Development of African Scientific Network (ASN): A model to enhance scientific research in developing countries, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University, United States

Water Management, Livelihoods, and Landscapes in the Andes, Comision Fulbright (Quito)

Using Culturally Sustainable Development as Spring Board to Promote All Aspects of Sustainable Development, University of Helsinki, Finland

Testing the Ability of Subsistence Farmers to Use Seasonal Climate Forecasts: A Participatory Approach in Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe

Sustainable Transformation Research, Öko-Institut - Institute for Applied Ecology, Berlin/Freiburg/Darmstadt, Germany

Baltimore Ecosystem Study (BES), University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Johns Hopkins University, and the US Geological Survey

Central Arizona - Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER), Arizona State University

The Maya Nut Program, The Equilibrium Fund (TEF)

Valuing Nature in Texas, HARC & Texas A&M

Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Development in Southwest China, University of Wisconsin-Madison

EVENTS

Sustainability Issues and Challenges for Spatial Planning in 21st Century Cities and Regions (March 23, 2009 - Kaiserslautern, Germany)

Environmental Life Cycle Assessment as a Tool for Evaluating the Sustainability of Ecosystem Services (July 9, 2008 - University of Bath, UK)

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

Carbon Management at Urban to Regional Levels: Linking Development Decisions to Global Issues (September 4, 2006 - Mexico City, Mexico)

Workshop on Successful Experiments in Improving Ecosystems Outcomes (December 8, 2008 - Chicago, IL)

Beyond Oil Technology Transition and its Social Consequences (October 1, 2009 - University of Dayton)

1st North American Life Cycle Conference (September 29, 2009 - Boston, MA)

Great Transformation (June 8, 2009 - Essen, Germany)

Sustainability - Creating the Culture (November 2, 2005 - Aberdeen, Scotland)

MEMBERS
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Merce Aguera Cabo, Knowledge Methodologies Sector (KAM), Institute for the Protection and Security of the Citizens (IPSC), Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC-EC), Italy

Vanessa Timmer, Ph.D. candidate, University of British Columbia, Canada

Mohan Munasinghe, Chairman, Munasinghe Institute for Development (MIND), Sri Lanka

Susanne Moser, Susanne Moser Research & Consulting

Lilibeth Acosta-Michlik, Senior Researcher, University of Louvain

Dagmar Schroeter, Research fellow, Clark University

Mauri Ahlberg, Professor of Biology and Sustainability Education, Department of Applied Sciences of Education, University of Helsinki, Finland

Bamidele Solomon, Vice-Dean, Faculty of Technology, Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria

Bernd Siebenhüner, Assistant Professor of Ecological Economics, Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, Germany

Milan Shrestha, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Georgia, United States

PUBLICATIONS
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Climate Change, Deforestation, and the Fate of the Amazon (Yadvinder Malhi, J. Timmons Roberts, Richard A. Betts, Timothy J. Killeen, Wenhong Li, and Carlos A. Nobre , 2008)

Revolutionizing China's Environmental Protection (Jianguo Liu & Jared Diamond , 2008)

Resilience Theory as an Approach to Sustainability Analysis (Michael Burns     , 2007)

Industrialization as a key element of sustainable product-service solutions (Stephen Evans, Paulo J. Partidário, and Joanna Lambert , 2007)

Coastal Ecosystem-Based Management with Nonlinear Ecological Functions and Values (Edward B. Barbier, Evamaria W. Koch, Brian R. Silliman, Sally D. Hacker, Eric Wolanski, Jurgenne Primavera, Elise F. Granek, Stephen Polasky, Shankar Aswani, Lori A. Cramer, David M. Stoms, Chris J. Kennedy, David Bael, Carrie V. Kappel, Gerardo M. E. Perillo, and Denise J. Reed , 2008)

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

Increasing Capacity for Stewardship of Oceans and Coasts A Priority for the 21st Century ( National Research Council, Ocean Studies BoardMary (Missy) H. Feeley and Silvio C. Pantoja, Committee Co-Chairs , 2008)

A Handbook of Governance and Socioeconomics of Large Marine Ecosystems (Stephen B. Olson, Jon G. Sutinen, Lawrence Juda, Timothy M. Hennessey, Thomas A. Grigalunas , 2006)

Socioeconomic Profile of Fishing Activities and Communities Associated with the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuaries (Astrid Scholz & Charles Steinbeck , 2006)

A Global Map of Human Impact on Marine Ecosystems (Benjamin S. Halpern, Shaun Walbridge, Kimberly A. Selkoe, Carrie V. Kappel, Fiorenza Micheli, Caterina D'Agrosa, John F. Bruno, Kenneth S. Casey, Colin Ebert, Helen E. Fox, Rod Fujita, Dennis Heinemann, Hunter S. Lenihan, Elizabeth M. P. Madin, Matthew T. Perry, Elizabeth R. Selig, Mark Spalding, Robert Steneck, and Reg Watson , 2008)

