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July 26, 2005
Two Assistant Professorships in Economic and Social Aspects of Climate Change
Gothenburg University, Sweden has posted two four-year Assistant Professor positions attached to Mistra's Climate Policy Research Programme (Clipore).
Clipore is an international research program aimed at contributing to moving forward international efforts to combat climate change.
You can find information about Clipore and these positions at
www.clipore.org. The full application information is available on the
Gothenburg University website (www.handels.gu.se/econ/ ).
Applications will be accepted through August 31st.
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Job Opportunity: Deputy Director of NCAR's Institute for the Study of Society and Environment
The Institute for the Study of Society and Environment (ISSE) seeks dynamic Social Scientist/Deputy Director for a new research and leadership position. This is a full time mid-career position involving social science/interdisciplinary research (75%), program development, and management duties (25%), which includes assisting
the Director to develop ISSE into a position of national and international recognition and leadership in research on human-atmosphere-environment interactions.
ISSE's mission is to improve the base of knowledge about societal implications of atmospheric and related environmental processes so that decision-makers might better understand, anticipate, and respond to atmospheric science-related issues. ISSE is an interdisciplinary institute within the Societal-Environmental Research and Education (SERE) Laboratory.
Requires a Ph.D. in a social science discipline, or equivalent experience and at least 5 years research experience in an interdisciplinary setting. Successful candidate will demonstrate international recognition as a scholar and leader in the investigation of the science-society interface related to atmospheric and/or Earth system science. Also, requires ability to play a leadership role in establishing and maintaining effective interdisciplinary research programs involving both in-house and multi-institutional collaborative teams. Demonstrated record of success in administrative and management activities is desired.
Please include cover letter, current C.V. and the names of three professional references in application. View a detailed job description and apply at www.ucar.edu. Initial consideration will be given to applications received prior to 8/31/05; applications received after will be reviewed on an as needed basis. Apply online or send a resume to:
3065 Center Green Drive
Boulder Colorado, 80301
Reference job#5089
We value diversity. AA/EOE
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July 15, 2005
Global Carbon Project: Executive Officer
Job Advertisement
EXECUTIVE OFFICER
US$70,000 - $100,000 per year
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) is a joint program of the IHDP, IGBP, WCRP, and DIVERSITAS under their Earth System Science Partnership. The GCP has two International Project Offices (IPO): one in Canberra, Australia and one in Tsukuba, Japan.
The GCP is seeking to appoint a highly motivated and independent person as Executive Officer (director) of its International Project Office in Tsukuba, Japan at the National Institute for Environmental Studies (NIES). The successful candidate will work with the GCP Science Steering Committee, its three co-chairs, and the Executive Officer of the other GCP International Project Office in Canberra, Australia to implement the science framework of the GCP.
We are seeking a person with excellent working knowledge of the policy-relevant scientific objectives of the GCP and a keen interest in devising methods to integrate social and policy sciences into the understanding of the carbon-climate system as a coupled human/natural system. The Tsukuba IPO is especially focused on fostering and coordinating research related integrating the human and natural dimensions of the global carbon cycle and global/regional/urban carbon management. The Science Framework of the Global Carbon Project is available on the web, as are a number of publications, conference proceedings, and presentations that provide more background information.
Post- graduate qualifications (preferably a PhD) are desirable. The appointee will have demonstrated high organizational, communication and interpersonal skills; experience in drafting a diverse range of scientific documents; ability to communicate in English effectively with groups of scientists of diverse disciplinary, national, and cultural backgrounds; and the flexibility and willingness to undertake extensive, long-distance overseas travel.
This appointment at the National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba (Japan), is for a fixed term of two years, with the possibility of an extension up to five years. The successful candidate will be invited to commence the job as early as February 2006.
Closing date for applications: 1 October 2005
Please, send your application by email, including descriptions of skills, qualifications and work achievements, and contact details of three referees, to Ms. Yukako Ojima ojima.yukako@nies.go.jp).
Further information on the position and the GCP is available from Penelope Canan (penelope.canan@nies.go.jp), Pep Canadell [pep.canadell@csiro.au], or by viewing the GCP homepage, http://www.globalcarbonproject.org. Other useful information on Tsukuba and the host Institution can be view at: NIES: http://www.nies.go.jp/index.html; Housing: http://www.jistec.or.jp/house/; and Tsukuba city: http://www.info-tsukuba.org/english/index.html
Duty Statement
The GCP-Tsukuba Executive Officer has administrative and scientific responsibility for a small,
dynamic international office coordinating activities of the GCP research programme. The
successful applicant will also work in coordination with the GCP international office in Australia and the European, PR China, and American nodes. The appointee will need to demonstrate a strong research background as he/she will be involved in the planning and development of research and synthesis documents.
