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

DINAS-COAST (Dynamic and Interactive Assessment of National, Regional and Global Vulnerability of Coastal Zones to Climate Change and Sea-Level Rise), Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany

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

Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management in the Andes, University of Georgia, United States, and Universities/NGOs, Ecuador

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

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

SAHRA - Sustainability of Semi-Arid Hydrology and Riparian Areas, National Science Foundation (NSF)

Suburbanization, Water Use, Nitrogen Cycling, and Eutrophication in the 21st Century: Interactions, Feedbacks, and Uncertainties in a Massachusetts Coastal Zone, Clark University

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

EVENTS

Climate Change and Biodiversity in the Americas (February 25, 2008 - Panama City, Panama)

High-level Biofuels Seminar in Africa (July 30, 2007 - Addis Ababa, Ethiopia)

4 Degrees and Beyond (September 28, 2009 - Oxford, UK)

2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (December 2, 2009 - Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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

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

Robert Rhoades, Professor of Anthropology, University of Georgia, United States

Jon Rosales, Ph.D. Candidate, University of Minnesota/UNCTAD, United States

Richard Sanders, Senior Policy Officer, Department of Environment and Resource Management, Australia

Andrew Schiller, Research Associate, Clark University, United States

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

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

Yuan Ren, Associate Professor, Institute of Population Research, Fudan University, China

Joseph Obofoni Odigure, Associate Professor, Federal University of Technology, Nigeria

PUBLICATIONS
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Out of Balance Industrial Fishing and the Threat to Our Oceans (Herring Alliance Peter Baker, Project Manager , 2008)

Dynamic Changes in Marine Ecosystems Fishing Food Webs and Future Options (Committee on Ecosystem Effects of Fishing: Phase II - Assessments of the Extent of Change and the Implications for Policy, National Research Council , 2006)

Climate Change and Food Security Special Feature: Climate change and the adequacy of food and timber in the 21st century ( William E. Easterling , 2007)

Essay: Models and Conceptualizations of Sustainability (Gilberto Gallopin, 2002)

Core Question Bibiliographic Note #4 (The Forum, 2000)

Linkages between vulnerability, resilience, and adaptive capacity (Gilberto C. Gallopín , 2006)

Rethinking Community-Based Conservation (Berkes, Fikret, 2004)

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)

Grand Challenges in Sustainability Science Symposium Presentations ( Organized by Pamela Matson,  Robert Kates , and Vaughan Turekian; Moderated by William Clark; Presenters:  Pam Matson, Robert Kates, John Schellnhuber, Ed Miles, Bill Turner, Elinor Ostrom, and John Holdren , 2007)

Adaptive Governance of Social-Ecological Systems ( Carl Folke, ­ Thomas Hahn, Per Olsson, and ­ Jon Norberg, 2005)

PROGRAMS

Network for Ecosystem Sustainability and Health (NESH)

Netherlands National Institute of Public Health and the Environment (RIVM)

Sustainability Research Institute at the University of Leeds

Millennium Institute

Research Unit for Industrial Ecology LCA and Systems Sustainability

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

International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)

Resilience Alliance

OPPORTUNITIES
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Assistant Professor in Resilience and Adaptation (The Department of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Alaska Anchorage invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the resilience and adaptation of human-environment systems. The appointment is part of a new interdisciplinary program focusing on resilience in Northern regions (http://www.alaska.edu/epscor/pdfs/AK-EPSCoR-Project-Summary.pdf). Specific program focus areas include: 1) human use of ecosystem services on a community scale; 2) social networks and human mobility; 3) effectiveness of institutions for promoting regional resilience. Desired skills include methods of analyzing or modeling human-environment systems. Applicants must be committed to contributing to a research program in resilience and adaptation of human-environment systems and to excellence in undergraduate teaching. The applicant must also be committed to conducting interdisciplinary research, seeking external funding on their own or as part of a team, and publishing in their area of specialization. The successful candidate will teach both introductory and upper division undergraduate courses in the Geography and Environmental Studies program.University of Alaska, Anchorage, USA)

