The “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” National Research University (TIIAME-NRU) seeks to recruit a postdoctoral fellow. The fellowship is tenable at the TIIAME-NRU, Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
The position is supported by the SDGnexus Network led by the Department of Ecology and Water Resources Management, TIIAME-NRU, Justus Liebig University, Giessen, and by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) with funds from the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development of Germany (BMZ).
Duration: 1 July 2020 – 31 December 2024
Deadline: 31 March 2024
Summary of the Position
The SDGnexus Network, consisting of partners from Colombia, Ecuador, Germany, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, provides a common research framework related to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations (UN) and aims to analyze synergies and trade-offs among individual SDGs (SDG nexus analysis).
The Postdoctoral Fellow will contribute to current team-based research projects, initiate new research, assume teaching and/or outreach responsibilities, and assist in grant proposal writing and reporting within agriculture and food systems, water, urban and rural areas, natural resources, and the SDG progress and monitoring network.
Fields of Research
The candidate will be employed at the TIIAME-NRU (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) and conduct research within the fields of water resources management, environmental and earth sciences, irrigated agriculture, climate change mitigation and adaptation, sustainable economic development, spatial interaction and potential synergies and trade-offs among of agriculture and water-related SDGs.
Required Qualifications
- Completed Ph.D. or Candidate of Sciences degree in a relevant field
- Relevant spatial and statistical analysis skills
- Good knowledge of the SDGs and of the methods for measuring and solving trade-offs between them
- Willingness to work in new and challenging environments
- Demonstrated ability to work in multi-disciplinary and collaborative teams
- Ability to develop and manage research and development projects
- Understanding of key focal areas of TIIAME-NRU in Uzbekistan
Languages
Fluency in oral and written English. Competency in Russian is an advantage, as is knowledge of Uzbek.
How to Apply
Send a cover letter, an up-to-date CV that includes the names and contact information of two referees, and a written sample of your research work. Applicants from Uzbekistan are encouraged to apply. Send the documents to sdgnexus@tiiame.uz and pepiwm@gmail.com by 31 March 2024.
Please send your applications with the following subject header of the email: “SDG Nexus Post-Doc position”.
Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted and invited for interviews with SDG Nexus Network consortium representatives.
The “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” National Research University (TIIAME-NRU) is a first-class regionally recognized academic and research university known for its top programs in engineering (irrigation, water resources, environment, electrification and automation, agricultural mechanization), land management and agricultural economics/management & marketing with an almost 100-year tradition. TIIAME-NRU’s mission is to develop the potential of agriculture and water management, strengthening the image of Central Asian science and education in the global market of educational services, research, and innovations.
For more information about the “Tashkent Institute of Irrigation and Agricultural Mechanization Engineers” National Research University, visit https://tiiame.uz.