Working under the broad direction of the SSC, duties include the following:
1. Manage the GCP Project Office in Tsukuba and its staff on a day-to-day basis.
2. Develop and maintain links with a number of projects in IGBP, IHDP, WCRP, DIVERSITAS and other international and national agencies and programmes
3. Assist the SSC to implement the science framework with a particular focus on activities related to the integration of the natural and human dimensions of the carbon cycle and urban and regional carbon management
4. Organize conferences, meetings and workshops in support of the GCP and assist in drafting scientific reports and syntheses
5. Act as a communication node for the international GCP community.
6. Work in close collaboration and coordination with the Australian GCP IPO executive officer and those of sister joint programs under the Earth System Science Partnership of the sponsor organizations.
7. Provide project advocacy, promotion and publicity.
8. Raise funds for GCP activities.
9. Assist the Chairs and SSC in providing policy advice to appropriate agencies.
10. Support an examination of integrated carbon-climate-human cycle models.
Selection Criteria
Essential
1. Postgraduate qualifications (preferably a Ph.D. or equivalent) in social sciences, ecology, environmental sciences, oceanography, atmospheric sciences or a related discipline, together with relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of experience and education/training.
2. Education or working experience that bridges social and natural sciences (e.g., integrative assessment modeling; science-policy interactions; institutional dimensions; environmental economics).
3. Proven management experience within research programs.
4. Ability to manage a small international science coordinating office, with an emphasis on organizational, communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Experience in drafting a diverse range of documents - from correspondence to complex scientific reports.
6. Strong interest in and excellent working knowledge of the main scientific issues of the GCP.
7. A sound working knowledge of the English language.
8. Flexibility and willingness to undertake extensive, long-distance overseas travel.
9. Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with groups of scientists of diverse disciplinary, national and cultural backgrounds.
Highly Desirable
1. Previous experience in raising funds for scientific activities.
2. Experience in the organization of international meetings and workshops.
3. Experience in working with international science organizations.
The Global Carbon Project
Summary
The Global Carbon Project (GCP) was established by the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP), the International Human Dimensions Program (IHDP), and the World Climate Research Programme (WCRP) in 2001. The GCP’s goal is to develop a complete picture of the global carbon cycle, including both its biophysical and human dimensions together with the interactions and feedbacks between them. The three sciences themes of the GCP are:
1. Patterns and Variability: the current geographical and temporal distributions of the major stores and fluxes in the global carbon cycle;
2. Processes, Controls and Interactions: the underlying mechanisms and feedbacks that control the dynamics of the global carbon cycle, including interactions with human activities;
3. Carbon Management: the dynamics of the carbon-climate-human system into the future, and points of intervention and windows of opportunity that exist for human societies to manage this system?
The science goals will be achieved by the following implementation strategies:
• To develop a research framework for integration of the biogeochemical, biophysical and human components of the global carbon cycle, including the development of data-model fusion schemes, and design of cost effective observational and research networks.
• To synthesize current understanding of the global C cycle and provide rapid feedback to the research and policy communities, and general public.
• To develop tools and conceptual frameworks to couple the biophysical and human dimensions of the carbon cycle.
• To provide a global coordinating platform for regional/national carbon programs to improve observation network design, data standards, information and tools transfer, and timing of campaigns and process-based experiments.
• To strengthen the broad carbon research programs of nations and regions, and those of more disciplinary projects in IGBP, IHDP, WCRP, DIVERSITAS and operational observing programs (IGCO, GTOS) through better coordination, articulation of goals, and development of conceptual frameworks.
• To develop a small number of new research initiatives that are feasible within a 3-5 year time framework on difficult and highly interdisciplinary problems of the carbon cycle and carbon management at multiple scales (urban, regional, global).
• To foster new carbon research in regions that will provide better constraints of continental and global carbon budgets through promoting partnerships between institutions and exchange visits.
Science Steering Committee:
Co-chairs: Michael Raupach, Oran Young, Robert Dickinson.
Michael Apps, Chen-Tung Arthur Chen, Mingkui Cao, Philippe Ciais, Christopher Field, Patricia Romero Lankao, Nebojsa Nakicenovic, Corinne Le Quéré, Anand Patwardhan, Christopher Sabine, Riccardo Valentini, Yoshiki Yamagata.
Executive Directors: Pep Canadell (Australia); Penelope Canan (Japan)
Further information can be found at http://www.globalcarbonproject.org.
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July 07, 2005
Assistant Professor in Economics, ECONOMIC and SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
TWO APPOINTMENTS as Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) in Economics, ECONOMIC and SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE
REF NR E 333 2514/05 med placering vid Inst för nationalekonomi med statistik.
Handelshögskolans fakultetsnämnd.
Sista ansökningsdag: 2005-08-31
TWO APPOINTMENTS as Assistant Professor (Forskarassistent) in Economics, ECONOMIC and SOCIAL ASPECTS OF CLIMATE CHANGE at the Environmental Economics Unit (EEU) of the Department of Economics, School of Business, Economics and Law, Göteborg University.
The two scientists will be fully integrated into both the EEU research group and Mistra’s Climate Policy Research Programme (CLIPORE), through which the positions are funded.