PROGRAMS
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Marine Conservation Biology Institute

Lenfest Ocean Program

Regional Sustainable Development Partnerships - Univerisity of Minnesota

Goodnight Family Sustainable Development Program (SD) at Appalachian State University (ASU)

Center for Fisheries Enhancement at the Mote Marine Laboratory

Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Committee on Economics and Social Sciences

International Network of Research on Coupled Human and Natural Systems CHANS Net

Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermens Association

Sustainable Fisheries Partnership

Center for Ocean Solutions

SOLUTIONS

Ecosystem Restoration with Agroforestry and Community Forests in Thailand

OPPORTUNITIES
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High Level Interdisciplinary Opportunities in the Office of Research and Development (EPA's Office of Research and Development (ORD) is seeking internationally recognized scientists to fill three positions in the National Risk Management Research Laboratory (NRMRL). One position (01) is located in Ada, Oklahoma and two positions (02, 03) are located in Cincinnati, Ohio. NRMRL's leadership in science and engineering is recognized throughout EPA and the environmental community as the source of responsive, objective solutions to complex, multidisciplinary environmental problems. More information about NRMRL can be found at www.epa.gov/nrmrl/. ORD plans to fill these positions using EPA's Title 42 Authority, which offers up to 5-year renewable appointments at highly competitive, market-based salaries. The positions are part of a larger EPA effort to use state-of-the-science approaches and technologies in its mission of protecting human health and the environment. The ideal candidates will have a doctoral-level degree and extensive specialized experience. Positions and major duties include: NRMRL-09-42-01 Director, Ground Water and Ecosystems Restoration Division (Interdisciplinary- Biologist, Engineer, Physical Scientist, Chemist) Establishing and leading a research program in the area of chemical, physical, and biological processes and kinetics of contaminant behavior in the subsurface; the interface between biogeochemical cycling in subsurface and surface environments; and the ecosystem level processes and kinetics that control water quality at a watershed level. NRMRL-09-42-02 Director, Sustainable Technology Division (Interdisciplinary- Economist, Engineer, Physical Scientist, Chemist) Establishing and leading a research program on sustainability that includes science-based decision support systems for addressing the ecological integrity of natural and built environments, and analyzing environmental, societal and economic impacts of energy production and use systems such as biofuels, and new materials such as nanotechnology products, from a life cycle point of view. NRMRL-09-42-03 Director, Water Supply and Water Resources Division (Interdisciplinary- Biologist, Engineer, Physical Scientist, Chemist) Establishing and leading a technically complex national research program to develop improved methods for drinking water treatment and distribution, protection of source waters, control of urban wet weather pollution and environmental management of watersheds.Ada, Oklahoma & Cincinnati, Ohio)

7 PhD positiobs at the Stockholm Resilience Centre (The Stockholm Resilience Centre a joint centre of the Stockholm University, the Royal Swedish Academy of Science and the Stockholm Environment Institute, is looking for seven transdisciplinary PhD students who are interested in working on resilience issues in sustainability science. The positions are: PhD position: Modelling dynamics of multiple ecosystem services in human dominated landscapes PhD position: Social-ecological modularity and connectivity in the urban landscape: implications for robustness/resilience of ecosystem services PhD Position: Seabird responses to dynamic marine ecosystem changes PhD position: Navigating transformations in social-ecological systems: the role of network evolution and leadership strategies PhD Position: Theoretical Analysis, Model Development and Simulations of Complex Social-Ecological Landscapes PhD position: Water resources and social-ecological resilience in agricultural landscapes These students will all be part of the new Resilience Graduate School which will help build the next generation of transdisciplinary thinkers and doers in sustainability science. The program will explore resilience theory and research methodologies, adaptive governance, and social-ecological transformation. The application procedures are formally run by collaborating departments at Stockholm University.  Final date for applications  is between May 2-4th, 2009. For further information on the PhD positions see:www.stockholmresilience.su.se/graduateschoolStockholm, Sweden)

