[DIALOGnews] DISCCRS News 11/17/2006
Ruth Ladderud
ladderra at whitman.edu
Fri Nov 17 14:49:16 CST 2006
DISCCRS News
11/17/2006
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES and FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
SCAR Standing Scientific Group on Physical Sciences (SSG/PS)
Programme on Antarctica and the Global Climate System (AGCS)
http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/met/SCAR_ssg_ps/AGCS.htm
Article by Maryann Bird about how Stern Report covers China (one of
the attractions of the website is the policy of being completely bi-
lingual; and encouraging comments).
www.chinadialogue.net
New Website for US SOLAS, Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study -
SOLAS is designed to enable researchers from different disciplines to
interact and investigate the multitude of processes and interactions
between the coupled ocean and atmosphere.
http://www.us-solas.org
Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program - Sustainability Institute
- Now accepting applications for 2007-2008
www.sustainer.org/fellows
(see RESOURCES 1 below)
PEW Report on Options For Strengthening The International Climate
Change Effort now available
Report ( Chinese, French, and Spanish as well as English):
www.pewclimate.org
Webcast: http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/archive.asp?go=109
(scroll to the 3:00 - 6:00 pm time slot).
(see RESOURCES 2 below)
Arctic and Antarctic Activity Book available from NOAA
http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/education/
(see RESOURCES 3 below)
National Ice Center Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies Available -
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html
(see RESOURCES 4 below)
FORUM
Two New Reports from EcoEquality:
High Stakes: Designing emissions pathways to reduce the risk of
dangerous climate change
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=501
An approach to the global climate regime that takes climate
protection seriously while also preserving the right to human
development
http://www.ecoequity.org/GDRs/GDRs_Nairobi.pdf
(see FORUM 1 below)
We invite you to become a contributor to the Encyclopedia of Earth
(EoE).
http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/about
(see FORUM 2 below)
SCIENCE NEWS
UN Secretary-General announces "Nairobi Framework" to help developing
countries participate in the Kyoto Protocol -Climate-L Press Release
http://unfccc.int/files/press/news_room/
press_releases_and_advisories/application/pdf/
061115_cop12_pressrel_1.pdf
Latest International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
Environmental Change (IHDP) Update
http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/html/publications/update/pdf-files/
IHDPUpdatePolicyRelevance3_06.pdf
(see NEWS 1 below)
Warming Arctic Trying to Keep Its Cool, Study Finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-
arctic17nov17,1,4008176.story Or: http://tinyurl.com/ygpd89
(see NEWS 2 below)
SUMMER PROGRAMS, COURSES, INTERNSHIPS, MEETINGS, OPPORTUNITIES
Multinational Symposium - FOSE07 - Middle East Frontiers of Science &
Engineering - Sponsored by the US National Academies and others. -
March 19-21, 2007 Seville, Spain - Application Deadline: Dec. 15, 2006
request application details & PDF with details from
jennmarlon at gmail.com
Call for Papers - “Making Science Global: Reconsidering the Social
and Intellectual Implications of the International Polar and
Geophysical Years” - October 31-November 1, 2007 – Washington, DC
(USA)
(see MEETINGS 1 below)
JOBS
Postdoc. Researcher - Coastal Physical Oceanography – Dauphin Island
Sea Lab – Alabama (USA)
(see JOB 1 below)
Asst/Assoc Prof. - Department of Marine Sciences - University of
South Alabama - Mobile AL (USA)
http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/
(see JOB 2 below)
Program Officer - International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA)
IIASA's Greenhouse Gas Initiative (GGI) – Vienna (AUSTRIA)
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2006-12-ggi-progoff.html
(see JOB 3 below)
Director - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program - University of
Illinois Extension - College of Agricultural, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
(USA) Search #10876
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/careers/vacancies/Search10876.html
(see JOB 4 below)
Faculty Position Tenure-Track - Marine Science – University of Texas
at Austin - Port Aransas, Texas (USA)
(see JOB 5 below)
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Resources and Funding Opportunities
(RESOURCES 1) Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program -
Sustainability Institute - Now accepting applications for 2007-2008
www.sustainer.org/fellows
The Donella Meadows Leadership Fellows Program was launched in
2002 to honor and build on the life example of Dr. Donella Meadows
(www.sustainer.org/meadows) by empowering sustainability leaders to
incorporate systems thinking, reflective conversation and vision into
their work and life. The Fellows Program seeks to enhance the
effectiveness of people whose approach to sustainability displays
analytic clarity, systemic change, and attention to spirit, values,
and meaning. Making the shift to a sustainable society involves
changing complex environmental, social, and economic systems. This is
a challenge that requires strategic analysis and action coupled with
excellent interpersonal and leadership skills. Donella's system tools
enabled her to see clearly the root causes of seemingly intractable
problems – poverty, war, environmental degradation – and her deep
affection for people and the earth gave her a unique power to reach
others.
