[csaa-forum] Post-doctoral position: cultural research for household sustainability, University of Wollongong

[Chris Gibson]

Associate research fellow
(Fixed term 3 years, full time)
Human Geography, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of
Wollongong, Australia
This is a postdoctoral research position to join the team of an exciting new
ARC Discovery Project titled 'Making less space for carbon: cultural
research for climate change mitigation and adaptation'. 
This is an opportunity for an outstanding early career scholar with a
background in human geography, cultural studies or related area. For further
information, please contact Assoc. Prof. Gordon Waitt on (02) 4221 3684 or
email gwaitt at uow.edu.au
Candidates must address the selection criteria specified in the relevant
Position Descriptions which are available from the University website.

http://employment.uow.edu.au/cgi-bin/job_details.cgi?id=23306



Making less space for carbon: cultural research for climate change
mitigation and adaptation: aim of the project

Climate change is now widely recognised as requiring social and cultural as
well as scientific solutions. This project builds adaptive capacity for
climate change mitigation and adaptation, using cultural research. In a
context of economic uncertainty, we are interested in examining how people
make sense of climate change within their lived experience and locality, and
how this is shaped by and influenced by government policy and planning, for
example in relation to transport, energy and food infrastructure. Our focus
is on the Illawarra, a region central to Australia's carbon economy. The
overarching aim of the project is to provide international leadership for
comparable regional communities, and contribute to key debates about
human-environment relations.







Dr. Chris Gibson
Associate Professor in Human Geography
GeoQuest Research Centre
School of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Wollongong
NSW 2522 Australia
cgibson at uow.edu.au
fax: +61 2 4221 4250

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