Papers for 2009 Amsterdam Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (The 2009 Amsterdam Conference is organised around the five core analytical problems identified in this science plan:1. Architectures of Earth System Governance. We invite papers on the emergence, design and effectiveness of governance systems and the overall integration of global, regional, national and local governance. Core questions include: How is performance of environmental institutions affected by their embedding in larger architectures? What are the environmental consequences of non-environmental governance systems? What is the relative performance of different types of multilevel governance architectures? How can we explain instances of 'non-governance'? What are overarching and crosscutting norms of earth system governance?2. Agency in Earth System Governance. We invite papers that advance understanding of the actors and agents that drive earth system governance and the ways in which authority is granted to them and how it is exercised. We welcome papers on the influence, roles and responsibilities of both state actors and non-state actors, such as business and non-profit organisations. Core questions are: What is agency in earth system governance, and who are the agents? How do different agents exercise agency in earth system governance, and how can we evaluate their relevance?3. Adaptiveness of Earth System Governance. We invite papers on the adaptiveness of earth system governance, a theme that includes here related concepts such as adaptation, adaptive management, resilience, or vulnerability. What are the politics of adaptiveness? Which governance processes foster it? What attributes of governance systems enhance capacities to adapt? How, when and why does adaptiveness influence earth system governance?4. Accountability and Legitimacy in Earth System Governance. We invite papers on the accountability and legitimacy of earth system governance. What are the sources of accountability and legitimacy in earth system governance? What are the effects of different forms and degrees of accountability and legitimacy for the performance of governance systems? How can mechanisms of transparency ensure accountable and legitimate earth system governance? What institutional designs can produce the accountability and legitimacy of earth system governance in a way that guarantees balances of interests and perspectives?5. Allocation and Access in Earth System Governance. Earth system governance is, as is any political activity, about the distribution of material and immaterial resources and values. It is, in essence, a conflict about the access to goods and about their allocation - it is about justice, fairness, and equity. But how can we reach interdisciplinary conceptualisations and definitions of allocation and access? What (overarching) principles underlie allocation and access? How can allocation be reconciled with governance effectiveness?6. Theoretical and Methodological Foundations of Earth System Governance. Finally, we invite papers that cut across these five analytical themes by focusing on the theoretical and methodological foundations of earth system governance. Central crosscutting themes identified in the science plan of the Earth System Governance Project are the roles of power, knowledge, norms, and scale. We also invite papers that analyse the theoretical foundations and implications of new ways of thinking about governance and earth system transformation, including concepts such as global environmental politics, sustainable development, earth system management, or earth system governance, and the extent to which they are related and to which they differ. Moreover, we invite papers that seek to identify and further develop the appropriate methods to study earth system governance, including papers that study options for integrating social science-based work with study programmes grounded in the natu ral sciences, including computer-based modelling and scenario work.Abstracts must be submitted electronically by 15 May 2009 and not exceed 450 words. All abstracts will be evaluated in double-blind peer-review by at least four experts from the conference review panel. Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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)

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 Ł1500 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)

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)

MSc Research opportunity in Sustainability in communal socioecological systems (Two MSc bursaries (R30,000 each for two years) are available for ecology/environmental science students to participate in a multi-disciplinary research project titled SUCSES: Sustainability in communal socio-ecological systems. The aim of the overall project is to gain a better understanding of the dynamic relationship between society and the environment at multiple levels in a rural region of South Africa. Such analysis is necessary for identifying, understanding and responding to threats and opportunities for ecological sustainability and human well-being in these systems in order to inform appropriate policy. The project is based in the Agincourt Health and Demographic Surveillance Site, in the rural district of Bushbuckridge, Mpumalanga Province, South Africa.The MSc bursaries will each address one of the following research questions:Project 1: What are the spatial patterns of ecosystem composition, structure and function in a communal savanna Project 2: What are the patterns of land cover resilience to shocks (e.g. drought) and stresses, (e.g. resource harvesting) in different landscape units in a communal savanna landscape over the last two decades, and what are the implications of this for the provision of ecosystem services?University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa)

Graduate Opportunities in NSERC Strategic Project in Watershed-Scale Hydrology, Hydrogeology and Sustainability (Researchers based at University of British Columbia (Okanagan) in Kelowna, B.C. and at The University of Manitoba in Winnipeg, Man., Canada are undertaking a collaborative research project examining water resources and sustainability at the watershed scale.  The research watershed is part of the Okanagan Basin which is facing climate change, population growth, mountain pine beetle impacts on forestry and changing agricultural practices and economics.   The project has four immediate openings for graduate students (Masters or Ph.D.). Successful candidates will work within a multidisciplinary team, which includes partners at Environment Canada, Agriculture and Agri-food Canada and the United States Forest Services.  Financial support will be provided through a combination of an NSERC strategic research grant, and other research and teaching assistantships. Interested candidates should have a background appropriate to the project component such as hydrology, hydrogeology, envir! onmental chemistry, physical geography, eco-hydrology and sustainability economics. For consideration, please send the appropriate contact below by e-mail with: a letter of intent, including a statement of interests, a resume, and names and addresses of 3 references. Unofficial transcripts would also be appreciated. 1) Surface water and groundwater interactions (Dr. Craig Nichol, UBCO; E-mail: craig.nichol@ubc.ca). This project will focus on the application of geochemical and isotopic methods to understand interactions between surface water and groundwater in a community watershed. 2) Estimation of spatially varied groundwater recharge (Dr. Al Woodbury, University of Manitoba; E-mail: woodbur@cc.umanitoba.ca ). The project will use field data and land surface model to estimate spatially varied groundwater recharge. 3) Estimation of future water demand (Dr. John Janmaat, UBCO; E-mail: john.janmaat@ubc.ca ). This project will involve Environment Canada, and Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada to use both environmental data and economic modeling to estimate future water demand using a multiple crop land use model as well as climate change scenarios.4) Watershed hydrology and sustainability simulation (Dr. Adam Wei, UBCO; E-mail: adam.wei@ubc.ca ). This project will use a suitable watershed scale hydrology model to predict the impacts of watershed disturbance, climate change and population growth on surface water hydrology. University of British Columbia & University of Manitoba (Canada))

