Recruiting a Post-Doctoral Researcher on Tools and Data for Developing Place-Based Territorial Intelligence for Low Density RegionsThe University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro (UTAD) opens a call for one (1) Post-Doctoral Research Grant in the frame of the R&D project Centro de Estudos Transdisciplinares para o Desenvolvimento, BIPD/UTAD/21/2021, funded by UIDP/04011/2020.
The candidate should have a background in economics, management, statistics, data science, or a related field.
The candidate will carry out R&D activities within the scope of the DAT4LOWDENSity lab Place-Based Territorial Intelligence for Low Density Regions. The project aims to provide integrated data and information to enable political, economic, social, and institutional actors to design evidence-based sub-regional and local development policies and agendas and make evidence-informed decisions at their scale. It also aims to provide data and tools for measuring and monitoring the effects of the green and digital transitions. Key responsibilities include:
Identifying and analyzing various satellite accounts already available and identifying alternatives for their integration and adaptation at territorial scales.Identifying and analyzing sets of indicators for assessing and monitoring the green and digital transitions and their articulation with the objectives of sustainable development, as well as designing frameworks promoting their integration, adaptation to territorial scales, and systematization through instruments such as indexes.Participating in the design and construction of a territorial satellite account that integrates different fields of activity (economic, social, environmental, and cultural) and flows, including the movement of goods and people, ecosystem services, knowledge, and other relevant dynamics of the territories, as well as their interaction at different scales.Get In TouchRegional Science Association International
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