Organisation/Company: Universitat de les Illes Balears
Research Field: Geography
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Positions: PhD Positions
Country: Spain
Application Deadline: 15 Jan 2025 - 23:55 (Europe/Madrid)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 37.5
Offer Starting Date: 1 Apr 2025
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe
Reference Number: 2024-2025_3_228
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description Postdoctoral position for the ERC CoG 2021 project: Ocean Crime Narratives: A Polyhedral Assessment of Contemporary Sea Narratives on Environmental Harm and Crime (1982-present) - OCN, led by PI Dr. Marta Puxan-Oliva at the Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB), located in Mallorca.
This is a 2.5-year position, from 1/04/2025 to 30/09/2027 where the fellow will undertake specialized research on the policy aspects of the hegemonic international discourses in the scientific and policy-making reports and in the legal texts regulating environmental harm at sea.
This research is part of an interdisciplinary project OCN.
The candidate should have an interest in interdisciplinary work, especially in the humanities and social sciences.
The project involves research on literature and film studies, public international law and green criminology, political ecology, and oceanography.
Project Summary: With the latest international Law of the Sea (UNCLOS 1982), narratives on environmental crimes and harms at sea have changed their views of ocean governance, sustainability, and human rights, shaping an international, hegemonic discourse.
A growing, under-examined corpus of contemporary literary and filmic narratives discusses environmental criminality at sea as subject to contested international and state jurisdiction, harmful to oceanic sustainability and threatening human rights, and uncertainly poised between crime and harm.
Literature and film are only part of the discourse around environmental crime at sea, since policymakers, lawyers, and scientists are its main producers.
OCN responds to this new challenge with three objectives:
To analyze the narratives around environmental crime and harm at sea in a new, hitherto unexamined corpus of post-1982 literature and film. To conduct a novel narrative analysis of environmental sea crime and harm discourses aiming for dissemination and governance from the perspective of oceanography, green criminology, and political ecology. To produce a polyhedral assessment of hegemonic, international discourse on environmental crime and harm at sea today. OCN examines a post-1982 corpus of literary, filmic, and expert narratives dealing with three areas of harm and crime:
Exploitation of biological and mineral marine resources. Toxic waste and plastic dumping. Harmful climate change effects on oceanic ecosystems. The project tests an interdisciplinary analysis of discursive practices to provide a fresher, critical view of hegemonic, international environmental crime discourses at sea, determining definitions of criminality and aiming to safeguard the future sustainability of our oceans.
We are seeking dynamic, creative, and participative candidates, who are really interested in the project's topic and would be engaged in eager dialogue and conversation, as well as with an interest in working at an international, high-quality level.
More details about the project's development can be found at http://ocn.uib.eu.
Funding body: European Commission
Institution: Universitat de les Illes Balears (UIB) / University of the Balearic Islands (UIB)
Qualifications Minimum Requirements: BA in Geography, Political Science, Ocean Sciences, Environmental Studies, or related fields that include political ecology. PhD in Geography, Environmental Politics, Ocean Sciences, Environmental Studies, or related fields. Specific Requirements: Publications related to political ecology. Participation in conferences and research projects on political ecology. Publications about political ecology at sea. Participation in conferences and research projects specifically about ecological politics at sea. Language Requirements: High level of English language proficiency.
Competence in other languages such as Spanish, Catalan, French, German, Italian, Chinese, or others will be highly appreciated.
The candidate will have to earn a basic level of Catalan or/and Spanish during the contract if this is not one of their languages.
Prior Experience: International educational and research experience. Experience in political management at sea. Experience or clear interest in interdisciplinary research. Years of Research Experience: 1 - 4
Salary: Gross monthly salary: 3,700.00 € (Compensation may be higher with recognized professional experience).
Eligibility Criteria: Curricular merits in the field (max.
40 points). Qualifications in the specialist area (max.
20 points). Video curriculum and, if applicable, personal interview (max.
20 points). Experience in the field (max.
15 points). Other merits (max.
+5 points). Eligibility threshold: 60 points.
Candidates who hold the qualification corresponding to the required category in the job offer with a non-EU degree must present a certificate of equivalence of their non-EU qualification to a European qualification, or proof of having applied for this equivalence, in order to proceed with hiring.
Selection Process: In accordance with article 8 of the REGULATORY AGREEMENT 145140 of 15th June 2022 that approves the regulation governing the recruitment of research staff.
Selection Committee: The relevant Pro-Vice-Chancellor for research (or delegated representative) as chair. The supervisor (or delegated representative). The members of the Research Area Assessment Committee (CARAI). One or more expert members in the topic pertaining to the recruitment and chosen by the chair of the committee. The head of FORHU (or delegated representative), as secretary, who may speak but not vote. Additional Comments: In 2025, the annual gross salary is 44,400€ (12 paychecks); monthly gross salary is 3,700€.
Salary increases will be applied to UIB workers as corresponding.
Social Security and Health coverage included in the contract.
Number of Offers Available: 1
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