Job Information
Organisation/Company: National Institutes for the Humanities, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Department: The Administrative Office, General Affairs Section, Personnel Subsection
Research Field: Technology, Agricultural sciences, Environmental science
Researcher Profile: Recognised Researcher (R2)
Application Deadline: 9 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (UTC)
Country: Japan
Type of Contract: Permanent
Job Status: Not Applicable
Hours Per Week: See description
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
Project description
In a rapidly changing and interlinked world, achieving sustainable development has been increasingly understood as an outcome not only of economic and social policies but also of the ability to manage disaster-related risks. Economic connectivity has made increasingly clear ecological connectivities between distant places and transformed multi-sited local nature-society relations. We seek to understand how thickening economic and ecological connectivities through global commodity chains have led to growing risks and vulnerabilities of disasters, and integrative policy responses. Conceptually, our project draws on World Ecology, Social Production of Disasters, and Diverse Values of Nature to rethink development that would integrate multiple values into policies and governance of economy, environment, and disasters through shifting knowledge systems, worldviews and values on humanity-in-nature relations. By integrating these themes, the postdoctoral researcher engages in collaborative research that enhances the impacts of the WEDiDEA.
https://www.disastersanddevelopment.org/
Work content and job description
(At the time of appointment)
The candidate will carry out research activities of the WEDiDEA project, in close collaboration with the team and under the guidance of the PI and case study leads. Specifically, the selected candidates will carry out the following research tasks:
- Analyses of environmental changes associated with disasters and development in East Asia. Drawing on open data from different sources, literatures, government statistics, and data collected by project members, the candidate will carry out qualitative and quantitative analyses on changes in social-ecological relations and values in the study areas and support a comparative analysis across the study sites.
- Field-based research to evaluate diverse values of nature in changing social-ecological relations. The research will be conducted in close collaboration with the team. The data will be collected using a mixed methods approach and analyzed in combination with social data.
Scope for changes to duties: None.
Assigned department: Newly established departments
Date of new establishment: December 2026
Work location
Address: 603-8047 Kyoto Research Institute for Humanity and Nature (Address: 457-4 Kamigamo Motoyama, Kita-ku, Kyoto-shi, Kyoto 603-8047 Japan)
Number of hired
Number of hired: 1 person(s)
Hiring date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Starting date: 2027-04-01 00:00:00
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
Annual salary: 5 million yen - 6 million yen
Wages description: Daily Wage 19,800 JPY
Working hours: 08:30-17:00
Break time: 12:15-13:00
Employment type: Contract employee
Employment type description: Based on the general working hours of Mon.–Fri. 8:30-17:00 (excluding the 12:15-13:00 lunch break), with discretionary employment system of professional work. Holidays: Japanese national holidays and 29 December–3 January.
Contract period: Nontenured
Contract period description: From April 1, 2027 and ends on March 31st, 2028. (The contract may be renewed after the term expires. However, the maximum term is until March 31st, 2029.)
Probationary period: Probationary period absent
Various systems
Transportation expenses: Yes
Others: Yes (Rent Allowance)
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance: Yes (Mutual aid association of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology)
Employees' Pension Insurance: Yes
Worker's accident insurance: Yes
Employment insurance: Yes
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
RIHN seeks to prevent passive smoking by prohibiting smoking in all our facilities except in designated areas.
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Additional comments
- To prevent exposure to second-hand smoke, smoking is prohibited throughout the Research Institute for Humanity and Nature, except in designated smoking areas.
- The Research Institute for Humanity and Nature is committed to promoting diversity with regard to gender, race, and creed, and encourages applications from women.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: National Institutes for the Humanities, Research Institute for Humanity and Nature
Country: Japan
City: Kyoto
Contact
City: Kyoto