ESS Newsletter – Fall 2010

Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, Newsletter, October 2010

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Editors: Richard Matthew and Pamela Donohoo, University of California, Irvine

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The ESS Newsletter can also be found at: http://environmental-studies.org. The next edition will be February 2011. We follow a Fall, Winter, Spring schedule.

The ESS newsletter is based at the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California, Irvine (www.cusa.uci.edu) and co-edited by Richard Matthew and Pamela Donohoo. Please send publication information, announcements, calls for papers, job announcements, job and address changes, email information, queries, etc. for inclusion in the next newsletter to cusa @ uci.edu.

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CONTENTS

1. ESS SECTION NEWS
2. NEW PUBLICATIONS
• 2.1. BOOKS
• 2.2. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
3. DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS
4. ON THE WEB
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. CAREER RESOURCES
7. STUDENT RESOURCES

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1. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SECTION NEWS
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UPCOMING ISA CONFERENCES

Conference: Millennium: Journal of International Studies
The annual conference of Millennium: Journal of International Studies will take place on 16-17 October 2010 at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Visit: http://www.lse.ac.uk/collections/millenn/ for more information.

African Studies Association, Annual Meeting, San Francisco
African Studies Association’s, Annual Meeting will take place on November 17-21, 2010. Special Plenary panels on food sovereignty and sustainable food production in Africa, where alternatives to industrial agriculture flourish. Visit: www.africanstudies.org

Global Governance: Political Authority in Transition, International Studies Association, 2011
Annual Convention will be held March 16-19, 2011 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. http://www.isanet.org/montreal2011/

Want To Join The Conference Greening Committee?
ISA headquarters has asked the Environmental Studies Section to take the lead in making recommendations to the organization for how to run a greener ISA conference. Although we can certainly consider radical options, we will also include recommendations for ways that standard ISA operations can be made more environmentally friendly. If you’re interested in serving on this committee, please contact Beth DeSombre, edesombr@wellesley.edu

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2. NEW PUBLICATIONS
2.1. BOOKS
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Armitage, Derek., Ryan Plummer (editors). Adaptive Capacity and Environmental Governance. Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 2010. http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+management/book/978-3-642-12193-7

Bäckstrand, Karin., Jamil Khan, Annica Kronsell, and Eva Lövbrand (editors). Environmental Politics And Deliberative Democracy. Examining the Promise of New Modes of Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. 2010. http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/bookentry_main.lasso?id=13822

Clapp, Jennifer and Peter Dauvergne. Paths to a Green World: The Political Economy of the Global Environment, second edition. Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press. Feb/March 2011. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=10557

Dauvergne, Peter and Jane Lister. Timber. Cambridge, UK: Polity Press. Feb/March 2011.

Gulbrandsen, Lars H. Transnational Environmental Governance. The Emergence and Effects of the Certification of Forests and Fisheries. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar. 2010. http://www.e-elgar.co.uk/Bookentry_Main.lasso?id=13539

Kütting, Gabriela. The Global Political Economy of the Environment and Tourism. Palgrave. August 2010. http://www.palgrave.com/products/title.aspx?pid=398471

Kütting, Gabriela (editor). Global Environmental Politics: Concepts, Theories and Case Studies. Routledge. August 2010. http://www.taylorandfrancis.com/books/details/9780415777940/

McDonald, Bryan L. Food Security. Cambridge: Polity Press. October 2010. http://www.polity.co.uk/book.asp?ref=9780745648071

Wapner, Paul. Living through the End of Nature: The Future of American Environmentalism. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2010. http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=12061

Young, Oran R. Institutional Dynamics. Emergent Patterns in International Environmental Governance. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. 2010. This book is published in the MIT Press book series on Earth System Governance: http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/

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2.2. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Bernauer, Thomas, Anna Kalbhenn, Vally Koubi, and Gabriele Spilker. 2010. “A Comparison of International and Domestic Sources of Global Governance Dynamics: Explaining Global Environmental Treaty Ratifications, 1950-2000.” British Journal of Political Science doi:10.1017/S0007123410000098, 2010.

Bernauer, Thomas, and Patrick Kuhn. 2010. “Is There an Environmental Version of the Kantian Peace? Insights From Water Pollution in Europe.” European Journal of International Relations. 16/1:77-102.

