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<br>Opportunities for early-career Social Sciences & Humanities researchers:
<br>linking energy research to policy
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<br>Energy-SHIFTS is a Horizon 2020 project that feeds
<br>energy-related Social Sciences & Humanities (energy-SSH) insights into EU
<br>energy policy. As part of our Early Stage Researcher (ESR)
<br>programme, we offer access to current energy policy dilemmas and the chance to
<br>become part of a close-knit network of researchers bridging the
<br>policy-research gap. We have two sets of opportunities, with further common
<br>collaboration possibilities beyond these too.
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<br>Opportunity 1 - Working groups on future energy-SSH research needs (x8 ESRs):
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<br>Energy-SHIFTS has been tasked by the European Commission's DG for Research &
<br>Innovation to advise on what energy-SSH should be funded in its Horizon Europe
<br>research and innovation programme (running over 2021-27). We will be
<br>coordinating four expert working
<br>groups on topic areas
<br>that the Commission has already committed to fund:
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<br>       WG1. Renewables - chaired by Derk Loorbach (DRIFT) and Aleksandra
<br>Wagner (Jagiellonian University);
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<br>       WG2. Smart consumption - chaired by Rosie Robison (Anglia Ruskin
<br>University) and Tomas Moe Skjlsvold (NTNU);
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<br>       WG3. Energy efficiency - chaired by Chris Foulds (Anglia Ruskin
<br>University) and Thomas Berker (NTNU);
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<br>       WG4. Transport - chaired by Marianne Ryghaug (NTNU) and Flor Avelino
<br>(DRIFT).
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<br>Each Working Group will have two allocated ESRs, who will sit on each Group's
<br>steering committee. The focus of each Working Group's work will be a Horizon
<br>Scan study, involving 25-30 senior European energy-SSH experts. Depending on
<br>interest, availability and skillsets, options for exact ESR collaboration
<br>include involvement in: researching energy-SSH expert invitations; undertaking
<br>targeted participant observation fieldnotes based on their experiences;
<br>reviewing interview protocol and Horizon Scan survey designs; and assisting in
<br>the actual Horizon Scanning methods, where appropriate.
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<br>Opportunity 2 -  Matching policyworkers with researchers: Policy Fellowships
<br>(x2 ESRs):
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<br>As part of Energy-SHIFTS, we will enable one-to-one dialogue between
<br>policyworkers and energy
<br>experts in
<br>the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH), via facilitating face-to-face as
<br>well as online meetings. These meetings will be structured around the policy
<br>and governance issues that matter most to those working at the energy policy
<br>frontier.
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<br>As part of the DRIFT-led team, options to get involved
<br>could include:
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<br>       Promoting the call for policy fellows for our prestigious Policy
<br>Fellowship programme;
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<br>       Reviewing the design of the Fellowship programme, especially from an
<br>ESR perspective;
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<br>       Analysing policy fellow applications, in which they explain their
<br>policy problems;
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<br>       Researching possible energy-SSH researcher invitees, based on who
<br>could best complement (and sometimes constructively critique) the fellows'
<br>policy problems;
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<br>       Contributing to an European Commission report on 'Live energy policy
<br>challenges: questions for the Social Sciences & Humanities';
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<br>       Developing a toolkit for other institutions wishing to instigate
<br>similar innovative fellowship schemes.
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<br>By participating in these ESR opportunities, you will also benefit from:
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<br>       Officially being part of the Energy-SHIFTS ESR programme, including
<br>being named on the
<br>ESR section of our
<br>website;
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<br>       Having travel/accommodation funding to attend the final Energy-SHIFTS
<br>conference, in Brussels, in early 2021;
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<br>       Blog-writing possibilities for Energy-SHIFTS;
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<br>       Working with senior energy-SSH researchers and/or energy policyworkers
<br>- both through the Energy-SHIFTS
<br>partners and also associated
<br>collaborators.
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<br>       The option to have a 90sec Energy-SHIFTS YouTube video solely
<br>dedicated to showcase your research;
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<br>       Paper-writing collaboration possibilities.
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<br>Requirements:
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<br>       You will be in the first four years of your academic career (at
<br>full-time equivalent) and will not have been awarded a doctoral degree. The
<br>EC's definition of an ESR is available
<br>here; ESRs do not have to be PhD researchers necessarily.
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<br>       You will be based at an European (or, rather, Horizon 2020 eligible
<br>country) research institution;
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<br>       For Opportunity 1 (working groups): You must be available to
<br>contribute over October 2019 to July 2020, with the peak of work likely taking
<br>place in February to May 2020, when the Horizon Scanning exercise takes
<br>place;
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<br>       For Opportunity 2 (policy fellowships): You must be available to
<br>contribute during the months of October (promotion), November (selection) and
<br>December (matching with researchers) 2019. The peak of the work will take
<br>place in November, when we will review applications for the fellowship for
<br>approximately three full days;
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<br>       We note that - given that these are not paid positions - we do aim to
<br>be as flexible as possible to cater to the needs of the successful
<br>candidates.
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<br>How do I apply?
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<br>The application should be submitted in two parts: (1) email CV to
<br>emma.milroy@anglia.ac.uk; and (2) submit the
<br>short online application form, via the Google Forms
<br>survey.
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<br>The deadline to apply is Monday 9 September 2019 (1700 - BST / UK time). We
<br>are aiming to review applications quickly, with decisions communicated within
<br>1-2 weeks.
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<br>Contacts for further information:
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<br>       For any updates and announcements on these ESR
<br>opportunities/applications, please see this project
<br>webpage.
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<br>       General queries on the Energy-SHIFTS ESR programme should be sent to
<br>ESR lead: aleksandra.wagner@uj.edu.pl.
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<br>       Queries about the specific opportunities should go to activity leads:
<br>chris.foulds@anglia.ac.uk (Working Groups)
<br>and geus@drift.eur.nl (Policy Fellowships).
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<br>       Further details on the project's aims and other activities can be
<br>found at www.energy-shifts.eu, or please contact
<br>chris.foulds@anglia.ac.uk.
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<br>Best,
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<br>Dr Chris Foulds
<br>Principal Research Fellow
<br>Global Sustainability Institute (GSI)
<br>Anglia Ruskin University, East Road, Cambridge, CB1 1PT, UK.
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<br>T: (+44) 1223 69 5112 | E:
<br>chris.foulds@anglia.ac.uk | Twitter:
<br>@DrChrisFoulds
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<br>Further info: Personal
<br>webpage |
<br>LinkedIn |
<br>GSI | GSI's Consumption &
<br>Change
<br>Selected projects: SHAPE
<br>ENERGY |
<br>Energy-SHIFTS
<br>|
<br>Energy-PIECES | RRING |
<br>Energy in Water
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<br>Recent selected publications:
<br>Advancing energy policy: Lessons on the integration of Social Sciences and
<br>Humanities (eds.)
<br>(Palgrave Macmillan, 2018)
<br>Constructing policy success for UK energy
<br>feedback (Building Research & Information, 2017)
<br>Energy & the active
<br>consumer (SHAPE ENERGY, 2017)
<br>Transport sector decarbonisation: a social sciences and humanities annotated
<br>bibliography (SHAPE ENERGY,
<br>2017)
<br>Energy monitoring as a practice: Investigating use of the iMeasure online
<br>energy feedback
<br>tool
<br>(Energy Policy, 2017)
<br>Funding pathways to a low-carbon
<br>transition (Nature Energy,
<br>2016)
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