Dear colleagues, In my project “Assessing and Explaining Environmental and Energy Policies in Comparative Perspective”, funded by the All Island Science Foundation Ireland (SFI) Strategic Partnership Programme, I am seeking to fill a position as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University College Dublin for a duration of 24 months. I would be very grateful if you could refer suitable applicants to the advertisement. The position commences in August 2023 and does not involve mandatory teaching or administrative tasks. The salary ranges from €42,033 to €48,427 gross per year (dependent on qualifications and experience). The application deadline is 22 May 2023. Details: https://muellerstefan.net/files/postdoc-nexsys.pdf Apply here: https://ucd.ie/workatucd/jobs/ (enter the job reference number: 015887) I strongly encourage applications from scholars interested in party competition, environmental politics, or quantitative text analysis. ABOUT THE PROJECT The project “Assessing and Explaining Environmental and Energy Policies in Comparative Perspective” seeks to identify the problems political actors raise and the solutions they offer regarding renewable energy, sustainability, and water treatment. The project will also assess how companies and interest groups aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help mitigate the impacts of climate change. By combining quantitative text analysis, human coding, and supervised machine learning, it will define and map (proposed) policies relating to the environment and sustainability and provide recommendations for policymakers. The postdoctoral research fellow will be involved in NexSys (Next Generation Energy Systems) and the Connected_Politics Lab, an interdisciplinary hub for researchers using computational methods to study politics and society. More details: https://muellerstefan.net/#projects ABOUT NEXSYS The decarbonisation of the Energy System will play a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and help mitigate the impacts of Climate Change. The technical and societal challenges inherent in decarbonisation are enduring challenges of the mid-21st century and will require a whole of society approach, encompassing academia, industry, government, and citizens. NexSys (https://www.nexsys-energy.ie/about/) is a newly established All Island SFI Strategic Partnership Programme focused on transitioning to a net zero-carbon energy system. It is a unique partnership bringing together a multidisciplinary research team, industry, and policymakers to tackle fundamental research questions to be addressed as part of the transition to net Zero. NexSys brings together academics from nine institutions across the Island of Ireland to work together to meet the unprecedented scale and complexity of the challenges associated with the energy transition. EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, AND INCLUSION UCD is committed to creating an inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated, and everyone is afforded equality of opportunity. To that end the university adheres to a range of equality, diversity and inclusion policies. We encourage applicants to consult those policies here https://www.ucd.ie/equality/. We welcome applications from everyone, including those who identify with any of the protected characteristics that are set out in UCD’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion policy. Please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. Kind regards, Stefan – – – Stefan Müller, PhD Assistant Professor and Ad Astra Fellow University College Dublin School of Politics and International Relations Website: https://muellerstefan.net Research Group: https://text-and-policy.com