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ICTA _ Institute of Environmental Sciences and Technology
Areas of research: Environmental Sciences. Location: Barcelona. Website: www.uab.cat/icta; Contact: pr.mdm.icta@uab.cat
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The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) was established as a research institute of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in 2003.
Research at ICTA addresses major environmental and sustainability challenges related to anthropogenic global change. With climate change, increased global temperatures, alteration of precipitation patterns, extreme weather events, rapid ocean warming, and rising sea levels are expected to intensify the challenges of global instability, hunger, poverty and conflicts. There is thus an urgent need to act and stimulate the necessary societal transformations to adapt and protect human populations and natural resources essential for human life. Research also addresses other aspects of global change that accompany and interact with climate change, such as social and technological change in fisheries, societal metabolism, and the evolution of urban environments.
ICTA researchers take an inter-disciplinary approach that includes Natural Sciences, Engineering and Social Sciences. ICTA stands out among the environmental science institutes in Spain and Europe in its even balance of Natural, Social and Engineering Sciences as applied to the various dimensions of climate change, global change and climate policy.
ICTA promotes academic research and postgraduate education in the Environmental Sciences, offering two masters programmes (Joint European Master in Environmental Sciences (JEMES) and Master in Interdisciplinary Studies in Environmental, Economic and Social Sustainability), and one doctoral (PhD) programme within the postgraduate education system of the UAB (www.uab.es/ postgraduate). These reflect an interdisciplinary and international approach, within which students can choose the learning trajectory that best fits their interests and capabilities.
ICTA is a friendly, mid-sized institute with more than 60 professors and researchers, approximately 75 PhD students, 20 research and laboratory assistants and an administrative team of 13.
ICTA was accredited as a María de Maeztu Unit of Excellence in 2015 by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO), the highest institutional recognition of scientific research in Spain.
The main research areas at ICTA are:
• Earth and Life Sciences: Aerobiology, Atmospheric Transport and Health, Climate and Environmental Biogeochemistry, Conservation, Biodiversity and Global Change, Environmental Radioactivity, Integrated Earth System Dynamics, Marine Ecology and Management, Ocean Acidification, Paleo-climate and Ocean Dynamics • Social Environmental Sciences: Business Environmental Management, Cities and Environmental Justice, Ecological Economics and Political Ecology, Environmental and Climate Economics, Environmental Geography and Water Governance, Analysis of Socio-Ecological Systems in a Global World, Science Communication and Environmental Education, Transport Mobility and the Environment • Technology, Environment and Society: Agricultural Sustainability and Waste Management, Energy and Integrated Environmental Assessment, Industrial Ecology, Life-cycle Analysis and Eco-innovation, Science and Technology Studies.
JOB OPPORTUNITIES 2017-2018
OPPORTUNITIES FOR DOCTORAL TRAINEES (R1)
• The PhD programme at ICTA-UAB offers the opportunity to study in a stimulating, dynamic, international and interdisciplinary working environment. • The PhD in Environmental Science and Technology is a UAB programme adapted to the new European Higher Education Area (EHEA), leading to an EU officially recognized doctoral degree. Training courses are provided to students to build theoretical and methodological skills. • ICTA-UAB is offering Ph.D fellowships which will cover salary costs and PhD programme registration for the whole period of research. • Further information and application procedure at http://ictaweb.uab.cat
OPPORTUNITIES FOR POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHERS (R2 and R3)
• ICTA-UAB is offering postdoctoral positions, for research on climate and global change. • Postdocs will interact and collaborate with ICTA researchers in the framework of seminars and research projects. • Further information is available at http://ictaweb.uab.cat and/or contacting the ICTA-UAB unit of excellence at pr.mdm.icta@uab.cat
