Analysis and Selection of Modeling Tools for Coastal Marine Social-Ecosystems in the Southwestern Indian Ocean

Date de création : 07 January 2025
Date d'expiration : 27 January 2025
Postdoctoral job - 18 months
Location : UMR MARBEC Sète ou UMR ENTROPIE La Réunion

Context and motivations

The TP3 BRIDGES-AVATAR project aims to deliver, within 6 years, components of a digital avatar to simulate the dynamics of coastal social-ecological systems studied transversally by various BRIDGES targeted projects, explicitely integrating fisheries. This avatar should improve understanding of system functioning and resilience to global changes and anticipate a set of system transformation scenarios to address spatial management challenges for each BRIDGES coastal site. This digital development may rely on one or more existing or new models. To identify the most suitable modeling approach, it is essential to conduct a concerted analysis of each site's challenges, previous modeling exercises, and existing modeling tools that could meet the needs considering available resources (skills, budget, time, data, etc.) in the project.

Postdoc Missions

The work will be structured around 6 missions for each of the 4 coastal sites of the BRIDGES program: Particular attention will be paid to integrating local knowledge and co-constructing models with stakeholders from different study sites. The candidate will actively participate in workshops and meetings in the field at various study sites.  

Required Skills

Personal Qualities

Collaboration and interactions

The postdoctoral researcher will work closely with BRIDGES targeted projects teams, notably:

Working conditions

To apply

Send your CV, a cover letter, and contact details of two references to stephanie.mahevas@ifremer.fr and stephanie.dagata@ird.fr before January 27, 2025.

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