The Fellowship integrates rigorous systems analysis with skill in
articulating feelings, values, and vision because we believe that
people with this combination of talents, like Donella, are deeply
needed in the world. About two-thirds of the class will be women in
order to enhance the number and effectiveness of women sustainability
leaders.
The Fellows Program trains sixteen to twenty influential mid-
career environmental and social leaders in a series of four workshops
and monthly personal coaching. Fellows learn systems skills: seeing
the world through a systems lens, drawing and interpreting systems
diagrams, analyzing the drivers of sustainability and the system
rules and incentives that give rise to sustainability. Fellows
complement this rigorous analytical work with skills that are
critical for leading change in systems with diverse goals and
stakeholders, such as visioning, inquiry, and personal reflection.
Coaching focuses on Fellows' on-going application of the newly-
acquired tools in their work. Skill development includes systems
thinking, reflective conversation, vision, personal mastery, and
leadership for sustainability.
For this cohort of Fellows the curriculum will include a moderate
emphasis on climate change because the scope and magnitude of climate
change make it an ideal practice field for systems thinking,
reflective conversation and vision and because the challenge of
addressing climate change requires the attention of all of us even if
climate change is not what we would identify as our primary field of
work.
Selected Fellows will be drawn from the NGO, government,
philanthropy, business, tribal, and policy sectors. Criteria for
selecting Fellows include a deep desire to shift the world to global
sustainability, aptitude to learn and apply systems thinking, the
ability to apply learning organization methodology to one's work and
home institutions, a commitment to personal reflection and growth,
demonstrated leadership ability, and the potential to influence
thinking in wide circles of people.
We design each workshop to respond to the current work of the
Fellows, to needs emerging during coaching, to new insights from
coaches, and to callings of the world at that time. The coaches
actively seek their own continued leadership development and count
among our primary teachers Donella Meadows, Peter Senge, Joanna Macy,
John Sterman, Robert Gass, Rockwood Institute, The Vermont Leadership
Initiative and the Legacy Center.
Logistics: Four 4-day workshops will be held at the Cobb Hill
Cohousing community (www.cobbhill.org) that Donella co-founded in
Hartland, Vermont.
1st Workshop: October 21-26, 2007
2nd Workshop: February 24-28, 2008
3rd Workshop: July 13-17, 2008
4th Workshop: November 9-13, 2008
Attendance at all four workshops, participation in periodic
coaching telephone conferences, and completion of exercises between
workshops is mandatory. Please do not apply if you cannot make all
four workshops.
Cost: Travel expenses, plus $600 per 4-day workshop ($600 in
2007, $1800 in 2008) to cover meals, lodging, venue and materials.
Scholarships are available. Sustainability Institute provides all
workshop coordination, design, curriculum and delivery. Financial
support for the 2007-2008 class of Fellows so far is from the Morgan
Family Foundation, the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and many
individuals.
Applicants should be active practitioners in their field;
applicants who are primarily students, teachers or researchers will
not be accepted. This is not a train-the-trainer program; it is
designed to give hands-on sustainability leaders tools to be more
effective.
Application deadline is January 15, 2007. Applications are
submitted online. Please go to www.sustainer.org/fellows/apply/
index.php to submit application.
