Postdoctoral Fellow in Values, Identity, Behavior, and the Environment (Gund Institute)
The Gund Institute for Environment at the University of Vermont (UVM) is recruiting an exceptional postdoctoral researcher for the project “Starting with behavior’ to understand links between pro-environmental behavior, values, and identity.”
The Gund Institute for Environment is a research center dedicated to understanding and tackling the world’s most critical environmental challenges. Driven by the belief that research should inspire action, the Institute takes a cross-sector approach to solving environmental issues with stakeholders from government, business, and broader society.
ABOUT THE POSITION:
We seek a creative, motivated postdoctoral fellow for a project that investigates interactions between pro-environmental behavior, identity, and values – with an approach that flips the standard research paradigm by ‘starting with behavior’. The study will explore, via three experiments, whether taking action leads to changes in values and identity and begins a positive feedback loop. Specifically, we will measure whether participants who engage in easily identifiable pro-environmental behaviors exhibit subsequent changes in environmental identity, values, and engagement in other pro-environmental behaviors (i.e., behavioral “spillover”).
The interdisciplinary project is led by Rachelle Gould and Trisha Shrum (University of Vermont) in collaboration with Thomas Dietz (Michigan State University, emeritus) and Cecily Maller (RMIT University Australia). The recently announced Gund Catalyst Award supports this position.
The position is for one year, with funding for an additional year pending satisfactory progress. We offer an annual salary of at least $56,484, based on experience, plus excellent benefits. Postdocs will also have opportunities for professional development and will join an active community of Gund Postdoctoral Researchers. The expected start date is September 1, 2024.
LEARN MORE
See more details and apply online here. Applications are due March 18, 2024.
QUESTIONS?
For questions regarding the position or project, please get in touch with Rachelle Gould (rgould@uvm.edu) and Trisha Shrum (tshrum@uvm.edu).
Don’t hesitate to contact Bailey Rowland (Bailey.Rowland@uvm.edu) for questions regarding the application portal.
