GIER/ IICSI Postdoctoral Fellow

The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) and the Guelph Institute for Environmental Research (GIER) invite applications for a co-hosted twelve-month residential postdoctoral fellowship position to be held at the University of Guelph in the 2023-2024 academic year. Applications are due May 1, 2023. 

The postdoctoral fellowship provides stipendiary support, valued at $40,500 CAD to recent PhD graduates who are undertaking original research, publishing research findings, and developing and expanding personal research networks. Candidates will normally be expected to spend at least 3 days per week on campus to facilitate cultural and intellectual engagement. A $5,000 top-up stipend and $5,000 for working group expenses will be provided to the candidate to help lead a year-long thematic working group for the Collaboratory for Creative Writing, Environmental Sciences, and the Arts, culminating in an interdisciplinary GIER event. 

Applicants are encouraged to submit proposals focused on how improvisational skills and frameworks can lead to research discoveries at the interface of disciplines and help in addressing our environmental crises, including but not limited to climate change and biodiversity decline. Applicants must have experience in interdisciplinary environmental research across both: a) the Natural Sciences and/or Engineering, and b) the Social Sciences, Arts, and/or Humanities.  

To view the full call for applicants, with full details about how to apply, please visit our website.