Postdoctoral Researcher — Environmental Justice & Backsliding

Academic Positions; Belgique; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 40,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Three-year fixed-term contract in an国际

Competitive postdoctoral salary

Job summary

UCLouvain, Belgium, invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher within the EOS (Environment, Organisations, Society) research centre, as part of the SETBACK project. The position is a 3-year fixed-term contract starting January 2027, under FNRS funding, supervised by Prof. Brendan Coolsaet and Prof.

Louise Knops. The role focuses on environmental justice backsliding in the USA and Europe, with emphasis on democratic consequences and resistance against EJ backsliding.

Qualifications

• Excellent command of English.
• Strong publication record in social sciences.
• Ability to organize time and work independently.

Responsibilities

• Stock, document, and trace the activist, scholarly, societal, and institutional landscape of environmental justice backsliding in the USA ( geographic focus defined together).
• Address the project’s core questions on discourses, consequences, and future directions.
• Coordinate research activities and supervise related researchers and students.

Skills

Excellent English

Publication track record

Independent time management

Education

Ph.D. in social science

Job description

UCLouvain, Belgium, invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral researcher within the EOS (Environment, Organisations, Society) research centre, as part of the SETBACK project. The position is a 3-year fixed-term contract starting January 2027, under FNRS funding, supervised by Prof. Brendan Coolsaet and Prof.

Louise Knops. The role focuses on environmental justice backsliding in the USA and Europe, with emphasis on democratic consequences and resistance against EJ backsliding.