Post-Doctoral Fellows in Disaster Risk Policy and Governance
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The Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS) has two Post-Doctoral Fellow positions open for Indian citizens in the field of disaster risk policy in urban India and its leadership histories. The candidates will have the opportunity to lead new innovative ways to engage with trans-disciplinary field of disaster risk reduction, as well as get teaching and training experience.
The first position seeks a person whose research interests broadly align with issues of urban risk and exposure, vulnerability, institutional and local coping capacities, particularly in the Indian policy context. This candidate will be expected to join on-going research on disasters risk resilience and climate risk, particularly the research on socio-economic and political implications of extreme events in coastal areas. The particular focus will be on models and scenarios for tsunami risk, focusing on the implications of the political economy of the decision-making processes. Field work will be conducted on the west coast of India. There will be opportunities for the candidate to engage with other cross-sectoral research space, particularly with housing and economic development.
The second position seeks a person whose research interests include disaster risk practices in urban areas and/or theories of leadership. The candidate will be expected to join an on-going process of building case studies and ethnographies of key individuals and organisations that have played a key role in changing debates and practice on the ground on risk reduction and resilience in India. The scope of work will involve interviewing key informants across the country. There will be opportunities for the candidate to engage with other cross-disciplinary research, practice and teaching.
Qualifications
Applicants should hold a PhD in a relevant field (geography, development studies, public policy, urban studies, economics, sociology, anthropology, among others), with a proven research and publication record in or across disaster risk reduction, urban studies, poverty, economic and human development, and at least one publication in a noted peer-reviewed academic journal. Ideal applicants will have experience of leading or being part of field research projects in Indian cities.
Working knowledge of English and Hindi is required.
These positions are based in Bengaluru, with travel for fieldwork.
These are one-year positions, extendable.