CMCC Position cod. 12826
Researchers in Paleoclimate Modelling for Environment–Society Dynamics
Deadline: May 31st 2026
WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We are seeking two highly motivated researchers to join the climate team of the ERC Synergy Grant project EUROpest. This six‐year interdisciplinary project explores how social‐ecological systems shaped epidemic disease dynamics in pre‐industrial Europe (1300–1800), integrating historical, archaeological, ecological, genomic, and climatic evidence. Grounded in resilience theory and actor‐network approaches, the project develops an innovative eco‐bio‐social framework to capture the complex, multicausal dynamics of disease emergence, transmission, and societal responses.
The two positions will strengthen the project's climate‐related activities, focusing on high‐resolution palaeoclimate simulations and the analysis of past climate variability over Europe and the Mediterranean. Successful candidates will work with climate model simulations, reconstructed climate fields, and complementary datasets to investigate variability, extremes,



and processes operating from large‐scale to regional levels across the last millennium. Particular consideration will be given to applicants with experience in atmospheric dynamics, ocean‐atmosphere interactions, regional climate processes, and complex or coupled climate systems.
Open to candidates with backgrounds in climate science, atmospheric science, oceanography, environmental physics, applied mathematics, statistics, or related disciplines. We encourage applicants with experience in numerical climate simulations, Earth system analysis, coupled systems, or advanced quantitative methods for spatio‐temporal data. Selected candidates will be based at CMCC and supervised by Dr. Elena Xoplaki, working in an international and collaborative research environment at the interface of climate science and environmental history.
ROLE
The researchers will contribute to EUROpest's climate component by suppor

📌 12826 - Researchers in Paleoclimate Modelling for Environment-Society Dynamics (Italia)
🏢 Energia E Ambiente
📍 Italia