For program description see: www.sustainer.org/fellows/index.html
See reports of previous workshops at: www.sustainer.org/fellows/
reports.html
See testimonials from previous Fellows at: www.sustainer.org/
fellows/testimonials.html
For bios of previous Fellows see: www.sustainer.org/fellows/
fellows.html
Questions? Contact Daniella Malin at daniella at sustainer.org and
cc: Edie Farwell at efarwell at sustainer.org.
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(RESOURCES 2) PEW Report on Options For Strengthening The
International Climate Change Effort now available
Report ( Chinese, French, and Spanish as well as English):
www.pewclimate.org
Webcast: http://www.un.org/webcast/unfccc/archive.asp?go=109
(scroll to the 3:00 - 6:00 pm time slot).
On November 16, delegates to the United Nations Climate Change
Conference in Nairobi heard recommendations from the Climate Dialogue
at Pocantico, a group of policymakers and stakeholders from 15
countries convened by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change to
examine options for strengthening the international climate effort.
The group's report was presented to the Dialogue on Future Action to
Address Climate Change, a set of talks launched by governments last
year in Montreal to consider next steps under the Framework Convention.
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(RESOURCES 3) Arctic and Antarctic Activity Book available from NOAA
http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/education/
NOAA's National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science offers the
Arctic and Antarctic Activity Book in their ongoing series of
regional children's activity books. The series' goal is to begin the
process of forming an environmentally aware citizen population, and
encourage future careers in marine sciences.
This activity book, produced for the International Polar Year of
2007-2008, is for K-5th graders. The 25 page book is filled with
information about both poles, along with facts, drawings, mazes, find-
a-word puzzles, connect-the-dots, and other activities about
organisms and life in the coldest areas of the world.
To download the activity book and to learn more about the series,
go to their website at: <http://coastalscience.noaa.gov/education/>
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(RESOURCES 4) National Ice Center Sea Ice Charts and Climatologies
Available - National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC)
http://nsidc.org/data/g02172.html
The National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) now offers sea ice
charts and climatologies in gridded format produced by the US
National Ice Center (NIC).
NIC is an interagency NOAA, Navy, and Coast Guard operational sea
ice analysis and forecasting center. Since 1972, NIC has produced
weekly or biweekly Arctic and Antarctic sea ice charts. These
analyses are produced using available in situ, remotely sensed, and
model data sources and are generated primarily for mission planning
and safety of navigation. Overall, the record of sea ice
concentration from the NIC series is believed to be more accurate
than that from passive microwave sensors, especially from the
mid-1990s on. The ice edge in particular is more accurate and precise
in the chart series. The product, however, has some inconsistencies
due to the operational nature of NIC chart production, which should
be kept in mind when using the product.
This data set includes both the charts and an arctic sea ice
concentration climatology derived from the chart series, covering
1972 through 2004. The climatology consists of median, maximum,
minimum, first quartile, and third quartile concentrations as well as
frequency of occurrence of ice at any concentration for 33 year, 10
year, and 5 year periods. Climatology products are in EASE-Grid
(gridded binary) and GIS compatible format; chart files are in EASE-
Grid; and browse images are GIF files.