Chasek, Pamela. “Confronting Environmental Treaty Implementation Challenges in the Pacific Islands.” Pacific Islands Policy 6. Honolulu: East-West Center, 2010. Available online at http://www.eastwestcenter.org/fileadmin/stored/pdfs/pip006.pdf

Dauvergne, Peter. “The Problem of Consumption.” Global Environmental Politics. 10 (2) (2010): 1-10.

Dauvergne, Peter. “Globalization and the Environment.” in John Ravenhill, ed., Global Political Economy, 3rd edition (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011): 449-480.

Dauvergne, Peter and Jane Lister. “The Power of Big Box Retail in Global Environmental Governance: Bringing Commodity Chains Back into IR.” Millennium: Journal of International Relations 39 (1) (2010): 145-160.

Dauvergne, Peter and Jane Lister. “The Prospects and Limits of Eco-Consumerism: Shopping Our Way to Less Deforestation?” Organization & Environment. 23 (2) (June 2010): 132-154.

Dauvergne, Peter and Kate J. Neville. “Forest, Food, and Fuel in the Tropics: The Uneven Social and Ecological Consequences of the Emerging Political Economy of Biofuels.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 37 (4) (2010): 631-660.

Falkner, Robert, Hannes R. Stephan and John Vogler. 2010. “International Climate Policy after Copenhagen: Towards a ‘Building Blocks’ Approach.” Global Policy. (Forthcoming in October; free online access at www.globalpolicyjournal.com)

Galaz, Victor, Andreas Duit, Katarina Eckerberg and Jonas Ebbesson (editors). 2010 Special Issue on: Governance, Complexity and Resilience. Global Environmental Change, 20 (3): 363-546.

Gupta, Aarti (editor). 2010. Special Issue on: Transparency in Global Environmental Governance. Global Environmental Politics, 10 (3).

Harris, Paul G. “Climate Change.” in Global Environmental Politics, edited by G. Kutting. London: Routledge, in production and forthcoming 2010, pp. 107-118.

Harris, Paul G. “Climate Change and the New China” in Climate Change Science and Policy, edited by A. Rosencranz, S.H. Schneider and M. Mastrandrea. Washington: Island Press, 2010, pp. 317-322.

Harris, Paul G. “Misplaced Ethics of Climate Change: Political vs. Environmental Geography.” Ethics, Place & Environment 13 (2) (2010): 215-222.

Harris, Paul G. “The U.S. and International Environmental Politics,” in The International Studies Encyclopedia, edited by R.A. Denemark et al. London: Blackwell, 2010, pp. 7356-7375. (NB: Simultaneously published in International Studies Encyclopedia Online.)

Harris, Paul G., and Jonathan Symons. “Justice in Adaptation to Climate Change: Cosmopolitan Implications for International Institutions.” Environmental Politics 19 (4) (2010): 617-636.

Matthew, R. A., and Hammill, A. (2010). Peacebuilding and Climate Change Adaptation. St. Antony’s International Review, 5(2), 89-112.5.

Perrin, Sophie, and Thomas Bernauer. 2010. “International Regime Formation Revisited: Explaining Ratification Behavior With Respect to Long Range Transboundary Air Pollution Agreements.” European Union Politics. 11/3:405-426.

Thompson, Carol B. “The Scramble for Genetic Resources,” in Henning Melber and Roger Southall, eds. A New Scramble for Africa?  Imperialism, Investment and Develoment in Africa. Durban: Universityof Kwazulu Natal Press, 2009.

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3. DISSERTATION ABSTRACTS
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The Emerging US Water Crisis: Factors Contributing to and Negating Hegemonic Socio-economic and Environmental Sustainable Growth
I propose our future is drying up. The planet is entering uncharted territory in its transition into the twenty-first century. It is exemplified by global warming, climate change, economic and political instability, population explosion, ecological degradation, terrorism, cultural conflicts and water crises. Water crises may be the greatest environmental crisis the world, particularly the US, will ever know.
The US’ growing, relatively unknown water crises are in correlation, on a collision course with a perfect global storm. Water wars are being waged between various states over previously shared water rights. The need to find permanent solutions is critical to US socio-economic, environmental and hegemonic sustainability.
In depth study of three regional crises reveals this phenomenon has grown critical and is redefining the nation and its citizens’ lifestyles. Understanding what drives the following crises is crucial for determining permanent solutions: the Southeast Alabama-Florida-Georgia-Army Corp of Engineers water war, Upper Midwest Great Lakes-Chicago water war and Western Pacific California-Colorado water war.
This thesis posits, discusses and analyzes timelines highlighting problem sources; the research draws on historic and contemporary indicators; defines indicators driving the conflicts and changes; quantifies and summarizes key findings, and finally, identifies and assesses expert recommendations for viable, sustainable solutions.
Monica P. Prosper, Graduate, Master of Science in Global Affairs, New York University, School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Submitted to ISA September 27, 2010

