Postdoctoral Researcher
3 weeks ago
The Institute of Development Studies (IDS) delivers world-class research, learning and teaching that transforms the knowledge, action and leadership needed for more equitable and sustainable development globally.
CLARITY will address the critical need to identify equitable, sustainable and climate-resilient development pathways in tropical drylands. The project will create long-term assets (data, tools) and capacities to achieve transformational change. Tropical drylands are home to some of the poorest and most marginalized communities and are highly vulnerable to climate change. In these regions, groundwater plays a vital role, sustaining water supplies and livelihoods due to its ability to buffer against climate variability. Groundwater development offers opportunities for both sustainable development and climate resilience. But if poorly managed, there are risks of depletion, inequitable access and unsustainable development pathways. CLARITY will work through ‘Transformation Labs’ (T-Labs) in India, Niger-Nigeria and Tanzania, which span a range of dryland settings and capture the complex challenges of rural/urban water resilience under rapid development. T-Labs are collaborative spaces where people take an active role in co-developing sustainable, equitable pathways. This approach is solutions-focused, transdisciplinary and novel in three ways. It will: (i) co-construct narratives of water practices and potentials with marginalised groups and train ‘para-hydrogeologists’ in the community to collect and analyse data for local action; (ii) use the narratives and data to build models that generate disaggregated, technically and socially ‘plausible’ pathways; and (iii) engage with key change makers to ensure the research gets embedded in wider policy processes and communities of practice by sharing tools, training materials, interactive reports and ‘serious games’.
The PDR will also be associated with Rural Futures Research Cluster at IDS. Rural societies, economies and areas face challenges and opportunities that can be qualitatively different from their urban analogues, including limited access to infrastructure, services and political decision-making and greater exposure to some kinds of environmental shocks and stresses. Many possible rural futures can be envisaged, each carrying implications for local livelihoods, poverty and social relations, conflict, migration, production and distribution systems, food security, natural resource management and environmental change. Rural Futures research acknowledges that improvements in social justice and sustainability can be achieved by opening up a diversity of economic, environmental and technological pathways, practices, models and institutional arrangements that create new democratic spaces, strengthen social movements, enhance innovation and empower rural men, women and young people to take greater control over their productive assets. The aspirations, agency, voices and assets of rural people must be central to these dynamic processes. The empowerment of people in rural areas who are poor and vulnerable are central to our concerns.
The PDR will work under the direction and line management of the Social Science Leads of CLARITY, Dr John Thompson and Dr Imogen Bellwood-Howard. The line managers are responsible for induction, appraisal, support and ongoing management to support excellent performance, though these activities can be designated to other senior colleagues by agreement.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 30 months
Pay: £40,407.00-£53,409.00 per year
**Benefits**:
- Additional leave
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Brighton
Reference ID: 10-2024
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