Full Professorship in Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research (Leuphana University Lüneburg invites applications for a research-oriented full Professorship (W3) in the field of Transdisciplinary Sustainability Research to be filled as of 1st October 2009.Your research aims at developing new conceptual contributions and at elaborating on existing transdisciplinary methodological approaches in sustainability sciences. You will work in the Sustainability Sciences Department and establish an integrative focus in the field of transdisciplinary sustainability research, one in which you will involve colleagues from various disciplines in transdisciplinary research and teaching projects. Your research has an international orientation in which you give the thematic area broad methodical coverage with a clear focus on sustainability. Located at the centre of the sustainability research network you will activate interdisciplinary cooperation with the University's social, natural and engineering science disciplines within the research framework and participate in inter- and transdisciplinary research projects beyond the boundaries of its faculty. With these activities you will strengthen Leuphana University Lüneburg's Science Initiative “Sustainability Research”.Your lectures of eight hours per week and semester will primarily be conducted at Leuphana College and for the Master of Sustainability Sciences at Leuphana Graduate School with an international profile and characterised by modern learning methods. You have completed a degree programme and/or earned a master’s degree preferably in two different disciplines and obtained additional qualification in sustainability studies. Furthermore, you earned a PhD / doctoral degree with an excellent academic record in the field of sustainability and have a postdoctoral lecture qualification or a previous position as an associate/assistant professor or similar qualification. You have an outstanding international research profile in interdisciplinary research with relevant publications in internationally renowned peer-reviewed scientific journals. In addition, you have experience in raising and managing external research funds. Your excellent communication skills and project management experience facilitate interdisciplinary cooperation across specialist and departmental boundaries as well as with external project partners. You are also willing to conduct successful courses and student projects in English and to contribute to the further development of the courses at Leuphana College and the Leuphana Graduate School. If German is not your mother tongue, you are proficient in English and willing to acquire German language skills over a reasonable time period in order to be able to participate in the university’s daily administrative processes.The appointment criteria are in accordance with Section 25 of the Universities and Colleges Act of Lower Saxony (NHG).  This position is eligible for part-time job sharing. Leuphana University Lüneburg is an equal opportunity employer. The University strives for an increased quota of female professors and explicitly invites suitably qualified female academics to apply. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference in the selection process in line with the prevailing statutory provisions. Outstandingly talented younger academics with a convincing research profile may also apply for a W2 (equivalent to associate professor) or W1 (equivalent to assistant professor) post with tenure track option.As a special optional part of your application, you may submit a concept for a “competence tandem”, outlining a substantial international research project in cooperation with an international guest researcher. If submitted, the concept paper will be taken into account in any assessments made during the appointment process. If the underlying major EU project is accepted, your concept may be eligible for substantial financial funding (details to follow soon at www.leuphana.de/international).More information can be found at www.leuphana.de/international. Please address any questions to Prof. Dr. Stefan Schaltegger (schaltegger@uni.leuphana.de).Please submit your application including the usual documents (cover letter, CV, index of your publications highlighting five key publications, a summary of your previous research and teaching activities as well as third-party funding acquisition and research perspectives) and, if applicable, a brief project description for the competence tandem to The President, Postfach 2440, D-21314 Lüneburg or electronically to beko@leuphana.de by 31st March  2009.Leuphana University Lüneburg, 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)

Senior Vice President for Science plus Knowledge at Conservation International (Conservation International seeks a Senior Vice President (SVP) with full responsibility for developing and implementing CI's science-to-action agenda to support CI's new mission of delivering human well-being through conservation of healthy ecosystems and their goods and services. SVP will lead strategic, programmatic, and financial operations of CI's Science + Knowledge, global staff, and will play a prominent leadership role in communications, fund raising, and partnerships throughout the local, national, and international communities where we work. SVP will bring internationally significant credentials, a proven track record of successful leadership, fund raising at the multimillion dollar level, management of people, fiscal oversight of large programs, outstanding communication skills, and the ability to set priorities and achieve aggressive results as a change agent. Experience establishing the linkage between ecosystem services and human welfare of particular interest. A background in biodiversity and/or conservation ecology science is a plus. Requires Ph.D. and 12-plus years of experience.Arlington, Virginia, USA)

One-month Postdoctoral Fellowships with the STEPS Centre (The ESRC STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre is a global research and policy engagement hub based in Sussex, drawing together researchers at the Institute of Development studies (IDS) and SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research) with partners in Asia, Africa and Latin America. The STEPS Centre’s overall goal is to help link technology and environmental sustainability with poverty reduction and social justice, in ways that work amidst the complexity, diversity and dynamism of today’s world. The Centre works across three themes (dynamics, governance, designs) and three domains (food and agriculture, health and disease, water and sanitation), and through a variety of field-based projects (see www.steps-centre.org). We are pleased to offer the opportunity for postdoctoral researchers to engage with the STEPS Centre during a one month period based in Sussex. To apply, from any part of the world, you should have completed your doctorate within the last three years. You should have an original, exciting research interest, idea or plan which engages with some aspect of the Centre’s work. As a postdoctoral fellow, you will work closely with a mentor from the Centre to develop your interests and produce a paper to be published in the STEPS Working Paper series. STEPS will cover any necessary international travel costs, and you  will receive a stipend of £1500 to cover local accommodation and subsistence in Sussex.   To apply, please send a one-page note outlining the topic you would focus on, a one-page CV and a letter of reference (e.g. from a PhD supervisor). Please also include an indication of the preferred dates of your fellowship between October 1st 2009 and 31st March 2010. Applications should reach the STEPS Centre Co-ordinator, Harriet Le Bris (h.lebris@ids.ac.uk) by the closing date of 30 June 2009.STEPS (Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability) Centre, University of Sussex, Brighton, UK)