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4. ON THE WEB
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CLIMATE CHANGE AND AFRICAN POLITICAL STABILITY (CCAPS) PROGRAM’S NEW WEBSITE
The Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS) program has recently launched a new website.  The new site contains up to the minute news, research, and publications on the program’s work on climate change and security in Africa, as well as an extensive collection of related resources outside of the program.  A collaborative research program among four institutions and led by The University of Texas at Austin, the CCAPS program aims to provide practical guidance for U.S. policymakers, enrich the current body of scholarly literature, and nurture a future generation of scholars and practitioners.  For more information, see the full website:  http://ccaps.strausscenter.org/


BLOGS ON CLIMATE AND BIOETHICS
The Rock Ethics Institute at Penn State University hosts two blogs on Climate and Bioethics Visit: http://rockblogs.psu.edu/rockethics/

INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT REPORTING SERVICES (IISD RS) DAILY WEB COVERAGE/DAILY REPORTS
Tianjin Climate Change Talks – October 2010

The fourteenth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Further Commitments for Annex I Parties under the Kyoto Protocol (AWG-KP 12) and the twelfth session of the Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action under the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (AWG-LCA 14) will take place from October 4th to October 9th, 2010 at the Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center in Tianjin, China. The meeting will focus on long-term international climate change cooperation. IISD Reporting Services (IISD RS) will be producing daily web coverage, daily reports, and a summary and analysis of the meeting. Please visit: http://www.iisd.ca/climate/ccwg12/ for more information.

Twentieth Session of the Committee on Forestry of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
The Twentieth Session of the Committee on Forestry (COFO 2010) of the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will take place from October 4th to October 8th, 2010 at FAO headquarters in Rome, Italy. COFO 2010 intends to focus on: Global Forest Resources Assessment, forest biodiversity, fire and water in the context of climate change, emerging opportunities and challenges in forest finance and forest governance, programme priorities for FAO’s forestry activities, and the International Year of Forests 2011. Please visit: http://www.iisd.ca/fao/cof20/ for IISD’s daily web coverage of COFO 2010.

“LEVELING APPALACHIA: THE LEGACY OF MOUNTAINTOP REMOVAL MINING”
Yale Environment 360 has won an award in the 2010 National Magazine Awards for Digital Media for their video on mountaintop removal coal mining in Appalachia. Yale Environment 360 is a publication of the Yale School of Forestry & Environmental Studies. For more information and to see the video please visit: http://e360.yale.edu/content/feature.msp?id=2198

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5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN COST ACTION IS0802 ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES
COST Action IS0802 on the Transformation of Global Environmental Governance examines the challenge of designing effective, stable and legitimate governance systems at local, national and international levels that can ensure a co-evolution of nature and human societies under the overarching goal of sustainable development. Its three working groups focus on issues such as the transnationalisation, inter-governmentalisation, fragmentation and legitimacy of global environmental governance. The working groups have successfully supported cooperation among researchers from all over Europe by organizing and supporting numerous events, including four author workshops encouraging collaboration on special issues, panel discussions at larger conferences, training schools for young researchers, and several ‘Short-Term Scientific Missions’, which fund research stays at foreign institutions. For more information please visit: http://transformation-geg.org/.
Contact: Dr Philipp Pattberg, Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM), VU University Amsterdam, Management Committee Chair; philipp.pattberg@ivm.vu.nl; Dr Aarti Gupta, Environmental Policy Group, Wageningen University, Management Committee Vice-Chair; Aarti.gupta@wur.nl