If you have any questions, please contact: NSIDC User Services E-
mail: nsidc at nsidc.org
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Forum
(FORUM 1) Two New Reports from EcoEquality:
High Stakes: Designing emissions pathways to reduce the risk of
dangerous climate change
http://www.ippr.org/publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=501
An approach to the global climate regime that takes climate
protection seriously while also preserving the right to human
development
http://www.ecoequity.org/GDRs/GDRs_Nairobi.pdf
The first, High Stakes: Designing emissions pathways to reduce
the risk of dangerous climate change, is one that Paul Baer,
EcoEquity’s Research Director, just did for the Institute for Public
Policy Research in England. Coauthored with Mike Mastrandrea of
Stanford University, it basically shows, by way of fairly robust risk
calculations, that even if we could orchestrate an extremely steep
and nearly immediate decline in global emissions, we’d still face a
risk on the order of 10-20% or more of exceeding the 2ºC threshold,
the most broadly endorsed “precautionary” temperature target. High
Stakes can be downloaded at http://www.ippr.org/
publicationsandreports/publication.asp?id=501
The second is a brief new paper, with the snappy title of : An
approach to the global climate regime that takes climate protection
seriously while also preserving the right to human development. We
call this "the Nairobi draft” because, while it's ready for COP12/
MOP2 in Kenya, it’s hardly the last word on Greenhouse Development
Rights. But it does mark real progress since we debuted GDRs at
COP10. For one thing, we’re no longer treating countries as
monolithic, but rather calculating their “responsibility and
capacity indexes” in a manner that is sensitive to intra-national
income disparities. Not to say class. For another, and just as
importantly, adaptation, and obligation to pay for adaptation, are
now fully integrated into the GDRs framework. Greenhouse Development
Rights can be downloaded at http://www.ecoequity.org/GDRs/
GDRs_Nairobi.pdf
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(FORUM 2) We invite you to become a contributor to the Encyclopedia
of Earth (EoE).
http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/about
The EoE is a comprehensive source of all information related to
the environment, emphasizing the interactions between the Earth and
society. The EoE is created by a community of approved experts and
is intended to aid the general public in obtaining trustworthy
information regarding the issues and sciences surrounding the
environment.
The public site was launched in September 2006 with the help of
309 Authors and 132 Topic Editors. As the Encyclopedia continues to
grow, we are asking you to join our community of experts.
If you would like to know more information about possible roles
in the EoE, please contact: Alejandra Roman; eoe at earthportal.net;
Phone: 202-207-0015
You may also fill-out and submit a Contributor Form online at:
http://www.eoearth.org/eoe/contribute
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Science News
(NEWS 1) Latest International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
Environmental Change (IHDP) Update
http://www.ihdp.uni-bonn.de/html/publications/update/pdf-files/
IHDPUpdatePolicyRelevance3_06.pdf
The IHDP is an international, interdisciplinary, non-governmental
science programme dedicated to promoting, catalyzing and coordinating
research on the human dimensions of global environmental change. IHDP
takes a social science perspective on global change and it works at
the interface between science and practice.) Several articles of
interest to the DISCCRS Community:
- Turning Up the Volume on the Science-Practice Interface in Global
Change (Dabelko)
- Global Environmental Assessments Between North and South (Biermann)
- Politics, the Missing Link in the Science-Policy Interface (Guimaraes)
- Making Global Change Research Relevant to Policy; The Experience
from 10 Years of Research Networks in the Americas 14 (Tiessen)
- Pulling the Strings for Policy - The Urban Bias and Environmental
Challenges in Uganda (Lwasa)
- Building the Capacity for Assessment and Deliberation (Lebel & Tang)
- Act Local But Think Global - The LOICZ Master Study Programme (Newton)
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( NEWS 2) Warming Arctic Trying to Keep Its Cool, Study Finds
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-
arctic17nov17,1,4008176.story Or: http://tinyurl.com/ygpd89
An international team of scientists Thursday reported that rising
temperatures were steadily transforming the Arctic — warming
millions of square miles of permafrost, promoting lush greenery on
previously arid tundras and steadily shrinking the annual sea ice.
Yet the researchers also found new patterns of cooling ocean
currents and prevailing winds that suggested the Arctic, long
considered a bellwether of global warming, may be reverting in some
ways to more normal conditions not seen since the 1970s.
Taken together, researchers said, these findings may be evidence
of the region struggling to keep its balance as rising temperatures
slowly overturn the long-established order of seasonal variations.
"This is a region that is fighting back," said lead author Jacqueline
A. Richter- Menge, a civil engineer at the Army Corps of Engineers'
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory in Hanover, N.H.