Postdoc in Decision Scenario Analysis and Valuation of Ecoservices (The EPA Office of Research and Development, National Health and Environmental Effects Research Laboratory, Gulf Ecology Division, Biological Effects and Population Response Branch seeks a postdoc.This position will fill a critical need in the U.S. EPA’s Ecosystem Services Research Program for understanding and quantifying the values of natural resources, and for development of predictive decision support tools. Activities would include 1) research and development of methods for applying economic and non-economic values to ecosystem services, 2) predicting values of ecosystem services under varying scenarios of environmental change, 3) evaluating socio-economic tradeoffs in ecological services and human needs under varying decision scenarios, 4) collaborating in development of predictive simulation models for incorporation into decision support tools, and 5) collaborating in development of decision support tools to track changes in ecological services of coral reefs and wetlands in response to various decision scenarios.Gulf Breeze, Florida)

PhD Fellowship in Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic MESAS (The University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) is seeking motivated PhD candidates for our Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) program.  This interdisciplinary NSF-funded IGERT (www.igert.org) program incorporates social and natural sciences to explore ecosystem approaches to managing and studying living marine resources. The program will train future leaders who will be creative agents for change to develop society’s capacity to cope with, manage, and mitigate threats to our nation’s oceans, including climate change, fishing pressure, habitat loss, and pollution.   Graduates will be well-prepared to contribute to both the understanding and management of marine ecosystems to ensure ecosystem-based strategies for the sustainable use of living marine resources in the context of competing local, national, and international interests. MESAS provides interdisciplinary coursework that combines elements from anthropology, ecology, economics, fisheries science, management, marine policy, and oceanography.  MESAS offers faculty mentorship, opportunities to mentor undergraduate students,  interaction with the terrestrial sustainability IGERT at UAF, as well as a summer internship program in areas outside each student’s major discipline. Research programs at the University of Alaska and in state and federal agencies offer interdisciplinary research opportunities. MESAS provides training to graduate students at the Masters and PhD levels at the University of Alaska, in Fairbanks and Juneau, Alaska. Students of the program can pursue graduate degrees in Anthropology, Fisheries, Marine Biology, Natural Resources Management, Oceanography, Resource Economics, or Interdisciplinary Studies. NSF-funded fellowships are available to PhD candidates entering the program who are US citizens or permanent residents. Additional funding may be available to both PhD and MS students through participating departments. Alaska Natives and other under-represented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.University of Fairbanks, Alaska)

James Martin 21st Century School Research Fellows in Socioeconomic Dynamics of Tropical Land Use Change (Applications are invited for a position as a James Martin Research Fellows in the new Centre for Tropical Forests at Oxford University. The fellow will be based in the Environmental Change Institute and the James Martin 21st Century School. We are seeking candidates with expertise in the fields of understanding and managing the drivers of tropical deforestation. The fellowship will focus on the local and regional drivers of deforestation, based on in-depth knowledge of specific tropical forest frontiers, and bringing in knowledge of political, social and economic drivers. The aim will be to explore the local and regional challenges to controlling rates of deforestation. The appointment will be for up to 3 years starting in January 2009.Oxford University, UK)

Postdoc Researcher in coupled human environment systems (Applications are invited for a post-doctoral researcher to work at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Central and Eastern Europe (IAMO) on a project investigating coupled human-environment systems in selected areas of rural China. Specifically, we are looking for researchers with interests in spatial modeling of human-environment interactions. We will use methods that integrate natural and social science approaches to proxy alterations in human welfare levels and changes in local and regional environmental indicators over time and space. Possible methodologies may include spatially explicit statistical approaches as well as Bayesian network analyses to estimate the determinants of and the linkages between observed environmental changes and rural welfare levels. The results of the project are expected to shed light on the human-environment interactions in rapidly changing circumstances in order to propose adequate policy and management options. The successful candidate should have a strong background in the application of quantitative analysis of economic, social, and/or ecological systems. (S)he should preferably speak Chinese language and/or have previous work experiences in China.Halle (Saale), Saxony-Anhalt, Germany)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

MSc in Industrial Ecology (Netherlands)

2009 Human Environment Regional Observatory Program (Worcester, Massachusetts, USA)

IFRI Training Program (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

ETH PhD-Academy on Sustainability and Technology (Zurich, Switzerland)

Capacity Building Program - eLearning (Shonan Village, Japan)

INTEGRATED STUDIES

KEY JOURNALS

Science