STRATEGIC BEHAVIOR AND THE ENVIRONMENT (SBE)
The first issue of the journal Strategic Behavior and the Environment has been published. The Table of Content of the first issue as well as information about the journal are available at: http://www.sbejournal.com.
Strategic Behavior and the Environment provides a platform for the various disciplines that jointly contribute to our understanding of that field. Scholars in economics (including experimental economics, political economy, and game theory), political science, international relations, negotiation, and other disciplines are invited to submit manuscripts for publication consideration following a peer-review process.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECT OFFICE HOSTED BY LUND UNIVERSITY, SWEDEN
The Earth System Governance Project is pleased to announce that starting January 2011, its International Project Office will be hosted by Lund University, Sweden. Lund University is the highest ranked comprehensive research university in Scandinavia with a strong background in transdisciplinary environmental and global change research. The Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) and the Faculty of Social Sciences, represented by its Department of Political Science, will lend vital support to the International Project Office and facilitate university-wide research collaboration. The comprehensive and generous hosting arrangement will provide the Earth System Governance Project with an effective and stable International Project Office in an inspiring, dynamic and high-quality academic environment. See also: www.earthsystemgovernance.org

THE 8TH GAME THEORY PRACTICE (GTP) MEETING
The 8th Game Theory Practice (GTP) Meeting will be held July 11-12, 2011 in Riverside, California. The Water Science and Policy Center at the University of California, Riverside is pleased to release the second call for the 8th Game Theory Practice meeting dedicated to global and international issues. Relevant information, including the topics, venue, time table, registration fees, and keynote speakers can be found on http://www.wspc.ucr.edu/gtp/index.html. For more information send an email to adinar@ucr.edu.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

GSI-UNEP Conference on Increasing the Momentum of Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Developments and Opportunities
World Trade Organization, Geneva (October 14th and 15, 2010). The event will feature representatives from OECD, UNEP, World Bank, WTO and OPEC, G-20, APEC and the Friends group of countries that support reforming fossil-fuel subsidies, who will share and review their perspectives and activities. It will discuss, not only the scale and impacts of consumer and producer subsidies, but especially focus on international developments, reform strategies and opportunities for enhanced international cooperation. The conference is open to the public. 

Law for Social-Ecological Resilience Conference, endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project. 17-19 November 2010, Stockholm, Sweden. More information: http://resilience.juridicum.su.se

Scaling and Governance Conference 2010. Towards a New Knowledge for Scale Sensitive Governance of Complex Systems, endorsed by the Earth System Governance Project and the Global Land Project. 10-12 November 2010, Wageningen, The Netherlands. More information: http://www.scalinggovernance.wur.nl/UK/Conference/

Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance: ‘Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges’. To be held 17-20 May 2011, Fort Collins, Colorado, United States of America. Jointly hosted by the Environmental Governance Working Group and the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University along with the Earth System Governance Project. One of the most significant challenges of earth system governance is the need to create new types of linkages, crossing boundaries and building bridges to connect research on social and ecological processes operating across different scales, between the social and natural sciences, and between scholars and practitioners working in the global North and South. The Colorado Conference will advance the Earth System Governance project’s research agenda by bringing together scholars from a wide range of disciplines as well as practitioners to address these linkage issues.

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6. CAREER RESOURCES
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You can find an array of career resources on the Environmental Studies section website at: http://environmental-studies.org/?page_id=82

SCHOOL OF ENVIRONMENT, ENTERPRISE AND DEVELOPMENT, UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO
The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), in the Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo invites applications for Director of the School. The successful applicant will lead the academic activities of SEED, including teaching programs, outreach and research. The successful candidate will have: a PhD and academic qualifications expected for an appointment to a tenured position at the Professor or Associate Professor level; a multidisciplinary research interest in one or more areas of business and environment, local economic development, and international development; ability to shape the direction of undergraduate and graduate teaching, and scholarship in SEED, and strong administrative, communication and leadership skills.
The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development was founded in 2009, has a current enrolment of approximately 575 students, and is experiencing further rapid growth. For details about the school and its programs please visit: http://seed.uwaterloo.ca.
The University of Waterloo consistently ranks as a leading comprehensive university in Canada and an innovator in education and research. It is located in Waterloo, Canada (designated as the 2007 Intelligent Community of the Year by the Intelligent Community Forum), about 90 km west of Toronto. The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native peoples and persons with disabilities. Canadian citizens and permanent residents receive priority. Interested candidates are invited to submit a detailed curriculum vitae, a statement explaining how their abilities and interests relate to SEED and a vision of their role as Director, as well as the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers of four referees.
Please send an application package to: Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1, env-dean@uwaterloo.ca


