Environmental Sustainability Researcher

3 weeks ago


GondrecourtleChâteau, Grand Est, United States University of Minnesota Full time
About the Opportunity
The University of Minnesota's Institute on the Environment (IonE) is a nationally recognized interdisciplinary institution that works to advance sustainability through collaborative research, leadership and education programming, and public-interest storytelling and communications. As an IonE Postdoctoral Fellow, you will be part of a team working to address critical sustainability questions through systems thinking and deploying a range of interdisciplinary methods within social science and synthesis as well as data science and modeling.

The position is annually renewable with continuation dependent on performance for two years. You will have the opportunity to work on one or two specific projects that may include research from areas such as adaptation, mitigation, biodiversity, clean energy, water and land, food systems, planetary health, environmental justice, natural capital, and decision support. This work would be supervised and mentored by an Institute on the Environment research scientist or faculty.

You will have a mentoring team that includes a primary mentor based at IonE, other IonE scholars, and a community, government, and/or industry mentor. The team is committed to supporting you in both project-based and professional development mentoring.Overall, you will balance multiple tasks and manage time efficiently to ensure project activities and research activities are rigorous and completed in an organized and efficient manner for incorporation into multiple peer-reviewed publications. Research outcomes are also co-produced with non-academic project partners to support the implementation of research findings into operations and environmental decision-making, which requires thoughtful partner engagement, regular briefings, and recommendation memos.

Key Responsibilities
  • Conducting research relevant to project, which may include developing research proposals, designing experiments or studies, and/or collecting data
  • Data analysis, which may include using statistical methods or software, data analysis and/or data interpretation
  • Documentation and reporting, which may include writing research reports, documenting research findings, methodologies, and analyses in formal reports, and/ or creating data/research visualizations.
  • Dissemination of findings, which may include presenting research results, publishing research papers, and/or sharing research in other ways for a broader audience.
  • Collaboration and engagement, which may include engaging with stakeholders and/or participating in research teams
  • Giving and receiving feedback, which may include reviewing and updating research practices and/or gathering input from peers or mentors to improve research quality and outcomes.


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