The Transitional Environmental Justice (EnJUSTICE) project is looking to hire a student assistant for three to four working hours a week for a period of 48 months to assist with administrative work and communicating research to the broader society. The part-time student assistant position primarily consists of tasks in planning, administrative support, website maintenance and SoMe platforms, as well as smaller research tasks.

The Enjustice project is funded under the Nordforsk Green Transition call (Democratic Engagement and Citizen-Involvement in Green Transition). The EnJUSTICE research project aspires to bring the voices of excluded/marginalized communities (including Indigenous and grassroots local communities) in Greenland, Lithuania, and Sápmi into the Nordic-Baltic green transition strategy debate. The project will feature a website and an online forum for community partners to directly communicate and exchange best practices toward transformative environmental justice. EnJustice is an interdisciplinary project in collaboration with Lund University, Oslo University, the Finnish Environment Institute, Mykolas Romeris University, and the IT University of Copenhagen. Together the five partner institutions team up with Indigenous and local grassroots communities in Greenland, Lithuania, and Sápmi to understand how their struggles for environmental justice may inform one another and help the Nordic approach to green transition into a holistic understanding of environmental justice informed by community-based and decolonial action.

We invite applicants who want to contribute to academic research that supports forms of democratic engagement with the explicit aim of balancing the unequal distribution of power between Indigenous and grassroots local communities and powerful stakeholders in formulating key policies toward fossil-free energy production in the Nordics. We work with a truly participatory research approach that engages all communities involved in the investigation process.

Primary tasks will be:

• Administrative research support to the members of the project, working directly with PI of the project, Associate Professor Vasilis Galis
• Internal and external communication tasks such as scheduling meetings, writing meeting agendas and taking notes, creating events and collaborating with all partners and collaborators about external communication of events
• Helping with outreach through website administration and social media channels
• Helping with overall dissemination tasks
   

Preferred qualifications
We expect the student assistant to take an active interest in the project and have experience with transformative justice practices, crisis management, contingency planning, as well as website maintenance and SoMe. Students with a bachelor’s in social work or similar background are especially welcome to apply.
 

General information
The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) is a teaching and research-based tertiary institution concerned with information technology (IT) and the opportunities it offers. The IT University has more than 160 full-time Faculty members. Research and teaching in information technology span all academic activities which involve computers including computer science, information and media sciences, humanities and social sciences, business impact and the commercialization of IT.
 

The IT University offers
ITU offers an exciting and challenging job in an international environment with skilled employees and good colleagues. We have an open and informal tone and a varied everyday life. The IT University of Copenhagen (ITU) was established in 1999 and is Denmark’s leading university focusing on IT research and education. We deliver state-of-the-art teaching and research within computer science, business IT and digital design. Our ambition is to create and share knowledge that is profound and leads to groundbreaking information technology and services for the benefit of humanity.

ITU’s modern campus in central Copenhagen is designed by the world-renowned Danish architect Henning Larsen.

ITU in numbers:

• 2600 students
• 310 staff members (full-time equivalent)

We can offer flexible arrangements that take your student life into account. Pleasant people to collaborate with - and individuals who are strongly interested in learning technologies and user experiences. We would like you to contribute with your own perspectives and help shape Teknosofikum in its final stage with a positive approach. The working hours are three to four hours per week.
 

Employment Terms
The employment is in accordance with the agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and HK. There will be an opportunity to negotiate individual supplements depending on your qualifications.

The position is to be filled with start date 1 January 2025.
 

Further information
You are welcome to contact Associate Professor Vasilis Galis tel. +45 30522977 or e-mail vgal@itu.dk if you would like further information about the position.
 

Application procedure
You can apply for the position through our e-recruitment system. Search by pressing the button "Search for the position" at the bottom of the job advertisement on our website.

The application deadline is 1 November 2024 at 12:00 CET.

At IT University we have an international environment and view diversity as a valuable resource. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive working environment for all our employees and encourage all qualified applicants, regardless of age, gender, religious affiliation, or ethnic background to apply for the position.