CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
CU Boulder Red Cross/Red Crescent
Climate Centre Internship Program
 This internship program is described in the “Research Highlight.”
Applicants are sought from Master’s degree and Ph.D. students for placement in IFRC regional field offices in Southern and East Africa for a period of approximately 3 months.
Students will design their own program of work in conjunction with their CU Boulder advisor and a RC/RC CC supervisor. The RC/RC CC supervisor will liaise with specific IFRC field offices to identify potential projects and placements. Projects can encompass, but are not limited to, topics such as the use of scientific information in decision making, communication of probability and uncertainty, perceptions of risk, and characterizing vulnerability and adaptive capacity.
Application Deadline: November 1, 2013. Click here to apply.
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CU Boulder Graduate Certificate
in Science & Technology Policy
 “Universities today have a double duty: to educate and train not only those who will have careers in research, but also those who will become entrepreneurs, managers, consultants, investors, or policy makers.” - National Research Council 1999
Society has a growing need for expertise in science and technology policy. The Graduate Certificate in Science and Technology Policy at the University of Colorado-Boulder, which is being offered in a parallel form at the Colorado School of Mines, is a rigorous educational program to prepare students pursuing graduate degrees for careers at the interface of science, technology, and decision making. |
Recipients of the certificate have gone on to positions in Congress, academia, NOAA, and elsewhere.
Upon completion of the Certificate Program students will have attained a measure of understanding of the broad societal context of science and technology as well as an introduction to methodologies of policy analysis that are used in decision settings related to science and technology.
The certificate will be awarded upon completion of degree requirements and will require completion of 18 hours of approved coursework. Ph.D. students are expected to incorporate science and technology policy, in some manner (e.g., in one chapter), into their Ph.D. dissertation and include on their committee a member from outside their home department with science and technology policy expertise.
Application Deadline: December 2, 2013. Click here to apply.
STEPS Centre Summer School
University of Sussex, 12-23 May 2014
The STEPS Centre invites applications to take part in its third annual Summer School.
Applications are invited from highly-motivated doctoral and postdoctoral researchers or those with equivalent experience, working in fields around development studies, science and technology studies, innovation and policy studies, and across agricultural, health, water or energy issues.
Participants will explore the theme of pathways to sustainability through a mixture of workshops, lectures, outdoor events and focused interaction with STEPS Centre members. The Summer School takes place on the Sussex University campus, near Brighton, UK.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2014. More information. Summer school film.
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