Governance, Environment and Development in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, Lancaster University, United Kingdom, and University of Uyo, Nigeria

Formation of Climate Stressful Zones in Nigeria, Federal University of Technology, Chemical Engineering Department, P. M. B. 65, Minna, Nigeria

Improved Resource Governance within the Navajo Nation, Resource Science, Inc., United States

Landscape Pattern Indicators of Agroecosystem Health, Ohio State University, United States

International Foundation for Science (IFS)

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

Arctic Climate Impact Assessment (ACIA), University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States

EVENTS

Cyberseminar: Rural Household Micro-Demographics, Livelihoods and the Environment (April 10, 2006 - Online)

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

The First International Conference on Sustainability Measurement and Modelling (November 16, 2006 - Terrassa, Spain)

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

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

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

First International Congress on Sustainability Science and Engineering (August 9, 2009 - Cincinnati, Ohio)

MEMBERS
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Joachim H. Spangenberg, Vice President, Sustainable Europe Research Institute (SERI), Germany

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

Michael Stanley, Resource Economist, Resource Science, Inc., United States

John M. R. Stone, Executive Director, Environment Canada

Barbara Torrey, Visiting Scholar, Population Reference Bureau, United States

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

Raja Balayanan Suripalayam Rangan, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Energy Studies, Kumaraguru College of Technology, India

Kirk Smith, Professor, University of California, United States

Hans Schnitzer, Professor for Process Engineering, Graz University of Technology, Austria

N. Hanumantha Rao, Principal Scientist, National Academy of Agricultural Research Management (NAARM), India

PUBLICATIONS

Characterizing and Measuring Sustainable Development ( Parris, Thomas M., and Robert W. Kates, 2003)

How Green Are Biofuels? (Jorn P. W. Scharlemann and William F. Laurance , 2008)

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)

Core Questions of Science and Technology for Sustainability ( B. Bolin, W. Clark, R. Corell, N. Dickson, S. Faucheux, G. Gallopín, A. Gruebler, M. Hall, B. Huntley, J. Jäger, C. Jaeger, N. Jodha, R. Kasperson, R. Kates, I. Lowe, A. Mabogunje, P. Matson, J. McCarthy, H. Mooney, B. Moore, T. O'Riordan, J. Schellnhuber, U. Svedin. , 2000)

Land Change Science Special Feature: The emergence of land change science for global environmental change and sustainability (B. L. Turner II, Eric F. Lambin,  and Anette Reenberg , 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)

Energy Efficiency 2009 Summer Issue of The Bridge ( The National Academy of Engineering , 2009)

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

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)

PROGRAMS

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

International Research Institute for Climate Prediction (IRI)

Institut Malgache de Recherches Appliqués (IMRA)

Millennium Institute

SOLUTIONS

Biological Monitoring in Zimbabwe

Pacific ENSO Applications Center (PEAC)