FACULTY POSITION IN IR/COMPARATIVE WITH A STRONG FOCUS ON SUSTAINABILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN-GREEN BAY
Tenure-track position in Political Science and the Department of Public and Environmental Affairs, with teaching concentrated on international relations and comparative politics of developing nations. Teaching responsibilities include an introductory course in global politics and society each semester as well as the core upper-level course in international relations, and other courses in at least two of the following areas: comparative politics, preferably with an emphasis on the Middle East or Asia; global environmental policy; sustainable development; and international organizations. Opportunities exist for teaching one of the courses in the campus First Year Seminar program. Relevant language capability and field experience are desirable.
The candidate is expected to perform scholarly activities consistent with rank, advise students, perform institutional service, and contribute to the ongoing development of the department. The position requires a doctorate in Political Science, International Relations, or a closely related field from an accredited institution by August 2011. The successful candidate must have teaching experience and/or demonstrated teaching ability and effectiveness, demonstrated potential for excellence in teaching and scholarship, commitment to undergraduate education, and communication and interpersonal skills sufficient to work effectively with a diverse array of students and colleagues. Preferred: teaching experience and strong interest in global environmental and sustainability issues.
To ensure consideration, submit a letter of application; curriculum vitae; three letters of reference; and transcripts of all post-secondary work by October 15. Unofficial transcripts may be submitted with application; official transcripts will be required of finalists. Submit application materials to: Chair, Political Science Search Committee, MAC B310, Department of Public and Environmental Affairs; University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 2420 Nicolet Drive, Green Bay, WI 54311-7001.

TENURE-TRACK POSITION IN ENVIRONMENTAL POLITICS AT REED COLLEGE, PORTLAND, OR

Reed College is inaugurating a new interdisciplinary program in environmental studies. To support this program, the Department of Political Science invites applications for a tenure-track position in environmental politics, beginning Fall 2011. The Assistant Professor level is preferred but applications from more advanced candidates will be considered. Field of specialization within environmental politics and subfield in political science is open. Interdisciplinary training and/or a background in the sciences is a plus, but a firm disciplinary grounding in Political Science is necessary and should be evident in the application.
The position will be involved in an interdisciplinary team-taught course in environmental studies. Candidates should have a broad research program and scholarly interests that reach into other parts of political science. Since we are a small department, candidates who incorporate multiple methods of analysis (including quantitative) and who integrate this orientation into their teaching of undergraduate seminars and in the advising of student research are attractive. Our pedagogy emphasizes the conceptual and theoretical foundations of the discipline and includes supervision of undergraduate thesis students. We expect the Ph.D. to be in hand, or very near completion, by the start of the appointment. Reed does not hire with tenure but salaries for advanced candidates are competitive and a shortened tenure clock is possible. Above all, we seek candidates with a strong commitment to teaching excellence at the undergraduate level, a lively and serious program of scholarship, and an interest in treating their specialties explicitly in the light of broader problems in the social sciences.
More information about our department and Reed College can be found athttp://web.reed.edu. An equal opportunity employer, Reed College values diversity and encourages applications from underrepresented groups. Electronic applications are required and must be sent as PDF (preferred) or Word attachments. Send cover letter, curriculum vitae, a writing sample (no longer than 25 pages), transcript, and three letters of reference topolitical.search@reed.edu.  If letters of reference must be sent in hard copy, please submit to Political Science Search c/o Karin Purdy, Reed College, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland OR 97202). Applications must be received by October 1, 2010.

TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN THE POLITICAL SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT, IN STORRS, CONNECTICUT
The Political Science Department, in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Connecticut, located in Storrs, Connecticut, is seeking to hire a tenure-track assistant professor to begin August 23, 2011. The position will center on comparative environmental politics and can focus on environmental topics from a wide array of perspectives, topics, and methodologies. Duties will include teaching, research, and service.
In keeping with the University’s academic plan aimed at building strength around environmental research and curriculum, this position will contribute to the Environmental Studies major under development, the graduate and undergraduate programs in Political Science, and could be affiliated with the Center for Environmental Science and Engineering (CESE).
Minimum qualifications include: Requirements for a Ph.D. in Political Science or related field completed by start date of employment; evidence or promise of a strong research/publication record; the ability to teach courses in political science at both the graduate and undergraduate levels; and a primary focus on comparative environmental politics. Equivalent foreign degrees are acceptable. Preferred Qualifications include: the ability to contribute through research, teaching, and/or public engagement to the diversity and excellence of the learning experience.
The successful candidate’s primary academic appointment will be within the Department of Political Science at the main campus in Storrs, CT. The incumbent may have the opportunity to work at the University’s campuses at Avery Point, Hartford, Stamford, Torrington, Waterbury, or West Hartford. Salary will be commensurate with background, qualifications, and experience.
Applicants should visit Husky Hire at www.jobs.uconn.edu to upload their curriculum vitae, a letter of application, statement describing research plans and teaching interests, selected scholarly papers and publications, and three letters of reference by October 1st, 2010. Applications will be reviewed until the position is filled. Search #: 2011034.

