Global Subsidies Initiative GSI, International Institute for Sustainable Development

IFC Sustainability Business Innovation, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Baltic Sea Regional Project, ICES

Climate Options for the Long Term (COOL)

Ecotipping Points Project

EVENTS

3rd European Fair for Education for Sustainable Development (October 28, 2009 - Hamburg, Germany)

Climate Change in South-Eastern European Countries IV (October 19, 2009 - Zagreb, Croatia)

Regional Workshop on Sustainable Biofuels Production and Use in Central & Eastern Europe (November 12, 2007 - Dubrovnik, Croatia)

First European Conference on Sustainability Transitions (June 4, 2009 - Felix Meritis, Amsterdam, the Netherlands)

Sustainable development a challenge for EU R and D (May 26, 2009 - Brussels)

Joint Actions on Climate Change (June 8, 2009 - Aalborg, Denmark)

Climate change and the challenges for public health Engaging the Regions (June 24, 2008 - Brussels)

Social ecological systems in upland cultural landscapes (June 17, 2008 - online - anywhere)

MEMBERS
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Barry Ness, PhD candidate, Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies

Zdravko Spiric, Head of the Institute, Oikon Ltd. - Institute for Applied Ecology

Anke Weisheit, M.Sc., Mbarara University

Tieju Ma, Research scholar, IIASA

Molly Anderson, Henry A. Wallace Center

Stephanie Domptail, MSc, Institute for Agriculture and Market Research

Bulent Acma, Dr., Anadolu University

Andy Scollick, PhD candidate, Coastal and Marine Resources Centre, University College Cork

Karlheinz Knickel, IfLS - Institute for Rural Development Research at Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt (Main)

Grant Austin, President, Institute of Green Professionals

PUBLICATIONS

Complexity of Coupled Human and Natural Systems (Jianguo Liu, Thomas Dietz, Stephen R. Carpenter, Marina Alberti, Carl Folke, Emilio Moran, Alice N. Pell, Peter Deadman, Timothy Kratz, Jane Lubchenco, Elinor Ostrom, Zhiyun Ouyang, William Provencher, Charles L. Redman, Stephen H. Schneider, and William W. Taylor , 2007)

Sustainable Energy Case Study Database (Ashden , 2008)

Review of Science and Stakeholder Involvement in the Production of Advice on Fisheries Management (A D Hawkins , 2007)

PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS: Science and Technology for Sustainable Well-Being (John P. Holdren , 2008)

PROGRAMS

International Finance Corporation Sustainability

Society for Conservation Biology

SNV Netherlands Development Organization

International Institute for Sustainable Development IISD

Sustainable Consumption and Production Branch of the United Nations Environment Programme

Program on Energy and Sustainable Development

Centre for Sustainable Design

OPPORTUNITIES

Postdoctoral Position on the political ecology of infrastructures in three German regions (Within the Faculty of Architecture and the Faculty of Civil Engineering/Geodesy at the Technische Universität Darmstadt the Chair for Spatial and Infrastructure Planning investigates the interplay between the sustainable development of cities/regions and the transition/ innovation of technical infrastructure (energy, water, wastewater, waste systems), urban/ regional innovation management in the utility sectors and urban/regional policy and planning responses to socio-ecological problems. We are currently inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Position (part-time, 75 %)This three year position will commence in August or September 2009 (with a possible extension of further 3 years). Subject to the successful acquisition of research funding, the terms and conditions of employment could be extended to that of a full-time position.Your tasks: You will be expected to teach courses in spatial and infrastructure planning, to carry out your own research in this field and to publish internationally and nationally. More specifically this includes the following tasks: directing 1,5 courses per semester in different B.A. and M.A. programs in architecture, and in civil, environmental and industrial engineering and supervising bachelor and master theses; supervising a group of three PhD students conducting research on the political ecology of infrastructures in three German regions, conducting and supervising comparative research of international quality on the transition and planning of infrastructure systems in different urban settings. regularly publishing the results of this work, especially in international peer-reviewed academic journals; applying for third-party funding for research projects; participating in the academic activities of the chair and the department.Your profile: You have completed a PhD in planning, social sciences, environmental studies, civil engineering, architecture, geography, or a related field of study. Your previous research activities and your publication record reflect your strong interest and extensive knowledge in the fields of technical infrastructures, social studies of technology, governance and planning theory and your strong methodological skills in empirical social research. Knowledge in the field of either urban/regional studies or of environmental studies are desirable for this position. You have international experience and a proven ability to teach, to manage research projects and to apply for third-party funding. Your working style is team-oriented and you have strong written and oral communication skills. While your publications can be undertaken in English, you are expected to understand written and oral German and to learn to write and speak German. Beyond your research and teaching interests, you have an interest in general sustainability issues and current political and societal discussions.Conditions: We offer an excellent research environment in a motivated, interdisciplinary team at a leading academic institution as well as the possibility for exchange in national and international networks. We encourage you to actively participate at the ”Graduate School for Urban Studies” and interdisciplinary research networks in infrastructure, spatial and energy research at TU Darmstadt. We offer salary according to the German public service pay scale up to BAT Ib depending on qualification and experience (BAT Ib ranges between approx. € 46,000 and € 55,000 gross per annum for a full position depending on age, children, marital status etc.). Your application: The TU Darmstadt has an affirmative action program to promote equity in the employment of women, members of underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities. Please send your complete application documents (letter of motivation, a full CV, transcripts, a list of publications and two short samples of recent publications) no later than May 31, 2009 electronically to the Dean of the Department for Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Petersenstr. 12, D-64287 Darmstadt (raumplanung@iwar.tu-darmstadt.de). Foradditional information please visit our website at www.raumplanung.bauing.tudarmstadt.de or contact Jochen Monstadt at j.monstadt@iwar.tu-darmstadt.de or +49- 6151-16-2248.Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany)

