Postdoc Cascading and compounding hazards in coastal urban areas
Postdoc
Cascading and compounding hazards in coastal urban areas
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Organization: Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon
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Location: Geesthacht, Germany
Job Description
(compounding hazards in coastal urban):
The Climate
Service Center Germany (GERICS), a scientific organizational entity of the
Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon, invites applications for a Postdoc, starting as soon
as possible, in the research project „Risk workflow for cascading and
compounding hazards in coastal urban areas – CASCO“, in the frame of the
Helmholtz research programme “Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future” of the
Research Field Earth and Environment. The position is limited to three years.
GERICS develops science-based prototype products and services in support to
government,
administration and business in their efforts to adapt to climate change. It
builds up a
national and international network structure in order to integrate existing
competences and
knowledge, and to link various actors within the complex area of climate change.
In the Helmholtz research program “Changing Earth – Sustaining our Future” of
the Research Field Earth and Environment, seven Helmholtz Centers (AWI, FZJ,
GEOMAR, GFZ, Hereon, KIT, UFZ) are collaborating to gather deep insights into
the complex relationships between the processes that take place on our planet.
They are pooling their competencies to research the natural foundations of life
in a systemic approach, from the land surface to the oceans and to the polar
regions. For only with sound knowledge of the Earth system, with innovative
technologies and strategic approaches and recommendations for politics the path
to a sustainable future is possible. Within the framework of this program, the
project CASCO is one of four “innovation pool projects”. These serve to
strengthen the cooperation between the centers, to promote innovative ideas of
young scientists, and to provide flexibility in dealing with current, socially
relevant themes.
The main goal of the CASCO project is to develop new integrated methods and
models for multi-hazard risk assessment of coastal urban areas, subject to
extreme geophysical and climatic events. This project is carried out jointly
with GFZ, GEOMAR and AWI. At GERICS we will develop a dataset of climatological
hazards based on regional climate projection data, focussed on rainfall and
temperature extremes. In addition, we will apply an Agent-Based model to
simulate urban planning responses to extreme events.
Equality of opportunity is an important part of our personnel policy. The
position can be filled part-time in principle.
Your tasks
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supporting
the development of a workflow to capture cascading and co-occurring risks with
a special focus on climate risks such as heat waves and heavy precipitation for
the study area, in close cooperation with GFZ, GEOMAR and AWI
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develop
rainfall and temperature extremes scenarios based on regional climate model
ensemble simulations for the study region
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identification
and analysis of region-specific characteristics of past and potential future
climate extremes on the basis of high-resolution regional climate model
ensemble data from EURO-CORDEX and other relevant data
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develop
and apply an approach for coastal vulnerability and damage modelling
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modify
and apply an agent-based model for a coastal area
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collaborate
within the partner team to develop multi-hazard and cascading risk scenarios
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develop
and document research software and data products according to FAIR criteria
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write
scientific publications based on this research
Your profile
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university
degree and Ph.D. in meteorology, physics, physical geography or other related
disciplines in natural sciences and earth science is essential
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excellent
knowledge of extreme value statistics and analyses of climate extremes is
essential
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extensive
experience in the analysis of climate model ensemble data from regional climate
change projections and from earth observations and measurements is essential
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knowledge
of climate extremes impact assessments on terrestrial and coastal systems is
beneficial
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experience
in Agent-Based modelling is beneficial
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profound
knowledge of appropriate programming languages such as Python and R, experience
with Linux/Unix computer environments
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extensive
knowledge of geographical information systems
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excellent
proficiency in English
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experience
in writing scientific publications
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motivated
to work in a multi-disciplinary and international environment
Content-related
enquiries regarding this position can be directed to Dr. Laurens Bouwer
(laurens.bouwer@hereon.de), or Dr. Diana Rechid (diana.rechid@hereon.de).
We offer you
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multinational
work environment with ca. 1,100 colleagues from more than 50 nations
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extensive
options of vocational training (i. a. expert seminars, language courses or
leadership seminars)
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flexible
working hours and various models to ensure the compatibility of family and
career
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excellent
infrastructure, including a scientific in-house library as well as modern work
spaces
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remuneration
according to the standards of the collective wage agreement TV-AVH including
further social benefits
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free
employee advice – Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
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childcare
offers
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Welcome
Office, guest accommodation
Severely
disabled persons and those equaling severely disabled persons who are equally
suitable for the position will be considered preferentially within the
framework of legal requirements.
Interested?
Then we are
looking forward to receiving your comprehensive application documents (cover
letter, CV, certificates etc.) indicating the reference number 2021/KG 6.
Application deadline: Nov 8th, 2021
