APTPUO - Winter 2027 - EVD5123A

University of Ottawa•Ottawa, ON

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Reviews different understandings of what constitutes research, both as it pertains to the production of evidence and to the evaluation of existing evidence relating to policy, to regulatory and statutory interventions and to identifying evidence gaps. Students learn research methodologies to design research so as to maximize its evidentiary value (given existing constraints); they will also learn to synthesize and assess the evidentiary value of existing research.

Requirements

PhD in a field related to environmental sustainability, in the physical, natural, health or social sciences.
Significant work experience in the systematic assessment and evaluation of research evidence.
Significant work experience in weight of evidence evaluation.
Significant experience in the translation of scientific evidence into policy recommendations and/or the use of scientific evidence in decision-making in a legislative, regulatory or policy context.

Nice To Haves

Previous experience teaching a university level course that explicitly involves the assessment and evaluation of scientific evidence from diverse domains of inquiry.
Experience with evidence provided by non-western science knowledge systems, e.g. indigenous knowledge.

Responsibilities

Teach a university level course that explicitly involves the assessment and evaluation of scientific evidence from diverse domains of inquiry.
Synthesize and assess the evidentiary value of existing research.
Design research to maximize its evidentiary value given existing constraints.
Translate scientific evidence into policy recommendations and/or use scientific evidence in decision-making in a legislative, regulatory or policy context.