The Environmental Economics Unit is a research and teaching unit within the department of Economics at Gothenburg University. The unit has two full professors and a total staff of 10 PhDs and over 20 graduate students working on various projects related to natural resources and environmental economics. EEU gives a large number of courses at different levels and offers stipends to students from developing countries to study environmental economics at our department. The research at EEU is focused on natural resource management in developing countries, the choice of policy instruments for energy, climate, transport, industrial environmental problems and welfare related issues.
CLIPORE aims to stimulate policy-oriented research that contributes to moving forward global efforts to combat climate change. CLIPORE takes the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) as a point of departure. Creating conditions under this international framework that enable commitments to constrain greenhouse-gas emissions is critical for moving global efforts to combat climate change forward. CLIPORE aims to promote interdisciplinary research with an emphasis on the social sciences. The social sciences are needed to support decision makers in understanding the conditions under which stakeholders can and will be willing to contribute to the solutions, and to develop vehicles and tools that promote cooperation.
Further information on the nature of the CLIPORE program can be found on the Web site http://www.clipore.org
GOALS
This programme provides an opportunity for talented researchers in the social sciences who have recently received their PhDs to continue to pursue their research interests and to develop expertise in new areas. The program seeks to enrich the research talent in the area of policy-oriented climate and energy sciences by offering an opportunity for highly qualified Ph.D. economists, social scientists or energy experts, to apply their training to research in areas that are related to the broader research agenda of CLIPORE. This includes issues such as:
• Incentives for participation in global climate agreements
• The political feasibility of implementing sufficiently stringent policies
• The design of international agreements in order to ensure broad participation in the international climate collaboration post Kyoto
• The design of appropriate policy instruments to deal with climate change
• Incentives for the development and dissemination/adoption of new technology to mitigate climate change.
• The relationship between mitigation measures (the cost of emission reductions) and socioeconomic development
The researchers are naturally free to choose their own research projects but should stay within the broad framework of climate research as defined in the CLIPORE program.
JOB DESCRIPTION
The assistant professors will be expected to be active in the Department of Economics in Gothenburg for the full duration of this post. Their main duties will be to conduct research within the field described. They are also expected to participate in department activities such as the supervision of theses within their research area. They are expected to play an active role in and interact with other researchers within the CLIPORE program. Each position is for four years. The researchers are required to spend one of their research years abroad at a suitable research institution.
QUALIFICATIONS AND ASSESSMENTGROUNDS FOR APPOINTMENT
An applicant must have a recent Ph.D. or equivalent background in an area related to the research agenda described above. Priority will be given to candidates who have completed their degree no more than five years before the final application date. Special weight shall be accorded to academic skills. The assistant professor (in Swedish: forskarassistent) shall be employed on an open-ended basis for a period not to exceed four (2 + 2) years. (Higher Education Ordinance, chapter 4, sect 15, SFS 1993:100)
A suitable profile would be a Ph.D. in economics, other social sciences, or related interdisciplinary field, with a strong record of training and or research experience in energy, environmental or preferably climate issues. The ideal candidate has a good command of both economics and the science or technical areas related to energy and climate issues, as demonstrated by the candidate’s thesis and/or publications. We encourage applications from women and minorities. A good command of English is important and Swedish as well as other languages are a merit.
SALARY AND BENEFITS
Successful applicants will receive salaries and benefits in accordance with standard salary levels for equivalent positions at our department, taking qualifications into account.
HOW TO APPLY
Each applicant should send:
(1) transcripts of graduate university courses
(2) three copies of an up-to-date vita including a summary of scientific work experience, a list of publications, and a list of any honours, awards, scholarships, and fellowships
(3) two copies each of: an abstract of the doctoral thesis or the thesis itself if possible, together with a minimum of three and a maximum of ten articles the candidate wishes to submit
(4) the names and addresses (including e-mail and FAX) of four persons whom the EEU may contact for reference letters. Alternately, applicants may request reference letters to be sent directly to the EEU by the author. In this case, applicants should provide the author with information from our Web site and should arrange for the letters to reach us by August 31.
(5) three copies of a short statement (1-2 pages) describing the applicant’s interest in economic and social aspects of climate research and the work he or she would like to do during the EEU appointment. (This statement is not a commitment to conduct the outlined work, but is important evidence of the applicant’s ability to plan an appropriate scientific project.)
Applications should be received no later than August 31, in order to be considered for fellowship awards to begin in the fall of 2005. Appointments will be announced as soon as possible after the deadline.
For further information:
Professor Thomas Sterner, Professor of Environmental Economics, Dept of Economics University of Gothenburg, PO Box 640, 40530 Gothenburg, Sweden
Tel (secr: Elizabeth Földi) +46 31 7731347, Fax +46 31 7731326
Homepage: http://www.handels.gu.se/econ/EEU
Union representatives:
SACO Svetlana Polsky, tel 46-31-773 19 89, OFR/S Eva Sjögren, tel 46-31-773 11 69, SEKO Lennart Olsson, tel 46-31-773 11 73.
The application, referring to reference number E 333 2514/05 should be addressed to:
Göteborg University
Registrator,
Box 100,
Se - 405 30 GÖTEBORG, Sweden
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