Postdoc: Nature-Based Solutions, Co-Creation & Digital Tech in Rural Areas

We are seeking an enthusiastic and research-dedicated post-doctoral researcher to join our team focusing on developing, applying, and evaluating novel approaches to co-creation by including multi-species approaches and employing digital technologies (such as VR/XR) with rural communities for fostering climate resilience with nature-based solutions. The researcher will be engaged in the NURISH European Union funded project “NURturing transformative capacities, Innovation in NbS and Harmonious resilience in rural areas”. Specifically, this project addresses key research frontiers at the intersection of co-creation, digital innovation, and nature-based solutions. It investigates how co-creation processes can engage with nature’s values and multi-species representation and acknowledgement, and how this can foster transformations in how rural communities think about, engage with, and relate to nature/nature-based solutions. It further explores how digital technologies can support meaningful co-creation with rural communities and enable the implementation and mainstreaming of nature-based solutions in ways that contribute to more just and sustainable regions. The researcher will deepen these themes empirically and theoretically, generating actionable knowledge for inclusive governance of nature-based solutions while building strongly from action research across a diverse portfolio of real-life case studies in Greece, Cyprus, Finland and the United Kingdom.

Alongside research, the post-doctoral researcher is expected to contribute to the European project “for one day per week. Upon agreement, the post-doctoral researcher will have the opportunity to supervise a small group of master students writing their thesis on the topic of urban nature-based solutions each year; as well as prepare and contribute with a few teaching lectures per year on the topic of governance and planning of nature-based solutions in the Bachelor and Master programmes of the Department.

Onderzoeker kwelderecologie

Als onderzoeker kwelderecologie werk je aan het kwelderonderzoek van Wageningen Marine Research (WMR). Samen met het kwelderteam ga jij metingen en analyses doen naar de langjarige vegetatieontwikkeling en opslibbing, de effecten van bodemdaling door gaswinning en de koolstofopslag op kwelders. Deze kennis verwerk je in rapporten en je geeft advies over kwelderherstelplannen en beheer. Je draagt daarmee ook bij aan de ontwikkeling van "nature-based solutions" in kustgebieden en hoe deze op een ecologisch verantwoorde manier kunnen worden toegepast.

Je werkt samen met jouw collega’s aan meerdere projecten tegelijkertijd en de verantwoordelijkheden zijn verdeeld op basis van capaciteit en persoonlijke interesses. Contacten met klanten en andere belanghebbenden zijn een integraal onderdeel van ons werk.

Jouw taken en verantwoordelijkheden als onderzoeker kwelderecologie zijn:

• jaarlijkse monitoring van opslibbing en vegetatieontwikkeling op verschillende kwelders in de Waddenzee;
• analyse en interpretatie van monitoringsdata;
• het schrijven van rapporten aan klanten;
• assisteren met de verwerving van nieuwe projecten en het schrijven van onderzoeksvoorstellen;
• publiceren en presenteren van eigen onderzoek in wetenschappelijke tijdschriften en op conferenties.

Wageningen Marine Research
Jouw werkgebied is met name de Nederlandse Waddenzee, maar ook andere delen van Nederland en internationale projecten behoren tot de mogelijkheden. Wageningen Marine Research (WMR) is leidend in Nederland waar het gaat om ecologische dataverzameling op zee: bodemdieren, zeezoogdieren, vissen, vogels, koraal, schelpdieren, etc.. Veel van deze datasets worden al decennia lang gestandaardiseerd verzameld en onderhouden. Jij draagt bij aan de continuering van de kwelderdataset met meer dan 60 jaar aan gegevens.

Senior HR Business Partner

Would you like to work as a Senior HR Business Partner in an academic environment where your work indirectly contributes to a better world? At Wageningen University & Research (WUR), you will support professionals engaged in research and highly specialised education that has a societal impact. As a leading international and sustainable university in its field, WUR works on solutions to global challenges relating to food, health, climate and the environment. We are looking for an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to join the HR team of the Animal Sciences Group.

Location: Lelystad (With frequent visits to Wageningen)

In this role, you will contribute to the development of teams, leadership and the organisation as a whole. You will play an active role in developing integrated HR policy and advise teaching and research groups on its implementation. As a strategic discussion partner, you will build sustainable relationships with managers and board members and help the organisation to develop further. In doing so, you will work closely with specialists from the HR Centre of Expertise in the areas of Recruitment, Vitality & Health, and Learning & Development.

Your duties and responsibilities as a Senior HR Business Partner

• A sparring partner and adviser to managers and senior management on organisational development, leadership, and individual and team issues;
• Actively contributing to the development and implementation of strategic HR plans and organisational issues;
• Initiating, overseeing and implementing organisational and change processes that contribute to the further development of ASG;
• Helping to shape the HR agenda and taking responsibility for the successful implementation of HR policy;
• Taking a leading role on strategic HR themes such as leadership, social safety, organisational development, cultural change and talent development;
• Participating in various HR domains and acting as a domain owner or project leader within one of the five HR domains: Talent Attraction, People Growth, People Services, Organisational Development and Culture;
• Linking HR policy, organisational objectives and practice, and identifying opportunities for further professionalisation of the organisation and its services.

Your team
You will join a dedicated HR team comprising five HR Business Partners and the Head of HR. Together with HR Services and specialists from the Centre of Expertise, you will form a team of fourteen colleagues based in IJmuiden, Lelystad and Wageningen. Your permanent base will be in Lelystad, and you will regularly visit our green campus in Wageningen.

Collaboration is key. We focus on current topics such as organisational development, leadership, labour market challenges, well-being and career development. Through HR, we make a direct contribution to an organisation where scientific research, high-quality education and sustainability go hand in hand, and where we work every day to find solutions to the challenges of tomorrow.