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Research Assistant
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Reference: RA/KATE S.Location: LondonHours per Week: 20.0Job Type: TemporaryPay Rate: £21.09 per hourClosing date: 08/03/2025Start date: 16/03/2025End date: 30/05/2025Sector: Education / TeachingJob DescriptionWildfires are almost inevitably portrayed as disasters, ignited through carelessness or arson with a massive impact on people?s lives, fauna and flora, and the global carbon budget. Yet recent research, including by the ?Just Fires? group of the Leverhulme Centre for Wildfires, Environment and Society (e.g. ), highlights the important role of traditional fire management in supporting people?s livelihoods and creating a patchy biodiverse landscape which mitigates against unintentional and disastrous fires. The project aims to explore the framing of landscape fire in international conventions and agreements as a first step to understanding how these affect national- and local-level fire governance. The study will focus on key international policy frameworks, including the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) and other relevant agreements, to analyse how fire is positioned in relation to climate, biodiversity, and land use governance. This will be achieved by: * Analysing the extent to which international policies directly target landscape fires, and/or indirectly affect fires (e.g. by changing land use);
- Exploring potentially contradictory framings of landscape fires in relation to their impacts on carbon emissions, biodiversity and human wellbeing and livelihoods.
The successful applicant will contribute to this study by: * Undertaking a literature review on international fire policy (about 30 hours),
- Identifying relevant policy documents at international level (about 30 hours), and
- Undertaking initial coding of the policy documents (about 40 hours).
Depending on the outcomes of the research, there may be an opportunity to contribute to a publication on international fire policy. The successful applicant will join the Leverhulme Wildfires Centre and be supervised by Professor Kate Schreckenberg (Geography, KCL) and Dr Will Hayes (Geography, RHUL).The total number of hours for this job = 100 hoursExperience / SkillsEssential skills:
- Ability to undertake independent research
- Experience of carrying out a literature review
- Use of NVivo, Excel or other software for thematic
- Good writing skills in English
Desirable skills:
- Experience of policy analysis
- Interest in and work on wildfires
- Interest in climate change, land use and conservation policy
- Collaborative research
- Familiarity with international environmental agreements
QualificationsMaster-level quealification in Geography, Political Science, Natural Resource, Governance and related subjects.Applicants should provide a 2-page CV and a cover letter explaining how they meet the essential and desirable skills. Health & Safety ConsiderationsNone expectedUse this page to report this JobAd if you believe it is inaccurate, offensive or discriminatory. Someone will review you comments and take any necessary action.
Expected salary
£21.09 per hour
Location
London
Job date
Thu, 20 Feb 2025 23:51:46 GMT
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