PhD position at Stockholm Resilience Centre (The research program “Governance of the Baltic Sea - a response to ecological regime shifts” at the Baltic Nest Institute and Stockholm Resilience Center is looking for a Political Science PhD student.The project runs from 2009-2012, and aims to develop guidelines for adaptive  management of both coastal and marine environments (with special focus on the Baltic Sea).The widespread degradation of marine ecosystems like the Baltic Sea results to a large extent from a failure of governance. Problems with eutrophication and other pollutants, overfishing, habitat degradation, introduced species and illegal oil discharges are common in a number of regional seas managed in an international context. The specific Baltic problems are relatively well known by scientists and policy makers. The knowledge and sense of urgency for dealing with them varies substantially between citizens in the bordering states, thus creating e.g. regional differences in the level of political pressure. Traditional focus on single-species resources in fisheries and aquaculture has created organizational and institutional structures with compartmentalized decision-making processes, leading to narrow policy instruments that create incentives for policies and actions that undermine sustainability. Such governance is ill prepared to respond to the complexity of dynamic ecosystems or build an adaptive capacity for coping with change and uncertainty. These approaches are often overwhelmed by global economic drivers and cannot address the complex threshold dynamics of linked social–ecological systems. There is an urgent need for new flexible, integrated, holistic forms of governance that can deal with the complexity of social-ecological systems (SES), and their associated services. Adaptive management, adaptive co-management, ecosystem management, and various forms of formal and informal integrated resource management are all promising approaches in this context. However, these governance modes are in need of further exploration to be able to fully incorporate the dynamics of social-ecological systems. The latter implies much more than stakeholder participation and integrated planning, it implies; being able to deal with both uncertainty and abrupt change; enhance learning of complex SES; promote experimentation and innovation; and supporting cross-scale institutional linkages. The search for better approaches to ensuring sustainable outcomes has helped develop important principles and protocols for ecosystem-based management of marine resources. These acknowledge ecosystems as complex dynamic systems and address the mismatch between social systems and ecosystem dynamics. Typically, prevailing approaches emphasize spatial planning, usage zoning, and marine protected areas. However, the burgeoning literature on ecosystembased management offers few empirically based insights into social–ecological strategies that make transitions to such management possible. In this project we focus on the Baltic Sea and on understanding shifts toward multi level governance modes that enable ecosystem based-management of large scale-ecosystems. We focus on the emergence of new international institutions as part of governance regime formation in relation to ecosystem dynamics. More specifically, we focus on the interplay among individual actors in networks, organizations, and institutions at multiple levels in order to understand the dynamic processes that underlie the emergence of new forms of governance.Baltic Nest Institute and Stockholm Resilience Center)

Director of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (We are the Joint Research Centre; our mission is to provide customer-driven scientific and technical support for the conception, development, implementation and monitoring of EU policies. JRC comprises 7 research institutes spread across 5 sites in Europe. We have a staff of 2,700 and an operating budget of € 300 M per annum; our core competence areas are food, chemical products and health; environment and sustainability; nuclear safety and security; and horizontal activities such as reference materials and measurements, techno-economic foresight, public security and anti-fraud We propose: a post of Director of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability . The mission of the Institute for Environment and Sustainability (IES, http://ies.jrc.cec.eu.int/) is to provide scientific and technical support to EU policies for the protection of the environment contributing to a sustainable development in Europe. Its core activities are: Sustainable Use of Natural Resources; Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development; Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation; Environmental Risks and Natural Hazards; Sustainable Transport and Air Quality; Renewable Energies; Environmental Dimension of Development Cooperation; Environmental Information and Monitoring Systems The Director is responsible for the overall management of the Institute and has delegated financial and recruitment responsibilities for the complete budget and staff of their Institute. The institute has some 450 staff and an annual budget of ca. € 40 million. The Director will be member of the JRC senior management team and contribute to the overall development and implementation of the JRC mission. He/she will in addition be expected to provide strategic orientation for and coordination of activities across the whole of the JRC related to environment and sustainability issues Applicants must: * be a national of one of the European Union Member States; * hold a university degree that gives access to undertake doctoral studies; * have at least 15 years' postgraduate professional experience at a level to which the qualifications referred to above give admission; at least 5 years of that professional experience must have been gained at high level management experience; * have a thorough knowledge of one of the EU official languages and an adequate knowledge of another of these languages. Candidates should note that the selection procedures will be carried out in English, French or German onlyIspra, Italy    )

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Third ALTER-Net Summer School (Peyresq, France)

Erasmus Mundus Master Course in Sustainable Forest and Nature Management (Europe)