Post‐Doctoral Fellowship in Political Polarization Regarding Climate Change at Vanderbilt University
The Vanderbilt University Law School Climate Change Research Network (CCRN) announces the immediate availability of a one‐year post-doctoral fellowship for recently graduated PhDs to support research in political polarization regarding climate change. The successful candidate will have a background in social psychology or a related field with research interests related to climate change and/or partisan identity. To be eligible, candidates must complete the PhD before starting the fellowship.
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The Vanderbilt University Law School Climate Change Research Network (CCRN) announces the immediate availability of a one‐year post-doctoral fellowship for recently graduated PhDs to support research in political polarization regarding climate change. The successful candidate will have a background in social psychology or a related field with research interests related to climate change and/or partisan identity. To be eligible, candidates must complete the PhD before starting the fellowship.
The postdoc will be expected to work with a collaborative project team involving faculty from multiple disciplines headed by CCRN director and Law School Prof. Michael Vandenbergh, and will conduct studies regarding identity-based interventions to address polarization with a focus on the center-right. In addition, the postdoc will be expected to draft papers based on the research, help to shape wide-scale interventions for the project, and assist with dissemination of results via papers and a conference. The postdoc will also participate in the design and implementation of related social science research projects regarding electric vehicles and other climate-relevant behaviors, as well as policy support.
The fellowship will begin May 15, 2023, and it will be funded in part by Prof. Vandenbergh’s 2022 Andrew Carnegie Fellows grant. In additional to salary and benefits, postdocs receive an annual allowance for research/conference‐related travel and expenses. In addition, during the fellowship the school provides a computer for use and computer support. During the period of the fellowship, fellows are expected to be in residence (subject to current conditions), work with faculty on research projects, participate in research seminars in the school and contribute to the teaching and research mission of the school.
Founded in 1873, Vanderbilt University is an internationally recognized research university with student body of some 12,500 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students, and approximately 1,430 full-time faculty (excluding faculty employed by the Medical Center), of whom 50 have their primary appointment in the Law School. The university is situated on a 330-acre campus located a mile and a half south of downtown Nashville.
The Vanderbilt University Law School offers a rigorous legal education delivered by a world-class faculty in a uniquely collegial and supportive environment. It has an enrollment of about 550 students in its J.D., LL.M., and Dual Degree programs. The Climate Change Research Network is a part of the Law School’s Energy, Environment and Land Use Program. The CCRN assembles research teams from multiple disciplines to bring social and behavioral insights to bear on climate change. Recent research by CCRN members has been published in Nature Climate Change, the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and other leading peer-reviewed publications as well as leading law and policy journals. Former CCRN post-doctoral fellows are now in tenured positions at major universities, in government, and in the private sector.
Vanderbilt seeks to attract an active, culturally, and intellectually diverse faculty, staff, and student body. More information about Vanderbilt’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives is available athttp://www.vanderbilt.edu/inclusion/.
Vanderbilt University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer committed to recruiting and retaining an academically and culturally diverse community of faculty. Vanderbilt has a strong institutional commitment to diversity in all areas and particularly encourages applications from minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and members of other underrepresented groups.
Submit a cover letter explaining your background and interest in working in this position, C.V., three letters of recommendation, and a sample research paper tomichael.vandenbergh@vanderbilt.edu. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and will begin immediately.