OPPORTUNITIES

NRDC Food and Biomass Fellowship (The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is now accepting applications for a two-year, full-time Food and Biomass Science Fellow.  The Fellow will work with a diverse team of NRDC advocates and scientists to help develop metrics of environmental performance that can be used in efforts to promote sustainable production systems for food and biofuels feedstocks.  Applications are requested no later than October 23, 2009. About NRDCThe Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) is a non-profit national environmental advocacy organization with more than 1.2 million members and online activists.  We have offices in New York, Washington, D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Beijing.  Our staff of over 300 includes attorneys, scientists, policy analysts and educators working to protect the environment and public health through advocacy and education.  Position DescriptionBoth the emergence of biofuels as a significant transportation fuel and a growing interest in sustainable agriculture create exciting opportunities to promote sustainable food and biomass production.  The Food and Biomass Science Fellow will join a cross-program effort at NRDC to advocate for sustainable policies, metrics, and practices across an array of policy and standard setting processes, seeking to protect our climate, land and water resources. The Fellow will collaborate with experts from NRDC's Energy & Climate, Health, Land and Water Programs.  Outside NRDC, the Fellow with work with key stakeholders including those representing non-profit public interest organizations, academic institutions, businesses, and will represent NRDC in regulatory and legislative processes.   Key areas of responsibility include:.         Provide scientific and technical support to NRDC's Energy & Climate, Health, Land and Water Programs..         Work with NRDC staff, outside partners, and the academic community to research, assemble, and synthesize data and information that articulate the environmental metrics and ways to measure actual performance of agriculture and biomass production. .         Engage the larger scientific community and collaborate with other science fellows in NRDC's Science Center.QualificationsThe ideal candidate will have the personal and professional skills to advance NRDC's objectives, including:. A doctorate level degree in a related discipline such as soil science, agroecology, agronomy, silviculture, water quality, environmental chemistry, or agricultural economics.. Expertise at the interface of agricultural production and environmental stewardship, ideally including water consumption and water quality, soil conservation, nitrogen cycling, and soil carbon sequestration;. Excellent written and oral communication skills, especially communicating technical and analytical information in a clear and persuasive manner;. Strong technical research, analytical and quantitative skills particularly as it relates to the development of standards and performance-based metrics;. Familiarity with related public policy and standards development processes is desirable.. No more than 5 year experience. This position represents a challenging, entrepreneurial, and exciting opportunity for the right person.  NRDC offers competitive salaries (based on a nonprofit scale and commensurate with experience), excellent benefits, and a dynamic work environment, and we are committed to workplace diversity. Applicants should submit a cover letter, resume and writing sample to: Leslie Edmond (ledmond@nrdc.org). San Francisco, California, USA)

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)

Tenure-track Positions in Energy Science, Engineering and Policy (The Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, College of Agricultural Sciences, and Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment seek applicants to fill a tenure track appointment at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor (depending on qualifications). This is a 9-month, full-time appointment with both research and teaching responsibilities. Research interests in spatially explicit modeling, and the interaction between the environment and economy as mediated through land use and landscape are required. The successful candidate will join a multi-college team of economists and other scientists working on issues of energy and environment, and will be expected to work with interdisciplinary teams to conduct research and seek external funding in areas such as the economics of biomass energy, integrated modeling of the environmental impacts of biomass energy development, land use change, and land use policy. The successful candidate will be expected to publish in top field and general interest journals. Teaching responsibilities will include undergraduate and graduate courses, and graduate and undergraduate advising. Penn State University)

Call for Papers: EASY-ECO Vienna Conference 2008 (Researchers from all disciplines (including young researchers), professionals from related fields of work, commissioning agents, and evaluation users and other stakeholders are encouraged to submit abstracts for presentations at the Vienna Conference. Submissions can address one or more of the following key topics in general terms or in the context of a case study: * Institutional aspects of sustainable development evaluations * Policy learning and sustainable development evaluations * Methodological challenges and innovations with regard to  sustainable development evaluations The EASY-ECO Vienna Conference will be hosted by the Research Institute for Managing Sustainability (RIMAS) at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration. EU grants are available for young researchers (with less than ten years research experience) to cover all costs (travel expenses, participation fees, accommodation and living allowance). Details can be found at the project website www.easy-eco.eu.Vienna, Austria)

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)

MS Teaching Assistantship in Assessment of sustainability indices (M.S. Teaching Assistantship in Environmental Policy: Assessment of  sustainability indices.This project will review the plethora of sustainability indices in use at several scales, investigate their strengths and weaknesses, and identify sets of indices which can be used most effectively by governments and organizations to reach sustainability targets.  Students interested in this project should be comfortable with  statistics and large datasets; those with previous statistical and  database management experience will have an advantage.Position starts in late August 2009. Please note that application materials must be sent directly to the relevant department. However, I strongly encourage interested  applicants to contact me for more information: Audrey Mayer  (audrey.mayer@helsinki.fi), http://www.social.mtu.edu/people/almayer.htmMichigan Technological University, Houghton, MI)

