Research Fellow in Strategic Decision Science

The Research Fellow in Strategic Decision
Science will provide SAEF with research
capacity in analysing Antarctica’s
environmental governance.

In Antarctic, actions that influence
environmental outcomes are undertaken by
multiple parties. Some of these actions are the
result of negotiated consensus among
Antarctic Treaty Parties; others are unilateral
activities by nations and organisations.

We aim to use modelling techniques from
mathematics, statistics, and data science to
understand how governance outcomes are
influenced by a variety of social, political, and
economic factors, including the values of
different parties, international conflicts,
economic and scientific leadership. An
understanding of these governance processes
will help improve the efficiency and
effectiveness of Antarctic environmental
stewardship.

The position will undertake research in
collaboration with National Antarctic Programs,
to provide strategic guidance for how to
approach specific environmental action
proposals through the instruments of the
Antarctic Treaty System.

Success will be judged by the dual goals of
innovative scientific publications, and real
- world impact on the Antarctic governance.

The Research Fellow will work closely with
SAEF investigators from National Antarctic
Programs, particularly the Australian Antarctic
Division.

This position reports to the Chief Investigator
and lead of SAEF Theme 3, in the School of
Mathematical Sciences for supervision,
workload management, and for Performance
Planning and Review (PPR).

**Key responsibilities include**:

- Conduct independent and collaborative

research under the topic above, to be
published as papers in leading academic
journals.
- Develop methods for analysing and

predicting the outcomes of Antarctic
governance.

and testing of proposed methods, using
existing and emerging information from
Antarctic Treaty System database.
- Collaborate with researchers across the

SAEF centre, including researchers in the
social and political sciences, law and
policy, computer science. Close
collaboration with ecological and
conservation scientists will be particularly
essential.
- Present methods and findings to the

broader, multi-disciplinary SAEF
community.
- Produce occasional articles suitable for a

broader audience in order to increase
public understanding of this area of
research.
- Organise, participate in, and speak at

workshops, seminar series, lectures and
conferences relevant to this research.
- Lead and collaborate on further funding
- Travel to SAEF’s university partners and

domestic partner organisations.
- Comply with the data management

requirements of the Australian Research
Council and the Australian Antarctic
Science Program.
- Implementing and administering University

policy within the Faculty with respect to
equitable access to education and
workplace health and safety.

To ensure job flexibility the successful
- appointee may be required to:
- perform any other duties as nominated by

the University consistent with the relevant
classification descriptors detailed in the
Enterprise Agreement. Staff undertaking
any new duties will receive training;
- participate in job rotation or multiskilling in

consultation with their supervisor;
- work across campuses

To be appointed as a Research Fellow the
successful applicant must meet the position
classification standards outlined in the QUT
Enterprise Agreement (Academic Staff).

**Type of appointment**
This appointment will be offered on a fixed
term, full-time basis for two (2) years.

**Location**
Gardens Point campus.

Selection Criteria
1. Completion of a doctoral qualification in

mathematics, or in a relevant discipline
with strong quantitative component (e.g.,
ecology, physics, economics, computer
science).

2. Demonstrated experience publishing
research in peer-reviewed international
journals.

3. Interest in, or experience with,
interdisciplinary collaborations on novel
environmental management problems.

4. Demonstrated research leadership,
including a willingness to support research
assistants and postgraduate students.

5. Interest in, or experience with, working with
end-users in environmental stewardship.
For example, governments or
nongovernmental organisations.

6. Ideally, experience in one or more types of
quantitative policy analysis, e.g., game
theory, social network or socio-ecological
systems analysis, complex systems,
natural language analysis.

**Remuneration and Benefits**
- The classification for this position is Academic
- Level A (LEVA) which has an annual
- remuneration range of $AUD83,894 to
- $AUD83,894 pa. Which is inclusive of an
- annual salary range of $AUD70,891 to
- $AUD96,193 pa, 17% superannuation and
- leave loading.
- Beyond personal and professional fulfilment, a
- career at QUT brings a broad range of tangible
- benefits. With competitive remuneration
- including superannuation, the University offers
- real and generous benefits.
- QUT is a high quality