
project updates.

Main Duties
Successful applicants will each lead primary data collection and analysis
relating to two project case studies (either based in the UK or Estonia),
including several months of on-site fieldwork. Key tasks include the use of
participatory research methods, such as walking interviews and photovoice, to
trace the knowledge controversies around peatland restoration and its
place-specific implications for extant ways of living and working with peat.
In addition, successful applicants will work with the project team to trace
the emerging international geographies of peat restoration science and carbon
accounting, drawing on a combination of desk-based policy analysis and
interviews with peatland ecologists, restoration managers, funders and
volunteers, as well as industry and local community representatives. In the
final stages of the project, successful applicants will co-design and
co-facilitate a multi-stakeholder workshop deploying inclusive, participatory
approaches for developing place-specific visions of future peat-scapes,
wherein climate objectives can be integrated with wider social and
environmental goals.

Interested applicants are strongly encouraged to consider applying for BOTH
posts. Informal inquiries are very welcome, and should be directed to either
Krg Kama (Birmingham, k.kama@bham.ac.uk) or James Palmer (Bristol,
james.palmer@bristol.ac.uk).

Please circulate widely - and we look forward to hearing from any potential
candidates!
Krg and James


--

Dr Krg Kama (she/her)

Lecturer in Human Geography

University of Birmingham

https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/gees/kama-karg.aspx



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