Early Career Researcher for EU-KAIROS Project

• Interdisciplinary and inspiring work environment.
• Quiet and spacious workspaces.
• Possibility of participating in internal training and activities of the centre.
• 35-hour work calendar.
• 30 days of vacation per year.

The position offers an annual gross salary of 24,960€ complemented by attractive working conditions.

As an HR Excellence-awarded institution, BC3 is committed to reconciling research and academic requirements with family responsibilities. BC3 is particularly concerned with creating equal opportunities for people regardless of sex and gender. Anyone with relevant qualifications is therefore strongly encouraged to apply for the position.

Basque Centre for Climate Change, Leioa, Spain

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) is opening a competitive call for applications for one Early Career Researcher position within the Horizon Europe project EU-KAIROS ("Enhancing Knowledge for Understanding Cascading EU RISK for Informing Resilience"). The position is aimed at early-career researchers who have recently completed, or are about to complete, their doctoral thesis.

EU-KAIROS aims to inform and strengthen future European Union Climate Risk Assessments (EUCRAs) by addressing the knowledge and action gaps identified in the first European Climate Risk Assessment (EUCRA1). The project develops a systemic climate risk assessment framework that combines sectoral and soft-linked Water-Energy-Land/Food (NEXUS) models with exploratory approaches (forensics of realised risk, vulnerability, adaptation limits and tipping points), and applies it in case studies across the four EUCRA regions, co-developed with stakeholders through Learning Labs and Policy & Practice Labs. The consortium brings together 15 organisations from 9 European countries and is coordinated by the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA).

Within EU-KAIROS, BC3 contributes mainly to the work on risk ownership and governance of systemic climate risks, including the role of the private sector and finance in risk-taking and opportunity creation, risk layering across the EU and decision-making approaches such as the Triple Dividend of Resilience. BC3 also contributes to the analysis of intersectoral interdependencies, to the case-study work and to policy engagement. The selected person will apply quantitative and economic methods to these questions, working with climate-risk, impact and socio-economic data, and will contribute to the project case studies and deliverables. The research will be conducted at BC3 in close collaboration with the EU-KAIROS partners and will be supervised by Ibon Galarraga and Elisa Sainz de Murieta (BC3).

• Contribute to BC3's research tasks in EU-KAIROS, in particular on risk ownership and governance of systemic climate risks and on the project case studies.
• Develop and apply quantitative methods (statistical and econometric analysis, economic assessment of climate impacts, risk metrics) to analyse climate risks, how they are distributed across sectors and population groups, and the economic case for adaptation.
• Collect, harmonise and analyse quantitative and qualitative data on climate risks, impacts, vulnerability and adaptation, contributing to the project knowledge hub and toolbox.
• Review EU and national policies relevant to climate risk and adaptation, and contribute to the analysis of the roles of public and private actors in managing systemic risk.
• Contribute to project deliverables, policy briefs and stakeholder activities (Learning Labs and Policy & Practice Labs), in particular in the Spanish case study.
• Present results at project meetings, workshops and international conferences, and publish peer-reviewed research in international scientific journals.

Starting on December 2026. The position will be for an initial period of 24 months, with the possibility of extension until the end of BC3's tasks in EU-KAIROS 31 January 2030, subject to a positive assessment of performance and to project funding.

Fill the form below and upload ONE PDF document with the following information:

CV
Including contact details of one referee

Cover Letter
Max 1 page describing your research interests, qualifications for the role and motivation to apply for this position.

Informal enquiries can be made to Elisa Sainz de Murieta, noting in the subject of the message "PD: EU-KAIROS"

Contact Elisa Sainz de Murieta elisa.sainzdemurieta@bc3research.org

Deadline 13 November, 2026

Contract financed by the European Union, Horizon Europe Programme, Grant Agreement No. 101344545