TWO TENURE-TRACK LINES AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
The School of International Service at American University is seeking to make two tenure-track junior hires for our program in Global Environmental Politics. One is focused on food security, agriculture, and environment-development, and the other on public health and the environment. Both positions are conceived broadly and have an interdisciplinary focus, so applicants with a wide range of backgrounds and foci will be considered. See below for more information.

Global Environmental Politics Program Food Security and Agriculture in the Developing World Assistant Professor
The School of International Service (SIS) invites applications for a tenure-line faculty member at the assistant professor level in the program of Global Environmental Politics. Start date is August 2011.
Global Environmental Politics is one of eight programs within the School of International Service. The program offers a wide range of courses and supports research in environmental affairs in a transnational context.
Feeding the world now and in the foreseeable future poses a critical challenge. For the first time in decades, grain yields have begun to stagnate as droughts, water scarcity, land conversion, and the costs of industrial agriculture take their toll on our ability to grow food. Mal-distribution of resources and unwise agricultural policies exacerbate the challenge. We are seeking candidates whose research focuses on these and related dilemmas, and whose research uses established social science research methods including quantitative analysis. Candidates with experience in collaborative, multi-disciplinary research are welcomed. The ideal candidate will be conversant in the political economy of food and agriculture, with a specific focus on the developing world. Her or his work should relate to broader issues of sustainability, and thus we invite candidates focused on questions of economy, equity, and environment as they relate to food and agriculture. Candidates from various disciplines and those with practical as well as theoretical expertise in environmental affairs are encouraged to apply.
Candidates should have a developed research agenda with identified possibilities of external funding sources, a strong commitment to teaching and advising, and a willingness and ability to participate in school and university governance. Moreover, candidates should be committed to working in an interdisciplinary academic context. Candidates should: hold a Ph D or equivalent degree in a related discipline, have a record of research excellence and commitment to an on-going, productive research program, and have proven teaching and mentoring ability.
Applications should include: a letter describing research and teaching, interests and relevant professional or field experience (including any externally-funded research), a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of teaching effectiveness, including sample syllabi, a relevant publication.
Send these materials to: Chair, GEP Faculty Search Committee, School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071. For full consideration, please apply or before October 1, 2010.

Public Health and the Environment
Environmental change is increasingly influencing public health. Rising air, water and soil pollution, greater toxicity of industrial materials, changing disease vectors due to climate change, nuclear waste proliferation, fresh water scarcity and other environmental trends are undermining human health in new ways and demand policy responses. We are seeking candidates who are conducting epidemiological, toxicological or related public health research on the linkages between environmental change, health outcomes, and international public policy. The ideal candidate will relate his or her research to broad questions of sustainability, and thus we invite applications from those focused on questions of economy, equity, and ecology as they relate to the intersection between environmental and public health concerns. Candidates from various disciplines and those with both practical and theoretical expertise in environmental affairs are encouraged to apply.
Candidates should have a developed research agenda, a strong commitment to teaching and advising, and a willingness and ability to participate in school and university governance. Moreover, candidates should be committed to working in an interdisciplinary academic context. Candidates should: hold a Ph D or equivalent degree in a related discipline, have a record of research excellence and commitment to an on-going, productive research program, have proven teaching and mentoring ability.
Applications should include: a letter describing research and teaching interests and relevant professional or field experience (including any externally-funded research), a curriculum vitae, three letters of reference, evidence of teaching effectiveness, including sample syllabi, a relevant publication.
Send these materials to: Chair, GEP Faculty Search Committee, School of International Service, American University, 4400 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016-8071. For full consideration, please apply or before October 1, 2010.

