PhD Position in Long-term Climate Governance

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PhD Position in Long-term Climate Governance Oslo Business School at Oslo Metropolitan University (OsloMet) invites applications for a temporary position as PhD scholar in long-term climate governance. The position is connected to the ERC-funded research project CAMELOT – Capacities for More Effective Long-term Climate Governance and is expected to start in April 2027. The position is three years full-time but can be extended to four years if teaching assignments are included. The PhD Research Fellow will be based in the academic unit Public Administration and Governance at Oslo Business School and will be enrolled in OsloMet's PhD programme in Social Sciences, specialization Business Administration, Innovation and Governance (BIG). The successful candidate is expected to complete the doctoral degree during the period of employment. About CAMELOT Many of today's most consequential governance challenges, including climate change and Earth system risks, unfold over decades, centuries, or longer. Yet political institutions and decision-making processes often struggle to engage effectively with such long-term futures. CAMELOT investigates the capacities that enable individuals, groups, and institutions to think about and govern for the long term. The project develops new theory on long-term governance capacities and studies whether and how such capacities can be strengthened through experimental and participatory research. It brings together insights from political science, public administration, environmental governance, sustainability science, futures studies, psychology, and related fields. CAMELOT is a five-year research project funded by a European Research Council (ERC) Consolidator Grant and led by Associate professor Manjana Milkoreit at OsloMet. CAMELOT project website About the PhD project The PhD scholar will develop an independent research project that contributes to CAMELOT's overarching objective of understanding and strengthening capacities for long-term climate governance. The project should be theoretically informed and empirically grounded and involve original empirical research designed and conducted by the PhD candidate. The research may build on, extend, or enable comparisons with research undertaken elsewhere in CAMELOT, but should not depend on data collection undertaken in other parts of the project. We welcome innovative proposals addressing questions related to long-term governance capacities. Possible research directions include, but are not limited to: investigating how narratives and stories about long-term climate futures influence imagination, understanding, attitudes, decision-making, or other capacities relevant to long-term governance examining how engagement with long-term climate futures differs across climate risks, Earth system tipping elements, audiences, social groups, professional communities, or political and cultural contexts studying how scenarios, foresight, simulations, serious games, or other futures-oriented interventions affect capacities for anticipatory and long-term governance developing and evaluating educational or professional interventions designed to strengthen capacities for engaging with long-term climate futures investigating whether and under what conditions changes in long-term governance capacities translate into changes in reasoning, decision-making, or action Applicants are encouraged to propose original research questions and approaches that extend beyond these examples while demonstrating a clear connection to CAMELOT's overarching research agenda. A range of methodological approaches may be appropriate, including quantitative, qualitative, experimental, and mixed-methods research. The proposed research must be feasible within the period of employment. The candidate will conduct their own research while working closely with the CAMELOT team. They will benefit from interaction with CAMELOT's theoretical, experimental, and participatory research and may develop complementary or comparative studies building on concepts, methods, interventions, or findings developed within the project. Qualification requirements We are looking for candidates who meet the following requirements: master's degree of 120 ECTS or equivalent in political science, public administration, environmental governance, sustainability science, sociology, psychology, futures studies, science and technology studies, human geography, or another field relevant to the position grade of B or better on both the master's thesis and the master's degree overall, or an equivalent academic record demonstrate knowledge of research methods relevant to the proposed PhD project strong analytical and academic writing skills excellent written and spoken English Candidates who are close to completing their master's degree may apply, provided that the degree is completed before the start of the position. It will be an advantage It will be considered an advantage to have knowledge of or previous resea

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