Postdoctoral Fellow - Geography - 528206

The University of Alabama • Tuscaloosa, AL

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About The Position

The Postdoctoral Fellow provides for an internship and continuation of scholarly activity and research after achieving the PhD or other doctoral degree under the direction of a senior faculty member who serves as a mentor for the postdoctoral appointee. Additional Department Summary: The Socio-Agroclimatology (NSF Growing Convergence Research #2317819) project invites applications for a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Geography & the Environment at the University of Alabama. Candidates will have interests in research areas of agrifood systems transformation, social processes of innovation diffusion, coupled Earth and social system modeling, and/or climate change adaptation. The position will start in the summer/fall semester of 2026 under the supervision of Dr. Nicholas Magliocca. The successful candidate will join the interdisciplinary Human-Environment Interactions Modeling & Analysis (HEIMA) Lab, and will be supported by full tuition waiver, health benefits, and a competitive 12-month salary. As a postdoctoral fellow, annual professional development funds will be available in addition to grant funds to support technical trainings, travel to professional meetings, and/or research supplies. Opportunities will also be available to contribute to the activities of the U.S. Nodal Office of the Global Land Programme, which serves as a regional node and catalyst for land system science and agrifood systems transformation in the Southeast U.S.

Requirements

• Doctoral (Ph.D.) degree in Geography, Anthropology, Sociology, Public Policy, Information Science, or closed related discipline.
• (Co-)authoring peer-reviewed publications and desire to publish in the future.
• Presenting research findings at professional conferences and meetings.
• Written and oral communication skills appropriate to career stage.

Nice To Haves

• Social science survey and/or interview methods (e.g., field interviews, focus groups, online survey design).
• Proficiency with programming languages (e.g., R, Python, Matlab) for data management and analysis, computational social science, and/or machine learning applications.
• Acquisition, processing, and analysis of remote sensing imagery.
• Proficiency with GIS methods, applications, and visualization.
• Prior experience engaging with stakeholders and application of participatory methodologies.

Benefits

• full tuition waiver
• health benefits
• competitive 12-month salary
• annual professional development funds
• grant funds to support technical trainings, travel to professional meetings, and/or research supplies

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees