CFP: PhD Workshop on Transatlantic Relations, Climate and Energy

The Environmental Policy Research Center (FFU) at Freie Universität Berlin is delighted to announce a call for papers for the first transatlantic PhD Workshop on “Forging Closer Ties: Transatlantic Relations, Climate and Energy”, in Berlin, November 29 - December 5, 2009. The Workshop will bring together PhD students and faculty from Freie Universität Berlin and North American universities to examine developments in transatlantic climate and energy relations. Supervised by renowned faculty from the US, Canada and Germany, doctoral students in the social sciences will present their research in the following focus areas: renewable energy policy, environmental policy, energy security, and climate change. The workshop will provide participating PhD students with the opportunity to discuss their papers with peers and senior researchers in working groups and plenary sessions. In addition, field trips will offer the participants the possibility to meet with representatives from various associations and think tanks, as well as with representatives from governmental and non-governmental organizations and other institutions. The workshop is timed to proceed directly the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, December 7-18, 2009. Those wishing to attend the Copenhagen meeting can easily travel there after the end of the workshop.

The workshop aims at providing a forum for exchange of research ideas and at promoting network building among leading young researchers across the Atlantic. The sessions and meetings will introduce the participants to European and North American perspectives on environmental and energy issues and contribute to strengthening transatlantic dialogue on challenges and opportunities in the context of renewable energy development, climate change and energy security.

Submission Procedure: Interested PhD students enrolled at Canadian and US universities should submit a CV, one letter of recommendation and an abstract of their paper (approx. 1200 words) by email to Matthias Kuder <matthias.kuder@fu-berlin.de>no later than July 20, 2009. An international program committee will evaluate the submissions and select participants on a competitive basis. Selection of participants will be announced by August 15, 2009. There is no participation fee. Confirmed participants may be eligible for a Freie Universität fellowship covering travel costs and hotel accommodation. Freie Universität will provide up to 10 such fellowships which will be granted based on quality and relevance of the abstract. For further information please contact Matthias Kuder.

NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowship

NOAA Coral Reef Management Fellowships are for two years. Specific projects are determined by each jurisdiction's coral reef management agencies. Fellows are located in Pago Pago, American Samoa; Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI); Miami, Florida; Adelup, Guam; Hawai`i; Puerto Rico; and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. Applicants typically have a master's degree and two years of experience or a bachelor's degree and four years of experience. For further information and application procedures, see: http://coralreef.noaa.gov/fellowship.html. Applications will be accepted until July 31, 2009.

Visiting Faculty: Technology, Environment, Resource Conflict

The Clarkson University Department of Humanities and Social Sciences invites applications for a two-year appointment as a Visiting Assistant Professor beginning fall 2009. We seek a colleague with a PhD in geography, anthropology/archeology or sociology whose work is focused on issues of technology, environment and/or resource conflict in an historical context.

The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences is a multi-disciplinary department of eighteen faculty members with disciplinary degree programs in History, Political Science as well as four Interdisciplinary degree programs including American Studies. The department has multi-disciplinary strengths in environment, war studies, and science and medicine.

The ordinary teaching load for the Department is four courses per semester. The position involves teaching a required course, the Clarkson Seminar, a writing intensive course for first year students. The faculty member joining the department will teach four 20 student sections (one preparation, 80 students) of the Clarkson Seminar in the fall semester. The spring teaching load will comprise two preparations of classes that complement the department's offerings.

Applicants should send a C.V., three letters of recommendation, and a detailed letter on the courses they might teach, and teaching philosophy to Search Committee, School of Arts and Sciences, Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Box 5750, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York 13699-5750. ABDs will be considered. Clarkson is an AA/EOE university. The committee will begin reviewing applications on July 13, 2009.

Contact Info:
Search Committee
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences Box 5750, Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York 13699-5750
Website: http://www.clarkson.edu/humanities-ss/index.html

Visiting Faculty: Environment and Society

I'm looking for a recent Ph.D. graduate as a visiting assistant professor for the Department of Environment and Society in the College of Natural Resources at Utah State University (Logan, UT). This is a 9-month appointment at $45,000 beginning August 10, 2009 to teach 2 courses in the Fall 2009 Semester and 2 courses in the Spring 2010 Semester.

Fall Semester:

1. ENVS 2340 Natural Resources and Society 3 credits
Examines human values, uses, and management of natural settings at the individual, community, and societal levels. Topics include: psychological responses to nature, history of U.S. park and natural resource management, environmental sociology and politics, and nature in non-Western cultures.

2. ENVS 4000 Human Dimensions of Natural Resource Management 3 credits
Focuses on balancing science and social values in ecosystem management and decision-making. Topics include environmental justice, communication and behavior change strategies, landscape perception and attitudes, resource dependent communities, public involvement, and conflict management.

Spring Semester:

1. (Repeat from Fall Semester) ENVS 2340 Natural Resources and Society 3 credits
Examines human values, uses, and management of natural settings at the individual, community, and societal levels. Topics include: psychological responses to nature, history of U.S. park and natural resource management, environmental sociology and politics, and nature in non-Western cultures.

2. ENVS 6900 Graduate Special Topics (graduate seminar in his/her area of academic expertise) 1-6 credits
Offers credit for special assignments, reading, and seminars beyond regularly scheduled courses.

He/she may also share some undergraduate advising. The person should have a PhD emphasizing social science dimensions of natural resources management, including but not limited to recreation resource management. He/she should have successfully defended his/her dissertation by Aug. 10 but can still be working on dissertation revisions.

Nat B. Frazer, Dean
College of Natural Resources
Utah State University
5200 Old Main Hill
Logan, UT 84322-5200
Office: (435) 797-2452
Cell: (435) 232-7834
Fax: (435) 797-2443
nat.frazer@usu.edu
http://www.cnr.usu.edu/

Renewable Energy Fellowship in Germany

The 2009 Transatlantic Renewable Energy Fellowship in Germany, a new initiative of the German Federal Foreign Office (Auswärtiges Amt), administered by InWEnt gGmbH in partnership with CDS International, Inc., is now accepting applications. The program allows 15 fellows to attend a 5-day briefing on Germany's renewable energy policies and structures and to complete an internship of 3-6 months with a leading renewable energy company or organization.

The program will run from September 5 through December 19, 2009, with the possibility to apply for a program through March 19, 2009. Fellows will receive a stipend in the amount of 3,300 Euro as well as support for travel expenditures to and in Germany. As part of the Transatlantic Climate Bridge, the Fellowship seeks to further mutual understanding and transatlantic cooperation in climate and energy policies, to provide practical training for future leaders in the renewable energy and environmental fields, and to support renewable energy institutions in developing their human resources and transatlantic networks.

Eligibility criteria for the Fellowship are as follows:

• U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, or current enrollment at a U.S. university or college
• Age 32 or younger at the application deadline
• Minimum of 3 years completed at a college or university, preferably with degree completed in a relevant field (see website for more information)
• Two years experience in renewable energy or a related field, preferably in a professional capacity

Interested candidates should visit www.cdsintl.org/fellowshipsabroad/tref.php for additional information. If you have any questions, please contact Emily Schmidt at eschmidt@cdsintl.org or (202) 536-2955. Application deadline: June 24, 2009.