The Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation (CET), University of Bergen (UiB), is recruiting a postdoctoral research fellow and a PhD researcher. Deadline: 4 February.

CET is an interdisciplinary research centre that aims at producing actionable knowledge about how to achieve deep, rapid and sustainable transformation of society to meet the climate challenge. CET is based at the UiB Faculty of Social Sciences, and works closely with scientists from a variety of disciplines. The positions are thematically open within CET’s research areas. CET researches how climate change and transformations are experienced, communicated and acted upon by individuals, communities, policymakers and organisations.



Postdoctoral Fellow in Climate & Energy Transformation
The postdoctoral fellow is expected to develop a research project in the early phase of the fellowship. At the application stage, candidates are expected to submit a research statement (4-5 pages), which outlines the research interests of the applicant and describes how these align with CET’s research profile. 

The postdoc fellow will have her/his/their workplace at CET and is expected to contribute to making CET a dynamic and productive academic environment. 


PhD Candidate in Climate & Energy Transformation

The PhD fellow is expected to develop a research project fulfilling the requirements of a PhD in collaboration with supervisors in the early phase of the fellowship. At the application stage, candidates are expected to submit an extended letter of motivation, which describes their competence, research interests for the PhD project, and how these contribute to CET’s research profile. The candidate will be assigned a supervisor after the hiring is complete. 

The PhD fellow will have her/his/their workplace at CET and is expected to contribute to making CET a dynamic and productive academic environment.