Post Doctoral Research Position Climate Change Land Use and Biodiversity in South Africa (Human responses to climate change could affect biodiversity more severely than changes in climate variables per se. The Program in Science, Technology, and Environmental Policy at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University invites applications for a post-doctoral Research Associate to help examine the impacts of human adaptation to climate change on vulnerable ecosystems and species that may or may not themselves suffer direct climate change impacts. The successful candidate will work with Professors David Wilcove and Michael Oppenheimer, in collaboration with Conservation International, to model how changes in agricultural and ranching practices due to climate change will affect biodiversity in South Africa. Results of this study may inform land use policy in a region of extraordinary biodiversity facing substantial change in climate Applicants should have a strong background in modeling the responses of either flora and fauna or agriculture to climate change. In addition, they should be interested in attacking problems from a multidisciplinary perspective, working with a diverse team of scientists and practitioners, and exploring policy implications The initial appointment is for one year with the possibility of renewal. The successful candidate will be based primarily at Princeton, but must be willing to travel to South Africa as needed. Applicants should send a CV and a cover letter describing their areas of expertise and interest via email to Charles Crosby at ccrosby@princeton.edu. The application deadline for these positions is April 10, 2008Princeton, New Jersey)

Julie Ann Wrigley Chairs in Sustainability (ASU's new School of Sustainability is pleased to announce the establishment of four Julie Ann Wrigley chairs of sustainability. We seek intellectual leaders from all sectors with unusual vision, intellectual breadth, and practical experience to lead us in these endeavors. Each will identify and promote practical solutions to sustainability by building on ASU's portfolio, catalyzing new transdisciplinary research on sustainability, and forging solution-oriented partnerships among academia, business, government and other stakeholders. We welcome applications of internationally recognized leaders in the realms of sustainable business practices, renewable energy systems, global environmental change, and complex system dynamics for these distinguished professorships: Julie Ann Wrigley Chair in Sustainable Business Practices will advance both theoretical and practical frameworks for businesses of all scales to incorporate sustainability principles in their operations, supply chains, product development, manufacturing, and distribution systems. Julie Ann Wrigley Chair in Renewable Energy Systems will advance the research and practical applications related to renewable energy technologies and designing innovative, yet practical, solutions to the renewable-energy challenge. Julie Ann Wrigley Chair in Global Environmental Change will advance both the theoretical and practical frameworks for addressing the social, economic, and environmental consequences of urbanization with special attention to the interactions of cause and impacts of climate change with these processes. Julie Ann Wrigley Chair in Complex Systems Dynamics will advance both theoretical and practical frameworks for addressing sustainability challenges and integrated solution options through conceptual modeling of human-environment interactions as interdependent complex systems.Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ)

Call for Papers Population and Climate Change (Population and demographic patterns are linked to many aspects of climate science and policy, including greenhouse gas emissions trends, mitigation opportunities, and adaptation strategies.  Population growth and changes in geographic, age, income, economic and consumption distribution are critical influences on climate.  In addition, increasing demands for food, fuel, forest cover, and other land uses affect policy options available for the reduction and mitigation of emissions.  However, scientific understanding of these associations remains underdeveloped   For this special issue, we seek a range of papers that examine the linkages between human population and climate change at various scales (global, regional, national, household) and lead to improved understanding and theory.  We encourage contributions based on quantitative as well as qualitative data, including projection-based papers, as well as those that focus on population policy and analysis.)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (Fairbanks, Alaska, USA)

INTEGRATED STUDIES

KEY JOURNALS

Science