Post-Doctoral Fellow - Transboundary Water Management at the International Water Management Institute

The International Water Management Institute (IWMI) is seeking an innovative, self-motivated, scientifically outstanding, and highly competent candidate for a postdoctoral fellow position in Transboundary Water Management. The successful candidate will initially be based in the Global Research Division at IWMI’s Headquarters in Colombo, but may later be located in one of our offices in Africa . The Postdoctoral Fellow, under the overall guidance of the Head, Policies and Institutions Research Group, will play a significant role in the development and expansion of the institute’s transboundary waters program and has the opportunity to make long lasting contributions to the fields of transboundary water management research in general and on the connections between transboundary water management, agricultural development and natural resource sustainability specifically. The Post Doctoral Fellow is expected to contribute to the transboundary waters program and provide insights into role and possibilities for transboundary water research to improve other project outcomes by:

    * Developing, analyzing and deriving lessons from the catalogue of existing transboundary water law in conjunction with key IWMI partners;
    * Developing and applying concepts and theories related to transboundary water cooperation and management to one or more of IWMI ’s existing projects, most likely in Africa .
    * Co-developing and overseeing an intern and students program; and
    * Producing internationally peer-reviewed publications and disseminating findings by attending international forums and through other outlets.

Closing date: 4 March 2007.