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Michigan State University
United States
Michigan State University
United States
Michigan State University
United States
Events
August
6
Monday, August 6, 2018 (All day) to Friday, August 10, 2018 (All day)
On behalf of the Canadian Association of Geographers and the Université Laval, North America’s oldest French-language university, we are pleased to invite you to Quebec City to participate in the 2018 International Geographical Union (IGU) Regional Conference - Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) Annual Meeting - National Council for Geographic Education (NCGE) Annual Conference to be held in Canada from August 6 to 10, 2018.
August
28
Tuesday, August 28, 2018 (All day) to Friday, August 31, 2018 (All day)
The National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC) invites applications for the 6th Graduate Student Workshop on Socio-Environmental (S-E) Synthesis, to be held August 28-31, 2018, in Annapolis, Maryland, USA.
Jobs
Two Post-doctoral Research Opportunities on Land Use and Governanace
Stanford University
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Tuesday, January 15, 2019
GLP Fellow Eric Lambin is seeking two post-doctoral associates for a 2-year appointment at Stanford University to conduct cutting-edge research on public and private governance of land use in the developing world. Start date is January 15, 2019.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Spatial Science of Coupled Natural-Human Systems
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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Friday, September 14, 2018
The School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan is seeking applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor in Spatial Science of Coupled Natural-Human Systems.
Research position in coupled natural-human system modeling
University of California, Santa Barbara
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Saturday, June 9, 2018
A research (Associate Specialist) position is available within the Water, Vegetation, and Society Lab (WAVES) at the Earth Research Institute at the University of California, Santa Barbara, in the area of coupled natural-human system modeling.
Asst Prof of Geography and Geosciences, Globalization, University of Louisville
University of Louisville in Kentucky
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Friday, June 1, 2018
The Department of Geography and Geosciences at the University of Louisville invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Human Geography with the rank of Assistant Professor to begin Fall 2018. We seek candidates with innovative or critical research and teaching interests in social, cultural and/or environmental aspects of Globalization.
Graduate Research Assistantships - Michigan
Michigan State University
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Saturday, March 31, 2018
Up to three Ph.D. graduate research assistantships are available at Michigan State University in the areas of social-ecological systems, coupled human and natural systems, ecosystem services, and participatory research to support a pair of new, multi-year, multidisciplinary, NASA-funded projects addressing the socio-ecological effects of climate change and dam construction in the Lower Mekong River Basin (i.e. Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam).
Postdoc: GIS and Food Systems at University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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Monday, March 12, 2018
The University of Michigan announces one post-doctoral research opportunity, beginning August 2018 and focusing on urban GIS broadly-conceived. The successful applicant will work on Food Systems.
Funded master's positions: Strengthening capacity for adaptation in agricultural water decision making
University of Waterloo
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Thursday, March 1, 2018
The Department of Geography and Environmental Management at the University of Waterloo is seeking two outstanding masters students to join an interdisciplinary research team.
Postdoc, PhD positions for land use change, agriculture abandonment, and the Caucasus
UW-Madison
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Wednesday, February 28, 2018
Several postdoc and PhD positions are available for two NASA funded projects. Both projects focus on land use change, and will makes extensive use of satellite data. One project will focus on land use change, especially long-term degradation of forests and grasslands in the Caucasus Mountains, analyze large amounts of satellite data, and link the observed changes to socioeconomic factors. The second project will focus on the development of methods to map agricultural abandonment, fallow fields and grasslands based on both Landsat and Sentinel-2 data. Test sites will be in Eastern Europe and across the globe.
Program Scientist, NASA Terrestrial Ecology Program
NASA
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Wednesday, February 14, 2018
This position will add to the Terrestrial Ecology team at NASA Headquarters which otherwise includes a Program Manager, a Program Scientist, and occasional support by contract personnel. It is an IPA (Intergovernmental Personnel Act) position.
Breakthrough Generation Fellowship 2018 now open
Breakthrough Institute
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Tuesday, February 13, 2018
Each summer, Breakthrough seeks five to ten outstanding young analysts, writers, and thought leaders for the Breakthrough Generation Fellowship. Fellows will contribute writing and research to one our three main issue areas at the Breakthrough Institute: Energy, Conservation, or Food & Farming.
Environment and Society Fellowship at UMBC
University of Maryland Baltimore County
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
The Department of Geography and Environmental Systems at the University of Maryland Baltimore County invites outstanding applicants to apply for their Environment and Society Fellowship.
PhD Assistantships in Systems Design Engineering or related
University of Waterloo
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
Up to 3 PhD students are sought to work in the areas of climate and environmental policy, decision making under (deep) uncertainty, and/or complex socio-technical (or socio-ecological) systems at the University of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada.
Director of Geospatial Science
National Audubon Society
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Thursday, February 1, 2018
The National Audubon Society seeks a Director of Geospatial Science to: (1) provide expertise on the application of geospatial technologies, especially remote sensing, to conservation issues; (2) lead an interdisciplinary team that builds new mapping approaches and guides the strategic use of spatial information to inform policy and conservation practices, and (3) support Audubon leadership with management and fundraising efforts.
Faculty position 'Data Science for Sustainable Development' at University of Michigan
University of Michigan
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Friday, January 19, 2018
The new School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan is seeking applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track open rank faculty position in the field of Data Science for Sustainable Development.
