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IFSH is hiring! PhD researcher on “Extreme adaptation to climate change”
IFSH is hiring!
The Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) is searching for a PhD-Researcher (m/f/d) for the research project ‘Extreme Adaptation to Climate Change’ starting on 1 February 2026 or as soon as possible after that date. The position is part-time (65%) and remunerated in accordance with EG 13 TV-AVH. The position is based in Hamburg. The term of office ends after 42 months.
The advertised position is part of the research project A4 ‘Extreme Adaptation to Climate Change’ within the Hamburg Cluster of Excellence Climate, Climatic Change, and Society. This research project investigates how societies worldwide are responding to the challenges of severe climate change scenarios. Focused on ‘extreme’ adaptation strategies – planned, future-oriented, and drastic collective responses to the climate crisis – the research aims to deepen understanding of their social acceptance, conflicts, and impacts in a wider context of inequality and marginalization. The project offers interdisciplinary insights into how communities anticipate, negotiate and confront drastic climate-related transformations.
As part of the research project, the successful candidate will investigate how climate change gives rise to extreme forms of adaptation in the field of security and defence. Across many security and defence institutions, the anticipated disruptions of a warming planet are prompting increasingly far-reaching interventions. These range from the redesign or relocation of critical infrastructures to the creation of digital twins to model climate-exposed environments, and the exploration of autonomous systems or sensor networks to ensure continued functionality under severe ecological stress. Drawing on interpretive and qualitative methods, the PhD project will critically examine how these adaptations reconfigure security imaginaries, redistribute vulnerabilities, and materialise new forms of anticipatory governance.
More information on the project can be found here: https://www.cliccs.uni-hamburg.de/about-cliccs/cliccs-ll/a4-extreme-adaptation.html
To apply for the position and for further information on the position, follow this link: https://www.ifsh.de/institut/stellen/details/job/phd-researcher-m-f-d-for-the-research-project-extreme-adaptation-to-climate-change-2439592
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A4 – Extreme Adaptation to Climate Change
A4 – Extreme Adaptation to Climate Change
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