Research possibilities for the MSCA SEAS postdoctoral research fellow in STS research on responsible and circular aquaculture

The position is connected to ongoing STS (science and technology studies) research on national and international/global nexus issues related to aquaculture, including the issue of novel feeds and the development and implementation of circular economy policies, as well as the introduction of RRI (responsible research and innovation) and participatory and transdisciplinary dimensions into aquaculture R&I. As the research has a strong STS orientation, it finds sufficient infrastructure at our research centre at the Faculty of Humanities.

The position is open to an incoming candidate, see mobility rules.

The successful candidate will be employed at the Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities, and included in the research group Interdisciplinary studies of Knowledge, Values and Society (‘Vitenskapsteori’).

Information about the supervisor and research possibilities for the fellow is available below. For further details about the research possibilities please contact Professor Roger Strand.

Supervisor: Professor Roger Strand, Centre for the Study of the Sciences and the Humanities.

The research focus of Professor Strand and his co-workers is governance in complexity. This focus is subjected to research anchored in science and technology studies (STS) and post-normal science. Specific case studies span from nexus governance in the EU, including novel feeds and the circular economy, transformative research and innovation policy, and governance of emerging technologies. The postdoc would focus on nexus issues related to aquaculture, including the issue of novel feeds and the development and implementation of circular economy policies, as well as the introduction of RRI (responsible research and innovation) and participatory and transdisciplinary dimensions into aquaculture R&I. The postdoc project will fall within STS (science and technology studies) will accordingly find sufficient infrastructure at our research centre at the Faculty of Humanities.

International research collaborations of relevance to the scope of the postdoctoral position would be our long-standing collaborations in Barcelona, including the Univ. Autònoma de Barcelona, Univ. Oberta de Catalunya and Univ. Pompeu Fabra.

Trans-sectorial collaborations of relevance to the scope of the postdoctoral position would be with regional, national and European authorities involved in policy development on the circular economy and RRI. We collaborate with Norwegian and European Union agencies and directorates on these issues.

Strand collaborates with researchers across all faculties at the University of Bergen. For this postdoc project, the choice of internal collaboration will depend on the recruited candidate, but the more likely choice would be with sustainability researchers at the Department of Geography, Faculty of Social Science.

The full advertisement in Jobbnorge will be available from august 1, 2022, until call deadline October 31.

Please be aware

• That until August 1st 2022 (official call opening), the information on this page must not be considered as final, as adjustments may be done! There might also be minor adjustments in the Guide for applicants and the templates needed for applying.
• That the application process is time-demanding and requires a close dialogue with name-given available faculty supervisor or contact who, close to the deadline, must sign a supervisor match declaration if an application is to be eligible.
• That some fields of research, especially within sensitive technology areas, might be enforced by Norwegian and international regulations regarding Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in these regulations might be prohibited from recruitment to UiB.