Mobility, Energy and EnvironmentOpen OpportunitiesIn collaboration with the Earth Commission, the University of Toronto School of the Environment is excited to announce opportunities two Post-doctoral Fellows (PDFs) or Research Scientists to join the core research team focussed on assessing “Safe and Just Earth System Boundaries” for Novel Entities (ESBs).
The following are the areas that will be addressed by the PDFs, with exact subject areas to be divided by the two PDFs based on expertise and interest of each candidate:
• Scan of methods that could be used to determine ESBs for a subset of novel entities. The methods that could be used include material flow analysis, life cycle assessment and other types of impact assessment methods.
• Undertake “horizon scanning” of the literature to document present and future novel entities that are or could transgress either a Safe or Just ESB. This scan will add the broad context to the case studies of specific novel entities.
• Undertake case studies of several specific novel entities to develop Safe (biophysically-based) and Just (according to interspecies, intra-societal and intergenerational equity) ESBs.
• Consider transformation pathways that moves society from our current situation to within safe and just ESBs. This analysis could consider novel entities in broad categories and could also focus in on the case studies undertaken for the ESB evaluation.
- Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified
- Post-Doc Position
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