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Summer Programs, Courses, Internships, Meetings, Opportunities
(MEETINGS 1) Call for Papers - “Making Science Global: Reconsidering
the Social and Intellectual Implications of the International Polar
and Geophysical Years” - October 31-November 1, 2007 – Washington,
DC (USA)
The program committee of “Making Science Global: Reconsidering
the Social and Intellectual Implications of the International Polar
and Geophysical Years” invites papers for a possible two-day
conference at the Smithsonian Institution on October 31-November 1,
2007, examining the impetus for (and the impact upon) science,
society, and culture of the International Polar Years (IPYs) of
1882-83 and 1932-33, and the International Geophysical Year of
1957-58, as well as how this perspective might be useful for planners
of the current IPY in 2007-2008. We intend to explore the origins of
these efforts, their political dimensions, and their consequences.
Themes might include the place of the poles in human imagination,
discipline formation, cultural nationalism, politics, and trans-
nationality prior to and after 1882; the emergence of the modern
geosciences in the first half of the twentieth century; the uses of
new technologies to explore the poles; and changing assessments of
the nature of human cultures in high latitudes. Papers addressing the
International Geophysical Year might examine its role in the Cold War
and the extent to which multi-disciplinarity and multi-national
cooperation and competition shaped the geosciences and contributed to
environmental awareness.
Pending funding, the conference will be held in Washington, D.C.,
immediately prior to the History of Science Society meeting in 2007.
International scholars and graduate students seeking exposure to the
history of the geosciences are particularly welcome. We hope that the
papers will merit publication. Proposals for papers should include a
title and abstract, as well as curriculum vita.
DEADLINE: December 31, 2006.
Please send these electronically to all three convenors: 1) David
DeVorkin devorkind at si.edu 2) Roger Launius launiusR at si.edu 3) James
Fleming jfleming at colby.edu
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Jobs
Planktonnet: Great listserv for aquatic-science jobs
To subscribe to the list, send an empty email to:
planktonnet-subscribe at yahoogroups.com
Or, visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/planktonnet/ and click on
'Join this group'
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(JOB 1) Postdoc. Researcher - Coastal Physical Oceanography –
Dauphin Island Sea Lab – Alabama (USA)
A postdoctoral position in Coastal Physical Oceanography is
available at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, Alabama. The successful
applicant will join a research team consisting of physical,
biological and fisheries oceanographers investigating physical-
biological couplings in the northern Gulf of Mexico. The applicant
should have a Ph.D. in Physical Oceanography or a closely related
field. Experience with moored instruments and time-series analysis is
strongly desired. The initial appointment is for one year, and
renewal is contingent upon annual performance reviews and
availability of funds. Applicants should send electronically a letter
of application, curriculum vitae with a list of publications, a brief
(1-2 pages) statement of research interests, and a list of at least
three references to Dr. Kyeong Park (kpark at disl.org). Review of
complete applications will begin immediately until the position is
filled. More information regarding the Dauphin Island Sea Lab can be
found at http://www.disl.org.
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(JOB 2) Asst/Assoc Prof. - Department of Marine Sciences - University
of South Alabama - Mobile AL (USA)
http://www.southalabama.edu/marinesciences/
The Department of Marine Sciences at the University of South
Alabama invites applications for a full-time, 9-month, tenure-track
faculty position. Applicants with research interests that complement
existing expertise in the Department (http://www.southalabama.edu/
marinesciences/) and at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab (http://
www.disl.org/) are particularly sought. USA is a member of the
Alabama Marine Environmental Sciences Consortium at the Dauphin
Island Sea Lab.
The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active,
extramurally-funded research program, advise graduate students and
teach graduate courses in areas relevant to his/her expertise.
Applicants must hold an earned Ph.D. and be fluent in written and
spoken English. Applicants should send a letter of application, CV,
concise (maximum three pages) statement of research and teaching
interests, and the names and contact information for at least three
references to: Search Committee Chair, Department of Marine Sciences,
LSCB 25, University of South Alabama, Mobile, Alabama 36688.
Inquiries may be sent to Dr. Kyeong Park (kpark at disl.org). Review of
applications will begin December 1, 2006 and continue until the
position is filled. The preferred starting date is August 15, 2007.
