Environmental Sustainability Specialist

2 days ago


Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland Helsinki Innovation Services Ltd Full time
Research Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated researcher to join our team in understanding and redefining just sustainability transformations from queer perspectives. The successful candidate will contribute to the development of intersectional approaches that foreground disability and queer perspectives around environmental sustainability.

The research project, WEIRD, aims to critically appraise conventional sustainability transformations, understand how people with disabilities and gender minorities enact alternative futures, and redefine theories of justice in sustainability transformations.

As part of the WEIRD team, you will develop your own line of investigation at the intersection of queer studies and environmental sustainability, engaging with issues of justice, sustainability, and transformation from a queer perspective.

This role offers a unique opportunity to interact with junior and senior researchers, develop disciplinary, interdisciplinary, and transdisciplinary research skills, and contribute to the development of pedagogical and training-oriented material about doing transformative sustainability research.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing your own research project on queer environmental transformation
  • Participating in team meetings and contributing to the development of ethical and methodological guidelines for disability and queer environmental research
  • Conducting qualitative and mixed-methods research on queer environmental issues

Requirements:

  • Master's degree in a relevant field, such as disability studies, transdisciplinary sustainability science, or environmental humanities
  • Experience in qualitative and mixed-methods research
  • Excellent English writing skills
  • Ethical sensitivity and competence to work with vulnerable populations and minorities

We offer a dynamic and inclusive work environment, opportunities for professional growth, and a competitive salary package.



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