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Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: Postdoc Positions
Country: France
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Offer Starting Date: 1 Feb 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description – First axis: Diversification of uses of outer space, evolution of representations of space, in particular in connection with these new uses (commercial, military, scientific, etc).
– Second axis: How can we conceive of space as a "territory or common good" for humanity, and what are the resulting tensions? The Chair is particularly interested in the following double tension: tension between the ambition of a common good and the logic of commercial appropriation (of natural resources and of space as a circulation zone); tension between the ambition of a common good and the use of space as a stake and lever of sovereignty. In other words, how can we ensure that space emerges as a common good, in the economic and legal sense, in the face of, on the one hand, the multiplication of private uses of space and, on the other, the ambitions of states?
– Third axis: What contribution can space make to preserving the planet? And what sustainable uses of space?
The post-doc is expected to contribute to the third axis of research of the Chair, in particular by developing research on sustainable pathways for development of human activities in the Earth's orbital space.
The Chair's activities are characterized by a broad spectrum of interdisciplinarity, reflected in the diversity of PSL University's research communities (CERES, CIENS, CIEE, ENS Geosciences Department, ENS Chair in Geopolitics of Risk, Observatoire de Paris), which are directly involved in the Chair via its scientific steering committee.
Research Field: Environmental science » Earth science
Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications:
Please note: Candidates may, but need not, have already worked on research topics related to space. The Chair is also intended to encourage researchers to take space as a new field of study.
Ability to work within a multidisciplinary project is expected.
Specific Requirements:
The post-doc is expected to contribute to the third axis of research of the Chair, in particular by developing research on sustainable pathways for development of human activities in the Earth's orbital space.
Research Fields: Environmental science, Geography, Ethics in natural sciences, Geosciences
Additional Information Duration: 2 years – Full time
Contract start date: From February 2025
Salary: Based on the official salary scale of ENS-PSL.
Eligibility criteria:
Candidates must hold a PhD (or have one by January 2025 at the latest) in sustainability, Earth and atmospheric sciences, or environmental studies.
Selection process:
To apply – Deadline December 1, 2024
Required documents:
A CV (with list of publications)
A letter of motivation
A short research project (5 to 8 pages maximum) describing how you will contribute to the work of the Chair and the suitability of your profile.
Two letters of recommendation
Shortlisted candidates will be invited by December 4, 2024 for a visio audition to be held during the week of December 9, 2024.
The post-doc will work in Paris, at the Ecole normale supérieure. The Space Chair offices are located on the ENS rue d'Ulm campus, in the fifth arrondissement of Paris. The post-doc will also be attached to CERES or/and another lab at ENS, depending on her/his profile.
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