Tier II Canada Research Chair in Cumulative Impacts of Resource Development
University of Northern British Columbia
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Thursday, January 18, 2018
UNBC invites applications for this professorship, which will enable an already outstanding researcher to maximize their contribution as a center of research and research training in this area.
Assistant or Associate Professor in Geovisualization
University of Michigan
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Monday, January 15, 2018
The new School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) at the University of Michigan is seeking applications for a full-time, nine-month, tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in the field of geovisualization.
Yale PhD Fellowships at School of Forestry and Evironmental Studies
Yale University
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Sunday, December 31, 2017
The Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies (FES) is offering 5 years of guaranteed funding for their PhD program on any aspect of the environment.
Assistant Professor - Quantitative Global Environmental Remote Sensing
University of California, Berkeley
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Friday, December 15, 2017
The Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) in the College of Natural Resources at the University of California, Berkeley invites applications for a tenure-track position at the assistant professor level in Quantitative Environmental Remote Sensing with an expected start date of July 1, 2018.
Assistant Professor of Geography
Kansas State University
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Friday, December 1, 2017
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Geography Department at Kansas State University beginning August 2018 with focus on nature-society interactions and applications of complex systems thinking and geospatial computational methods.
Assistant Professor of Political Ecology
University of Alabama
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Friday, December 1, 2017
The Department of Geography at The University of Alabama seeks to hire a tenure-track assistant professor who will support the continued expansion of their Department including the implementation of their new Ph.D. program.
Postdoc in Global Synthesis of Large-Scale Acquisitions
University of Alabama/University of Maryland
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Friday, November 17, 2017
Applications are invited for a 2-year Postdoctoral Research Associate position as part of a newly NASA-funded interdisciplinary project titled “The Global Land Rush: A Socio-Environmental Synthesis." This project will conduct an integrated global synthesis of large-scale land acquisitions (LSLAs), a growing phenomenon in the global South as governments and transnational investors seek to secure access to land in developing countries to produce food, bio-fuels, and non-agricultural commodities. Start date is June 1, 2018 (or earlier).
Assistant Professor of Earth Sensing and Ecosystem Dynamics
Ohio State University
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Wednesday, November 15, 2017
The Ohio State University seeks a scholar who works with sensor technology data from remote platforms (aircraft, drones, or satellite) and/or sensor networks, with applications in land cover change and ecosystem dynamics at local to global scales.
Assistant Professor (tenure track): Humans in the Earth System
University of California Irvine
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
The Department of Earth System Science (ESS) at The University of California Irvine seeks to hire an Assistant Professor with expertise in the coupling of human and natural systems, with the goal of strengthening the department’s commitment to understanding and teaching how Earth system change interacts with human systems.
Assistant Professor of Human-Environment Geography
Clark University
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Saturday, October 7, 2017
Clark University is especially interested in applicants with substantive interests in one or more of: feminist political ecology, gender and environment, race and environment, critical social theory, indigenous studies, urban ecology, food systems, environmental and climate justice, materialism, animal geographies, or posthumanism, and the ability to contribute to teaching in one or more of Clark’s curricula in Women’s and Gender Studies, Global Environmental Studies, and Earth System Science.
Research Associate on Costs of Hydropower Development
Michigan State University
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Saturday, July 1, 2017
The Department of Community Sustainability and the Center for Global Change and Earth Observation at Michigan State University is searching for a full-time Research Associate to be a part of a four-year NSF-funded grant that is developing new ways to reduce the social, economic and environmental costs of hydropower development.
Postdoc in international environmental policy and multiple values of ecosystems and biodiversity
National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)
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Monday, May 15, 2017
The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) in collaboration with the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) offers one Postdoctoral position for a candidate who would like to pursue a career in international environmental policy and the multiple values of ecosystems and biodiversity.
Assistant/Associate Professor in Human Dimensions of Coupled Natural-Human Systems
University of Arizona
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Monday, April 10, 2017
The School of Natural Resources and the Environment at the University of Arizona seeks outstanding applicants for a tenure-eligible position emphasizing the human dimension and decision making of coupled natural-human systems.
Postdoc in statistical modeling of land use
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
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Friday, April 7, 2017
The Integrated Assessment Modeling group at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado, seeks a postdoctoral researcher in spatial modeling of land use change to develop and apply models at the US and global scale with a focus on agriculture.
Postdoc in carbon cycle science
Michigan State University
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Friday, March 31, 2017
The Michigan State University Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences and Center for Global Change and Earth Observation (CGCEO) are pleased to announce a postdoctoral position in Socioecological carbon production in managed agricultural-forest landscapes.
Tenure-track position in Community and Cultural Heritage Planning
University of Waterloo
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The School of Planning at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure-track position in planning, specializing in research at the interface of community/population change, cultural heritage and planning.
Tenure-track position in Environmental Planning, Policy, and Design
University of Waterloo
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Wednesday, March 15, 2017
The School of Planning at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a tenure-track position in planning, specializing in environmental planning, policy, and design.
Graduate positions in Socioecological carbon production
Michigan State University, Department of Geography, Environment, and Spatial Sciences and Center for Global Change and Earth Observation (CGCEO)
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Michigan State University invites applications for two graduate student positions in Socioecological carbon production in managed agricultural-forest landscapes - Deadline 1 February 2017