Scientific Committee

The WSL Scientific Committee is composed of members of high scientific standing in sufficiency. Each member serves in an independent scientific capacity and does not represent countries or similar interests. 

The Scientific Committee assists the WSL Founders in providing scientific advice and opinions on any scientific matter in the areas of work undertaken by the lab.  

The Scientific Committee has three major tasks:

• To deliver an opinion on the WSL multiannual and annual work programme; 
• To give an opinion to the founders for the purposes of recruitment of the lab's scientific staff; 
• To provide advice and/or opinion on any scientific matter concerning the lab's activity, which the founders may submit to it. 

To deliver on the above, and to discuss topics of mutual interest to support the work of the WSL, the Scientific Committee meets three times per year (online).

Scope of the call:

WSL is organising this call to appoint Scientific Committee members with expertise in sufficiency. Preference will be given to candidates who have multi-disciplinary qualifications and experience, as well as proven track-record of trans-disciplinary working in recognised international scientific networks. 

To ensure diversity in people, ideas, thoughts, cultures and perspectives, we will strive for diversity related to gender, age and geographical dimensions.

Eligibility

Candidates must have:

• a university degree in a relevant scientific area, preferably at postgraduate level,
• at least 7 years’ professional experience in one or more areas of expertise listed in the present call at a level to which the qualifications give admission,

Selection criteria

Eligible expressions of interest will be subject to a comparative evaluation against the following criteria:

• Scientific excellence;
• Experience in carrying out scientific assessments and/or providing scientific advice in sufficiency;
• Broader expertise in sufficiency
• Experience in peer reviewing scientific work;
• Ability to analyse complex information;
• Professional experience in cross-disciplinary projects in an international context.

In case of equal scientific excellence, the need to ensure gender and geographical balance shall represent a further criterion. Furthermore, excellent knowledge of English is important since this is the working language of the Scientific Committee.

In order to foster gender balance in the Scientific Committee, applications from qualified women are strongly encouraged.

Application procedure

Candidates are kindly requested to submit their expression of interest by sending, by July 15^th  , an mail and a letter of motivation to the following email address: info@thesufficiencylab.org

Selection process

Scientific Committee members are identified through an open process, leading to designation of chosen candidates by the WSL board of founders.

The Chair of the Board of founders will call on a panel to assess the professional experience of candidates.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for an interview in September held in English.

Appointment and term

The experts who meet best the above criteria will be appointed for a term of four years which may be renewed once for a maximum of another four-year period.