ClimateXChange (CXC) is offering a 6-month postdoctoral research opportunity to develop a draft framework for monitoring and evaluating a just transition in Scotland.
Delivering a just transition means ensuring Scotland achieves a net zero and climate resilient economy in a way that delivers fairness and tackles inequality and injustice.
A robust approach
As this is a relatively new and rapidly evolving policy area, it is particularly important to establish a robust approach for monitoring and evaluating progress.
A clear and comprehensive framework is required to provide accountability and enable learning and improvement in the delivery of a just transition for Scotland.
Achieving a just transition for Scotland requires action across many different sectors and at different scales – from national to local. The aim of the postdoctoral research opportunity is to help formulate a coherent and complete monitoring and evaluation framework for just transition that can be used to provides an overall assessment of progress.
A robust and evidence-based approach to tracking our progress towards a just transition for Scotland is vital for ensuring that we end our contribution to climate change in a way that is fair and leaves no one behind.
– Scottish Government policy team
Key tasks
Through close engagement with key policy leads within Scottish Government, this project will focus on the following tasks:
- Review evidence of the state of confident knowledge, key gaps and areas under active debate with regard to monitoring and evaluating similar complex policy challenges
- Support ongoing work to establish quantitative outcome indicators
- Identify options for qualitative evaluation to capture evidence not available through outcome indicators
- Compile outputs into a draft of a monitoring and evaluation framework for a just transition.
Benefits of working with CXC
CXC postdoctoral research opportunities enable researchers to build long-term relationships with policymakers and to develop communications and engagement expertise.
ClimateXChange provides training and development into the policy process and effective research communication to policymakers.
Former CXC postdocs found the opportunity a great boost to their work, as they moved on to careers in academia and across policy and government analytical services. For instance, one of them said that the opportunity helped improve their methodological skills, research ambition and research impact.
How to apply
Details on how to submit a proposal can be found in the documents attached to each call in our Research calls page. The closing date for proposal submission has been extended to Thursday 5 September.
The project will start on 4 October.
Related links
Invitations to quote: Information about this opportunity
Building connections, confidence and skills: The benefits of a ClimateXChange Fellowship