Applications are invited for a Postdoctoral Research Associate with knowledge and experience in participatory mapping and energy studies. The successful applicant will work on the British-Academy-funded project ‘Energising Landscapes: lands, livelihoods, and energy infrastructures in Ghana’.
The project explores the multidimensional land and livelihood challenges linked to large-scale energy infrastructures in Ghana. The local impacts of energy projects are generally approached from specific resource types; in African contexts, these impacts are further hindered by limited information access regarding highly politicised infrastructures. Focusing on three case study sites in Ghana, this research takes an integrative approach to examine the multifaceted impacts of various energy projects on neighbouring communities.
The successful applicant will be based in Newcastle and will work with Dr William Otchere-Darko and Dr Raymond Abdulai (Newcastle University) to deliver one of the project’s work packages, which involves conducting participatory and co-creative mapping workshops with communities on their everyday experiences of and interactions with energy infrastructures and landscapes. They will also join an international and interdisciplinary project team (geography, engineering, anthropology and development studies).
The post is full-time and fixed-term for 12 months, starting in April 2025. The nature of this role will require the successful candidate to travel to Ghana for fieldwork.
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