Early PostDoc Position on the Governance of Climate Extremes

Early PostDoc Position on the Governance of Climate Extremes

UniBE is ambitious.
With us, you deliver top performance and test your skills against the best. The main responsibilities of the Early PostDoc are:

• Research about drought management and water conflicts in agriculture and between different sectors, focusing on user and protection conflicts under climate extremes in general, high and low waters in particular.

• Interest to work on Swiss case studies and to apply different methods in social science research (e.g., social network analysis, content analysis, process tracing)

• Willingness to collaborate across disciplines (typically political science, justice, ethics and sustainability transitions) and workpackages (impact studies, agricultural sciences, and hydrology)

• PhD in political science, social sciences, environmental social sciences
• Broad knowledge or interest about the impacts of droughts, heat, floods and compound events on agricultural systems in particular, and about climate extremes and society in general; water user and protection conflicts
• Integrative personality with interest in interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary work at the interface of agriculture, water systems, climate and social science
• Curious, creative and comfortable working in exploratory settings
• Excellent command of English, - willingness to engage with stakeholders (i.e. during living labs, focus groups, etc.), and fluency either in German or French.

The salary follows University of Bern and Swiss National Science Foundation regulations Collaborative environment and ambitious team Healthy corporate culture and good working atmosphere Inspiring work environment University sports We look forward to receiving your online application with the following documents:
• CV
• Letter of Motivation
• Names of 2 references
• Copy of PhD Diploma

The deadline for submissions is 31.10.2026.

Review of the applications will start end of October and Interview are planned mid-November.

Applications are expected to be submitted electronically as one pdf-file to info.climplus@unibe.ch 01.12.2026 or upon agreement Half-time Temporary Employee University info.climplus@unibe.ch