Professorship in Ecosystem Functioning (Leuphana University Lüneburg invites applications for a research-oriented Professorship (W2) in the field of Ecosystem Functioning (Biology)  to be filled as of 1st October 2009.As Professor of Ecosystem Functioning, you will be a member of the Department of Sustainability Sciences. You will focus on ecosystem functioning in relation to biodiversity patterns and human impacts. This may include human-induced changes in ecosystem processes such as carbon sequestration and nutrient cycling as well as human-induced changes in ecosystem services. Your will teach on average two courses each semester in both sustainability sciences and teacher education (Biology). With your research and teaching you will support the development and expansion of the Science Initiative “Sustainability Research” at Leuphana University Lüneburg.You have earned a Master degree or completed a degree programme in natural sciences, preferably in Biology / Ecology or Environmental Sciences (or closely related sciences), a Ph.D. with an excellent academic record and a postdoctoral lecture qualification (i.e. as assistant/associate professor) in ecology. You have a proven track record of excellent research skills based on relevant publications in internationally renowned peer-reviewed scientific journals. Moreover, you have extensive experience in raising and managing external research funds and research cooperations and are prepared to engage in interdisciplinary cooperation across specialist and departmental boundaries. You are also prepared to conduct successful courses and student projects in English. 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).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 selection process. If the underlying major EU project is accepted, your concept may be eligible for substantial financial funding (details on http://www.leuphana.de/international).The position is eligible for part-time employment. Leuphana University Lüneburg it is an equal opportunity employer and explicitly invites applications from qualified women. Severely disabled applicants will receive preferential treatment in the appointment process in line with the prevailing statutory provisions.More information can be found at www.leuphana.de/international. Please address any functional questions to Prof. Dr. Werner Härdtle (haerdtle@uni-lueneburg.de). For general and administrative questions please contact the university’s academic appointment manager, Ms. Manjana Milkoreit (manjana.milkoreit@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)

2009 Watson International Scholars of the Environment (The Watson International Scholars of the Environment program brings mid-career environmental leaders from universities, governments, and nongovernmental organizations throughout Africa to Brown University for advanced training in land-change history, sciences, and policies, providing them with the context to enhance the sustainable development capacity in their countries. The opportunity offers an intensive program in sustainable land-use studies to provide mastery of critical concepts, relevant tools, and transferable processes necessary for managing land and ecosystems. Supported by a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation and endorsed by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), the program offers scholars time away from their daily responsibilities to learn new skills with a community of scholars applying both theoretical and practice approaches to real world environmental issues. Full time for three and a half months, participants are involved in courses, workshops, field trips, symposia, mentorship, professional networking, and research projects. The Watson International Scholars of the Environment are active participants, not passive students. All participants will take part in a foundational seminar on African environmental history. Module units focus on land-use science and policy. Drawing on the resources of Brown University, participants will prepare a study on land-use change and policy responses. Participants will integrate data from across disciplines and discuss how their research can inform sound decision-making. Investment in these leaders is strategic: participants are men and women capable of creating lasting and immediately favorable impacts on the sustainable development of their home institutions, eco-regions, and nations. Accordingly, participants are expected to be at a mid-point within their careers in environmental management, science, and policy fields. The program seeks individuals who want to forge new linkages among ideas and issues, to develop networks among leaders facing similar land-use issues, and to explore alliances with relevant colleagues and institutions for improved personal and institutional effectiveness.Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, USA)

PhD Position in Arctic social ecological resilience (We seek to recruit a candidate for a PhD position in a trans-disciplinary project that will examine social-ecological resilience of Arctic ecosystems to changes in hydrological flows. The candidate will develop a conceptual framework and empirical methods to investigate how globally driven hydrological changes could alter the social-ecological resilience of Arctic ecosystems. This research includes reviewing evidence for possible hydrologically triggered abrupt threshold changes or regime shifts in Arctic ecosystems, the synthesis of existing social, ecological and physical data to map social-ecological resilience in the Arctic, and the construction of minimal social-ecological models of Arctic regime shifts. This PhD project is part of a larger research project on Pan-Arctic ice-water-biogeochemical system responses and social-ecological resilience effects in a warming climate, which is coordinated from the Department of Physical Geography and Quaternary Geology and involves collaborators from the Bert Bolin Centre for Climate Research and the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University as well as international collaborators.Stockholm University, Sweden)

EDUCATION & TRAINING

Third ALTER-Net Summer School (Peyresq, France)

IFRI Training Program (Ann Arbor, Michigan)

INTEGRATED STUDIES

KEY JOURNALS

Science