The central task of the position holder is research and collaboration in the interdisciplinary research project "Urban Footprints". The subject of the research is the role of cities in climate and resource protection at the interface of law, urban planning and environmental sciences. A doctorate within the framework of the research project is desired.
Project description: „Urban Footprints – Towards Greater Accountability in the Governance of Cities’ Carbon and Material Flows":
The Urban Footprints project focuses on the current as well as the potential future role of cities in combating climate change and resource depletion. It explores accountable modes of governance of cities' carbon and material footprints in order to activate the transformative forces within cities. The envisaged accountability analysis focuses on key strategic urban development plans such as the respective cities’ climate action and sustainability plans and comprises four key pillars: responsibility, assessment, transparency and participation. Bridging the disciplines of legal sciences, urban planning and environmental sciences, the project will develop a knowledge base, an analysis of opportunities and challenges, as well as recommendations for enhanced accountable governance of urban carbon and material footprints for eight international cities and their respective national jurisdictions: China (Shenzhen), India (New Delhi), United States (New York), Brazil (São Paulo), Nigeria (Lagos), Germany (Hamburg), Egypt (Cairo), Canada (Toronto).
The focus of research can be either the reappraisal and critical analysis of urban planning and development in the fields of climate and resource protection or the reappraisal and critical analysis of urban material flows (especially energy, (building) materials, waste, food) and greenhouse gas emissions in the above-mentioned cities and regional contexts.
If the research is oriented towards urban planning, previous knowledge in the following subject areas is an advantage:
If the research has an environmental or engineering orientation, prior knowledge of the following topics is an advantage:
The Junior Professorship offers a committed, open, international and interdisciplinary working environment with a wide range of opportunities for further scientific qualification and profiling, including within the framework of the Graduate School Environment, Society and Global Change of the Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources. In particular, we support you in the implementation of your PhD project and your international profiling through a variety of international contacts to recognized cooperation partners, participation in conferences and the financing of research stays in the cities that are the subject of the "Urban Footprints" project.
Requirement profile:
Please submit the following documents in English as part of your application:
The interviews are expected to take place in calendar week 12 in Freiburg or via video conference.
We are particularly pleased to receive applications from women for the position advertised here.
Please send your application in English including supporting documents mentioned above citing the reference number 00001453, by 15.03.2021 at the latest. Please send your application to the following address in written or electronic form:
Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
Fakultät für Umwelt und Natürliche Ressourcen
Juniorprofessur für Transformation zu nachhaltigen Energiesystemen
Tennenbacher Str. 4
79106 Freiburg / Deutschland
Email (as one PDF-file):
sekretariat@enrlaw.uni-freiburg.de
For further information, please contact Dr. Cathrin Zengerling on the phone number +49 761 203-67812 or E-Mail cathrin.zengerling@enrlaw.uni-freiburg.de.