PhD Student-Working Group Assessments and Scientific Policy Advice

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label Burse autorenew 2025-09-29, 17:00 history_edu Ioana Dinescu
The MCC Working Group Assessments and Scientific Policy Advice (ASP) seeks one PhD student to advance research on one of the following two areas:

1) Towards a science of assessment-making: Meta-study of assessment reports at the science-policy interface

Scientific assessment processes and reports enable structuring scientific knowledge and science-policy interactions. At the same time, assessments face serious challenges in providing reliable, well-communicated, and policy-neutral but policy-relevant aggregation of scientific knowledge. The task for the PhD student is to develop a theoretical and normative framework for assessment-making and its evaluation. This will particularly involve analyzing and evaluating previous assessment reports, but also reflecting existing or developing novel models of the science-policy interface. Results of this research shall inform and improve future MCC assessments processes.

2) Political philosophy of commons

The concept of commons is inextricably linked to normative and ethical questions pertaining legitimate ownership, access and control of natural and social resources and infrastructures. The task for the PhD student is to contribute to the development of a theoretical and normative framework for the governance and regulation of global and local commons. Important issues in this area include political philosophy and democratic theory, sustainability and stewardship concepts, and multi-level governance across different regions.