PhD position: Individual Behaviour Under Climate Change Risks

at  Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

• Amsterdam
• 1 / 1
• Faculty of Science
• PhD
• MSc
• Nieuwe Universiteitsgebouw (NU)
• Closes on10-05-2024
  Are you keen to contribute to increasing climate-resilience in Europe? Would you like to study how individuals take actions to prepare for multi-hazard climate risks? Then you could be the ideal PhD candidate to join our team! Please apply.

YOUR DUTIES

• you publish research results in international peer-reviewed journals
• you teach for 0.1 FTE in Bachelor and/or Master’s educational programmes and supervise Bachelor and Master students
• you contribute to project tasks, meetings and activities
• you present your research fundings, for example at international conferences

YOUR DUTIES

• you publish research results in international peer-reviewed journals
• you teach for 0.1 FTE in Bachelor and/or Master’s educational programmes and supervise Bachelor and Master students
• you contribute to project tasks, meetings and activities
• you present your research fundings, for example at international conferences

The PhD project will be supervised by Prof. Wouter Botzen, Dr Peter Robinson, and Dr Sanchayan Banerjee. You will also collaborate with other researchers who will be recruited for this project. Your main tasks are to:

• design and apply theories from the fields of behavioural science and psychology that explain why some people take effective measures to prepare for the various risks posed by climate change, whereas many others do not.
• implement surveys among households and businesses that empirically test these behavioural theories in various EU countries with varying climate risks.
• draw lessons for public sector policy makers and insurance companies that aim to stimulate individuals to better prepare for natural hazards posed by climate change, such as building-scale measures that limit damage to properties

The PhD project will be supervised by Prof. Wouter Botzen, Dr Peter Robinson, and Dr Sanchayan Banerjee. You will also collaborate with other researchers who will be recruited for this project. Your main tasks are to:

• design and apply theories from the fields of behavioural science and psychology that explain why some people take effective measures to prepare for the various risks posed by climate change, whereas many others do not.
• implement surveys among households and businesses that empirically test these behavioural theories in various EU countries with varying climate risks.
• draw lessons for public sector policy makers and insurance companies that aim to stimulate individuals to better prepare for natural hazards posed by climate change, such as building-scale measures that limit damage to properties