Project description
Making leaders for marine sustainability
Our oceans and seas will be able to keep functioning and provide us with goods and services forever, but only if they are exploited in a sustainable way. Currently, marine and coastal areas face many challenges. There is a pressing need to achieve marine sustainability. In this context, this career and mobility fellowship programme at the University of Bergen in Norway will shape European research leaders for marine sustainability. Specifically, the EU-funded SEAS is a postdoctoral fellowship programme for 37 researchers that will offer high-quality inter- and transdisciplinary research and training opportunities. The aim of the programme is to promote excellent research at the marine science-society-policy nexus.
Objective
SEAS will provide exceptional inter- and transdisciplinary research and training opportunities, supported by a dedicated team supervision and inter-sectoral mentoring scheme for 37 ERs in the area of marine sustainability, a strategic focus of the beneficiary University of Bergen, Norway. The SEAS programme promotes excellent, transdisciplinary research at the marine science-society-policy nexus. The programme will attract excellent researchers (for both incoming and outgoing mobility) through an inclusive, transparent, merit-based, and structured recruitment process. The ERs will acquire novel insight and skills in high-calibre research projects set within a transdisciplinary context, with the opportunity to transfer knowledge and skills between disciplines, organisations and sectors, and to harness entrepreneurial mindsets for innovation. SEAS will offer academic freedom, equal opportunities, personal career support, structured skill-based training, a regional ecosystem of marine actors, and high-quality working conditions. The ERs will be employed in postdoctoral researcher positions at UiB, with three-year contracts and full social coverage. Through SEAS, the ERs will gain unprecedented possibilities to diversify their marine career options within Norway, the European Research Area (ERA) and internationally.
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5020 Bergen
Norway