We are offering 2 PhD and 2 Postdoc positions with a focus on climate change attribution, vulnerability, and health commencing on the 1st of February 2025.
Project description
The PhDs and Postdocs will work on a DANIDA funded project on Vulnerability and Attribution in Kenya. In recent years, climate scientists have been able to measure the extent to which human-induced climate change is responsible for changes in the frequency and magnitude of extreme weather and climate events. However, current studies predominantly focus on hazards affecting the Global North and on understanding changes in weather patterns in isolation from socio-economic and political factors affecting the resilience of a community. This raises a crucial question about how these advances in climate science can be combined with a human-focused approach to vulnerability to create climate-resilient societies.
The PhDs and Postdocs will be part of an interdisciplinary team comprising researchers from the University of Nairobi, Imperial College London, Kenya Meteorological Department, University of Copenhagen, and Danish Meteorological Institute focusing on climate attribution, vulnerability, disaster management, climate policy, and adaptation science.