[Vacancy] Postdoctoral Researcher

Date Posted: June 2026

Job Title: Postdoctoral Researcher,  WEDiDEA project, Research Institute for Humanity in Nature (RIHN)

Employment Type: Full-time

Location: Kyoto, Japan

Application Deadline: 09 November 2026

Key Responsibilities

In a rapidly changing and interlinked world, achieving sustainable development has been increasingly understood as an outcome not only of economic and social policies but also the ability to manage disaster-related risks. Economic connectivity has made increasingly clear ecological connectivities between distant places, and transformed multi-sited local nature-society relations. We seek to understand how thickening economic and ecological connectivities through global commodity chains have led to growing risks and vulnerabilities of disasters, and integrative policy responses. Conceptually, our project draws on World Ecology, Social Production of Disasters, and Diverse Values of Nature to rethink development that would integrate multiple values into policies and governance of economy, environment, and disasters through shifting knowledge systems, worldviews and values on humanity-in-nature relations. By integrating these themes, the postdoctoral research engages in collaborative research that enhances the impacts of the WEDiDEA. For more information about the project, please visit the project website.

Requirements and Qualifications:

• Ph. D. in relevant fields at the time of appointment

• Application Requirements

  • Curriculum Vitae

  • Cover Letter

  • Statement of Research–Applicants should provide specific information about research plans and how your research will contribute to the project

  • Recent Publications–please include at least one publication

  • Reference Requirements

    • Names and contact details for 3 references. We will only request letters of recommendation for shortlisted candidates.

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