AA/EEO/M/F/D
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(JOB 3) Program Officer - International Institute for Applied Systems
Analysis (IIASA)
IIASA's Greenhouse Gas Initiative (GGI) – Vienna (AUSTRIA)
http://www.iiasa.ac.at/Admin/PE/Jobs/2006-12-ggi-progoff.html
IIASA’s Greenhouse Gas Initiative (GGI) is offering a position
of a Program Officer to coordinate its inter-program collaborative
research effort on climate change. This position includes up to 50%
time to carry out research relevant to GGI. The fields represented in
this interdisciplinary program range from demography to energy and
air pollution modeling, to land use, to risk and vulnerability
assessments.
The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA)
(http://www.iiasa.ac.at) is located just outside Vienna, Austria.
IIASA is an independent, international institution, supported by the
U.S. and sixteen other governments, that engages in scientific
research aimed at providing policy insight on issues of regional and
global importance. The National Academy of Sciences serves as the
U.S. National Member Organization (NMO). A profile of GGI co-leader
Brian O’Neill that was featured in the Oct. 13 issue of Science
magazine can be accessed from the U.S. IIASA NMO Web site, http://
www7.nationalacademies.org/usnc-iiasa/index.html. (Direct access is
otherwise not permitted without a subscription to the magazine.)
Requirements include demonstrated experience with scientific
coordination in an interdisciplinary setting, excellent
organizational skills, excellent written and verbal communication
skills in English, and the ability to contribute substantively to a
relevant area of climate change-related research. The candidate
should have an advanced degree (Ph.D. preferable) in a relevant field.
The successful candidate will be offered an initial fixed-term
contract for 2 years, beginning early in 2007, with the possibility
of extension. The salary is competitive and commensurate with
experience. It is exempt from taxation in Austria, but subject to the
principle of income aggregation. The appointment includes moving and
settlement allowances.
The closing date for applications is 15 December 2006. Questions
about the positions should be directed to Walter Foith, the head of
IIASA's Human Resources Department (foithw at iiasa.ac.at)
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(JOB 4) Director - Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program -
University of Illinois Extension - College of Agricultural, Consumer
and Environmental Sciences - University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign (USA) Search #10876
http://web.extension.uiuc.edu/careers/vacancies/Search10876.html
The University of Illinois and Purdue University seek a director
for the Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant College Program, headquartered at
the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The program is part
of NOAA's National Sea Grant College Program, a network of 32
university-based programs in coastal and Great Lakes states. Illinois-
Indiana Sea Grant sponsors and conducts research, education, and
outreach that empower citizens and communities in the Lake Michigan
region to secure a healthy environment and economy. Illinois-Indiana
Sea Grant has been a college level Sea Grant program since 1997 and
received highest level rating for performance in 2004. The program
includes 23 staff members located at six institutions in Illinois and
Indiana that are supported through partnerships with over 11
departments, organizations, or administrative units.
The director will serve as the full time (100%, 12-month)
administrative leader for the program and all of its staff members.
This position may be filled at the associate or full professor level
with a tenure/tenure-track appointment in an appropriate academic
department at University of Illinois.
Administrative Responsibility: The director represents and acts
on behalf of the states of Illinois and Indiana through the
University of Illinois and Purdue University and reports to the
Associate Dean, Extension and Outreach, College of Agricultural,
Consumer and Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois,
working in conjunction with the program’s Administrative Advisory
Committee.
Duties and Responsibilities: 1) Assume programmatic, fiscal,
personnel, and administrative management of the program; 2) Lead Sea
Grant’s Program Management Team and staff towards implementation of
the strategic and implementation plans; 3) Coordinate and participate
in state, regional, and national collaborative projects focusing on
Great Lakes and Sea Grant priority research, outreach, and education
issues; 4) Develop and oversee existing and new sponsored activities;
5) Provide guidance on natural resources issues at the state and
federal level; 6) Develop partnerships in other natural resource
programs with universities and agencies; 7) Comply with University of
Illinois Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity policies and
guidelines; 8) Other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications: 1) A Ph.D. in a natural science, social
science, or engineering field relevant to Sea Grant’s mission; 2) A
demonstrated ability to build and lead cross-campus, cross-
institutional programs in research and outreach; 3) Extensive
experience in outreach and research administration and evidence of
success managing grant awards, particularly interdisciplinary
programs that relate to the mission of Sea Grant; 4) A knowledge of
federal and state public programs and private groups that are
involved in research and outreach in the Great Lakes; 5) Demonstrated
leadership in personnel, budget, and other programmatic activities.
