2-Year Postdoctoral Position on Innovation in Low-Income Countries to conduct research related to innovations in water and sanitation services. We are looking for candidates with an interest and competencies in one or several of the following topics: the management of disruptive innovation, reverse innovation, socio-technical transitions, a practice approach to user involvement or institutional analysis of technology adoption and decision making processes.
We expect the candidate to contribute conceptually and empirically to the advancement of a systemic perspective on innovations in and/or for non-OECD countries. ESS (the department of Environmental Social Sciences at Eawag) conducts a wide range of empirical projects on innovations in water and sanitation services in which the candidate could participate.
ESS hosts research teams with strong track records in innovation studies, economic geography, business innovation, environmental psychology and decision analysis. The candidate would ideally have a background in one of these specializations and a willingness to collaborate with one or several of the ESS research groups.
http://www.eawag.ch/forschung/ess/schwerpunkte/entscheidungsanalyse/index_EN
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