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Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Science
  • Job Number: 23762
  • Functional Area: Academic (non-faculty)
  • Department: MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium
  • School Area: Engineering
  • Employment Type: Full-Time
  • Employment Category: Exempt
  • Visa Sponsorship Available: No
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Job Description

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW-SOCIAL SCIENCE, MIT Climate & Sustainability Consortium (MCSC)-Impact Fellowship Program, to assume a position for a social science-oriented individual who wants to transcend academia and industry and apply their expertise to near-term change for a more sustainable future.  MCSC Impact Fellows work with MIT researchers and consortium industry members in collaboration with external organizations and communities to implement solutions needed for global economic transformation to address the global climate change and sustainability crisis. Throughout the program, fellows prepare for leadership positions within the sustainability domain in a wide range of contexts and prepare to drive research that advances breakthrough scalable solutions towards accelerated change.  A social science-oriented Impact Fellow will bring a perspective on the social dimensions of climate and sustainability topics important to the MCSC. Such dimensions include equity and agent-centered design, behavior and markets, transparency and accountability, and policy and governance.  

Job Requirements

REQUIRED:  Ph.D. in a relevant discipline focusing on humanistic perspectives; familiarity with social science methods (e.g., interview, survey, comparative case studies, participant action, community-based research); familiarity with social science theoretical backgrounds (e.g., collective action and social movements, sustainable development, social theory, science and technology studies, environmental justice); experience with proposal writing and group management and coordination; and strong listening and written and verbal communication skills. Must be highly collaborative and able to work in a team-oriented environment with experts from diverse backgrounds.  Job #23762

As social science is a broad topic with many relevant fields of expertise (anthropology, sociology, geography, psychology, political science, history, history of science, STS, public policy and planning, environmental studies, and environmental humanities), candidates should showcase their experience traversing disciplines during problem-solving in their application materials.

2/21/24