Preferred Qualifications: 1) Prior experience with Sea Grant
College Programs; 2) Demonstrated excellence in instruction and
research at levels that qualify for a tenured faculty appointment at
the rank of associate or full professor in an appropriate department
at the University of Illinois.
Proposed Start Date: May 2007, or as soon as possible
thereafter. Salary is commensurate with qualifications and
experience. To ensure full consideration, all application materials
must be received by December 15, 2006 at 5:00 PM.
Application: Send a letter of application referencing the
specific position, CV, and contact information for three references:
Irene Miles, Search Committee Chair, Illinois-Indiana Sea Grant
Director Search, c/o ACES Human Resources, College of Agricultural,
Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES), University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, 117 Mumford Hall, MC-710, 1301 W Gregory Drive,
Urbana, IL 61801 217-333-2664; (hr at aces.uiuc.edu) For
additional information, contact: Dr. Richard Warner, Interim
Assistant Dean, Extension Program Coordination at (217) 333-5900.
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(JOB 5) Faculty Position Tenure-Track - Marine Science – University
of Texas at Austin - Port Aransas, Texas (USA)
The University of Texas at Austin Department of Marine Science
and Marine Science Institute invite applications for a faculty
position in marine science. All fields will be considered, but areas
of particular interest include estuarine and/or coastal ecology with
an emphasis on benthos or nekton. Candidates must have a Ph.D.
degree at the time of appointment. Postdoctoral experience, a strong
research and publication record, and an emphasis on field research
are preferred. The position, based at the Marine Science Institute
(www.utmsi.utexas.edu) in Port Aransas, TX, includes 9 months of
annual salary support for research and teaching activities. The
Institute manages the newest site in the National Estuarine Research
Reserve system, which includes 185,000 acres of subtropical estuarine
habitat. Each applicant should send a PDF file containing a
statement of research and specific teaching interests (3 pages
maximum) and curriculum vitae to facsearch at utmsi.utexas.edu, and have
at least three letters of recommendation mailed to: Search Committee
Chair, The University of Texas Marine Science Institute, 750 Channel
View Dr., Port Aransas, Texas 78373-5015. The statement of research
interests should indicate how the proposed research activities would
benefit from being based on the Gulf Coast and how the applicant
might interact with existing research programs. Review of
applications will start January 15, 2007 and will continue until the
position is filled. State law requires a background check on the
selected applicant. The University of Texas at Austin values
diversity and is committed to affirmative action and equal
opportunity. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply. UT Austin
will make every effort to accommodate professional couples.
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This newsletter has been developed by C. Susan Weiler to distribute
information of potential interest to recent PhDs engaged in
interdisciplinary aquatic science or climate-change research, and to
build an international sense of community among recent grads. It
provides an international forum for the exchange of information and
opinions regarding research, professional and social issues. The
views and opinions expressed do not necessarily reflect those of the
funding agencies or sponsoring societies. Dr. Weiler reserves the
right to edit or reject material submitted to the list.
Please submit announcements of interest to recent PhDs to
phd at whitman.edu. Send a short message in the body of an e-mail
message, and link to any appropriate websites. Do not send attachments.
Moving? Send address changes to dialog at whitman.edu or
disccrs at whitman.edu
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C. Susan Weiler, Ph.D.
Office for Earth System Studies Tel: 509-527-5948
Whitman College Fax: 509-527-5961
Walla Walla, WA 99362
weiler at whitman.edu
Programs for Recent PhDs http://aslo.org/phd.html
DISCCRS poster http://www.aslo.org/phd/disccrsposter.pdf
Workshop Report, Meeting the Needs of
Interdisciplinary Ph.D. Graduates in a
Changing Global Environment
http://marcus.whitman.edu/~weilercs/biocomplexity/
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