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7. STUDENT RESOURCES
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MASTER OF MARINE MANAGEMENT (MMM) DEGREE
Marine Affairs Program, Dalhousie University, Call for applications:
The Master of Marine Management (MMM) is a one year professional, non-thesis and interdisciplinary graduate program designed for students who want to address solutions for marine management problems with interdisciplinary synthesis and integration through teamwork in research and planning. The student body, approximately 20 per annum, comprises a remarkable diversity of professionals and recent graduates from many backgrounds, disciplines, and countries. Faculty members associated with the Marine Affairs Program offer world class expertise from fifteen departments across two university campuses, several federal government agencies, non-governmental organizations, and private sector companies, all focused on the ocean, coastal, and maritime sectors.  Among our many strengths is the international nature of both our student body and faculty expertise.  The Marine Affairs Program is based at Dalhousie University, the premier university in Atlantic Canada as well as Canada’s “Ocean University” and the home of many internationally renowned researchers and award-winning scholars.
Please visit our website for more information on our course offerings and the Marine Affairs Program. Applications are due 31 January 2011:  http://marineaffairsprogram.dal.ca/
For background on Dalhousie, see the following link for a virtual tour of the campus and academic life: http://www.dal.ca/virtualtour/
And for more on the Dalhousie experience and living in Halifax, see the following informational video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZVBz3wVZ_w
Please direct enquiries to our Administrator, Becky Field at: marine.affairs@dal.ca  or:  +1 902 494 3555

HONG KONG INSTITUTE OF EDUCATION
“If ESS members know of students or graduates who might like to do a PhD (or MPhil) in China, please encourage them to consider the Hong Kong Institute of Education. I would welcome the opportunity to work with candidates interested in global environmental politics and related areas. I would also welcome hearing from potential candidates to discuss ideas for doctoral research in particular.” -P.G. Harris, Chair Professor of Global and Environmental Studies Department of Social Sciences Hong Kong Institute of Education (Email: pharris @ ied.edu.hk; http://www.ied.edu.hk/ssc/)
The Hong Kong Institute of Education is actively recruiting top Research Postgraduate (RPg) Students. Potential applicants interested in the Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) or Master of Philosophy (MPhil) programmes offered by HKIEd may consider one or more of the following opportunities:
HKIEd RPg Programmes:
February 2011 intake – deadline 24 November 2010, September 2011 intake – deadline mid 2011
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme (managed by the University Grants Committee of Hong Kong; www.rgc.edu.hk/hkphd)
September 2011 intake – deadline 1 December 2010
Students interested in GEP with some kind of education focus, such as climate change education, sustainability education and similar fields, especially if there is some connection to China or East Asia, would find the Hong Kong Institute of Education resources, facilities and access extremely beneficial.
For more details, please visit the Graduate School website, http://www.ied.edu.hk/gradsch/
Note: Generous funding support available to qualified candidates.

2011 ICOHTEC PRIZE FOR YOUNG SCHOLARS
Deadline: January 24 2011
http://www.icohtec.org/prize-announcements/2011_Prize_Announcement_v7.pdf
The ICOHTEC-Prize is sponsored by the Juanelo Turriano Foundation and consists of 3,000 Euro. ICOHTEC, the International Committee for the History of Technology, is interested in the history of technology focusing on technological development as well as its relationship to science, society, economy, culture and the environment. The history of technology covers all periods of human history and all populated areas. There is no limitation as to theoretical or methodological approaches.

Eligible to the prize are original works in any of the official ICOHTEC languages (English, French, German, Russian or Spanish) in the history of technology (published or unpublished Ph.D. theses or other monographs — no articles or edited anthologies) written by scholars who, when applying for the prize, are not older than 37 years.

For the ICOHTEC Prize 2011, please send a copy of the work you wish to be con sidered for the prize plus a 4500-word English summary of that work to each of the three Prize Committee members. Your submissions must be postmarked not later than 24 January 2011.

If the work is a PhD thesis, it should have been accepted by your university in 2009 or 2010; if it is a published work, the year of publication should be 2009 or 2010. The submission should be accompanied by a CV (indicating also the date of birth) and, if applicable, a list of publications. Applicants are free to add references or reviews on the work submitted.

Send a complete application by regular mail services (not electronically) to each of the following Prize Committee members:

Dick van Lente, Dr., Prize Committee Chairman
vanlente@fhk.eur.nl
Faculty of History and Arts
Erasmus University Rotterdam
Postbus 1738
3000 DR Rotterdam
The Netherlands

Robert Belot, Prof.
robert.belot@utbm.fr
Directeur du Laboratoire RECITS (EA n°3897)
UTBM
90010 BELFORT CEDEX
France

Thomas Zeller, Associate Prof.
tzeller@umd.edu
University of Maryland
Department of History
2115 Francis Scott Key Hall
College Park, Md. 20742-7315
USA