What are the responsibilities and job description for the HICSC POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (INDIGENOUS INNOVATION IN COMMUNITIES and CLIMATE READINESS) - ID[...] position at Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii Dba RCUH?
Location : Honolulu, Hawaii
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Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii Dba RCUH HICSC POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER (INDIGENOUS INNOVATION IN COMMUNITIES and CLIMATE READINESS) - ID# 225008
Please apply directly on the RCUH website to be considered for the position.
CLOSING DATE : January 9, 2025, or until filled. Applications received after this deadline may be considered only if the position is not filled or up to the date a selection has been approved by the RCUH (whichever comes first).
MONTHLY SALARY : $6,000 / Mon.
DUTIES :
The University of Hawaii at Manoa invites applicants for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Hawaii Climate-smart Partnership (HiCSC) in collaboration with the Abundant Intelligences research program and with the Office of Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation (OIKI). This role is designed to advance a climate-smart multimetric framework integrating Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation, ancestral genealogy, community well-being, and circular economy principles into climate-smart agricultural practices.
The position will be part of the Indigenous Innovation in Just Climate Assessment research cluster of Postdoctoral researchers and Graduate Assistants, working closely with interdisciplinary teams to support the development of an innovative multi-metric that builds the foundation of a decision support tool.
Abundant Intelligences is a six-year, international research initiative aimed at integrating Indigenous Knowledge (IK) with Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems. Involving 48 collaborators from 13 institutions and 8 community organizations across Canada, the U.S., and New Zealand, the program seeks to reimagine AI by drawing on Indigenous epistemologies to challenge colonial practices and create more inclusive, community-centered technologies.
The project aims to create AI that better supports Indigenous communities and contributes to broader AI research, promoting more humane and sustainable futures for all. HiCSC is an equally ambitious 5-year project that envisions transformation within Hawai?is agroecosystems, guided by innovative, contemporary science from both Western and Indigenous ways of knowing to address multiple, pressing challenges posed by climate change.
The Postdoctoral Researcher will work closely with interdisciplinary teams such as the Equity, Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation team, soil biogeochemists and ecologists, biophysical modelers, and social scientists, to create holistic frameworks that address community aspects of climate-smart agriculture to contribute to the development of the multi-metric.
The fellow will engage in ensuring equity, reciprocity, and transparency in the definition of climate-smart by embedding Kanaka ?Oiwi (Native Hawaiian) genealogies and community well-being into climate assessment frameworks. This position will be supported and mentored by the Director of the Office for Indigenous Knowledge and Innovation (OIKI), Kamuela Enos.
The role offers access to a robust network of engagement and support within the Abundant Intelligence network and Hawaii Climate-Smart Partnership (HiCSC), including introductions and training in appropriate protocols and opportunities for professional development.
This position will coalesce multiple ongoing research projects across the Hawaiian islands with a particular focus on Indigenous Innovation. Develops a collaborative, participatory study design and implementation of community-based research with a cross-disciplinary team of researchers, students, and policymakers that includes community-based studies, data collection, data analysis, and reporting, including manuscript preparation.
Central to the scope is storytelling and community building around the practices of aloha ?aina (reverence for a living landscape) and aina momona (the intentional cultivation of abundance) to make connections between land, climate, and environment in the context of climate change and the health and abundance of ?aina and community.
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Salary : $6,000
