Research Social Scientist

The Northwest Fisheries Science Center is excited to announce we are recruiting for a "Research Social Scientist, ZP-0101-3". The person in this position will develop comprehensive social, economic, cultural, and coupled social-ecological analyses in support of the Climate, Ecosystems, and Fisheries Initiative (CEFI) and ecosystem-based fisheries management on the U.S. west coast. The new staff member will ideally have expertise in the social sciences, including but not limited to economics, anthropology, sociology, psychology, political ecology, sustainability science, and human geography. They will help support NOAA Fisheries’ mission activities to increase the resiliency of our nation's marine resources against climate change impacts.Below is a link to the announcement and some helpful information.
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