ESS Newsletter – Winter 2010-2011

Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, Newsletter, February 2011

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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 June 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. UPCOMING CONFERENCES
2. ESS SECTION NEWS
3. NEW PUBLICATIONS
• 3.1. BOOKS
• 3.2. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
4. ON THE WEB
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
6. CAREER RESOURCES
7. STUDENT RESOURCES

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

2011 Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance
The 2011 Colorado Conference on Earth System Governance: “Crossing Boundaries and Building Bridges” will be held 17-20 May 2011 on the campus of Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. The conference is hosted jointly by the Environmental Governance Working Group and the School of Global Environmental Sustainability at Colorado State University along with the IHDP Earth System Governance Project. To learn more about the conference, and to register please visit the conference website: http://cc2011.earthsystemgovernance.org.

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2. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SECTION NEWS
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NOMINATIONS
The Nominations Committee of the Environmental Studies Section invites nominations for a number of Section Offices. Self-nominations are welcome. Please ensure that the person you are nominating is willing to stand for election and do provide us with her/his professional affiliation and full contact information. When self-nominating, please send also a short biographical sketch (100-150 words). Nominated colleagues will be contacted by the committee to request short biographical sketches

Send nominations to any of the current members of the Nominations Committee (and for safety sake with a cc to Miranda at miranda.schreurs@fu-berlin.de by February 15, 2011:

This year’s nomination committee is:
Hans Bruyninckx    hans.bruyninckx @ soc.kuleuven.be
David Downie   ddownie @ fairfield.edu
Heike Schröder    heike.schroeder @ ouce.ox.ac.uk
Jeannie Sowers (2012)   jeannie.sowers @ unh.edu

The Committee is seeking nominations for the following positions (all with two year terms):

• ESS Chair (Pam Chasek, the current vice-chair is running for chair.).
• Vice Chair (Primary responsibility is selecting panels and papers and
  working on the program for the annual conferences)
• Executive Committee 3 positions (Help deal with issues regarding the
  governance of the ESS and chooses the best graduate student paper award)
• Nominations Committee 2 positions (Helps select people to serve as ESS Officers)
• Sprout Award 3 positions (Select book(s) for the Harold and Margaret
  Sprout Award)

Current Officers of the Environmental Studies Section (Anyone listed with a 2011 after their name will have served out their term)

• Chair: Miranda Schreurs (2011), Environmental Policy Research Centre, Free University Berlin, Ihnestr. 22, 14195 Berlin, Germany, Phone: +49 – 30 – 838 56654
• Vice Chair: Pamela Chasek (2012), International Studies, Manhattan College
  Phone: 718-862 7248; fax: 718-862-8044
• Executive Committee (6 member, rolling 2-year terms):
  Sherrie Baver (2011), The Graduate Center, City University of New York
  Radoslav Dimitrov (2011), Department of Political Science, University of Western Ontario, Social Science Centre, Room 4154, London, Ontario, Canada, N6A 5C2
  Phone: 519-661-3266; fax: 519-661-3904;
  Rodger Payne (2011), Department of Political Science, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY 4029, Phone: 502-852-3316; fax: 502-852-7923;
  Norichika Kanie (2012), Graduate School of Decision Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Japan
  Lorraine Elliott (2012), Australian National University
  Barbara Connolly (2012), University of Notre Dame
• Nomination Committee (4 members, rolling 2-year terms):
  Hans Bruyninckx (2011)
  David Downie (2011)
  Heike Schröder (2012), Oxford University Centre for the Environment, South Parks Road, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3QY, United Kingdom, Phone: +44 (0) 1865 275894;
  Jeannie Sowers (2012), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard University
• Sprout Award Committee (5 members, rolling 2-year terms):
  Steinar Andresen (2011), Fridtjof Nansen Institute, P.O. Box 326, 1326 Lysaker, Norway, Phone: +47 67111922;
  Matthias Finger (2011), EPFL-CDM-TPI-MIR, BAC 103, Station 5, 1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
  Matthew Hoffmann (2011), Department of Political Science, University of Toronto, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G3, Canada
  Phone: 416-978-6804;
  Paul G. Harris (2012), Department of Social Sciences, Hong Kong Institute of Education, 10 Lo Ping Road, Tai Po, Hong Kong, China, Phone: +852 2948 6763;
  Jörg Balsiger (2012), Institute for Environmental Decisions, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich, CHN K78, Universitätsstrasse 22, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
• Representative to the Global Environmental Politics editorial board (3-year term): Gabriela Kuetting (2012)

CALLING ALL PERFORMERS OR AUDIENCE MEMBERS!
By popular acclaim, the ISA Cabaret will be back this year, hosted by Environmental Studies Section member Beth DeSombre.  Thursday night of the conference,  8 p.m. until at least 11. Sign up in advance for a 5 or 10-minute performance slot (email edesombr @ wellesley.edu) or, if inspired, drop by the night of the event (we’ll save some space on the schedule for walk-ins).  Any kind of performances welcomed — and then come listen to the talents of your colleagues!  Beth (a musician as well as an academic) DeSombre (www.bethdesombre.com) — I’ll even sing my newest song inspired by the BP disaster.
– Beth DeSombre

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3. NEW PUBLICATIONS

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Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropocene (GEHSHA), new English publication:
The third and final volume of the peer-reviewed Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropocene (GEHSHA) is now available with Springer Publishers in New York and from Heidelberg in Germany globally):
Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, Czeslaw Mesjasz, John Grin, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Béchir Chourou, Pal Dunay, Jörn Birkmann (Eds.): Coping with Global Environmental Change, Disasters and Security – Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks. Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 5 (Berlin – Heidelberg – New York: Springer-Verlag, 2011), 1872 pages. http://www.springer.com/environment/environmental+toxicology/book/978-3-642-17775-0
This huge volume is structured into ten parts:

• Part I: Introduction: Concepts of Security Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks (chap. 1-5), pp. 29-176;
• Part II: Securitization of Global Environmental Change (chap. 6-19), pp. 179-368;
• Part III: Economic, Social, Environmental Security and Human Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks in the Near East, North and Sub-Sahara Africa and in Asia (chap. 20-28), pp. 360-546;
• Part IV: Threats, Challenges, Vulnerabilities and Risks for Urban Centres in Hazards and Disasters (chap. 29-39), pp. 547-688;
• Part V: Coping with Global Environmental Change: Climate Change, Soil and Desertification, Water Management, Food and Health (chap. 40-67), pp. 689-1100;
• Part VI: Coping with Hazards and Strategies for Coping with Social Vulnerability and Resilience Building (chap. 66-71), pp. 1101-1188;
• Part VII: Coping with Global Environmental Change: Scientific, International, Regional and National Political Strategies, Policies and Measures (chap. 72-89), pp. 1189-1400;
• Part VIII: A Technical Tool: Remote Sensing, Vulnerability Mapping and Indicators of Environmental Security Challenges and Risks (chap. 90-91), pp. 1401-1426;
• Part IX: Towards an Improved Early Warning of Conflicts and Hazards (chap. 92-93), pp. 1427-1450;
• Part X: Summary and Conclusions (chap. 94-95), 1451- 1504

This volume (with its list of contents and the biographies of all authors) is documented in detail at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/hexagon_05.htm and at the website of Springer at: http://www.springer.com/series/8090
After translations into Turkish and Spanish a Greek translation of chapters from the Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace has now been published:
Hans Günter Brauch (Germany), Yannis Kinnas (Greece), Ursula Oswald Spring (Mexico), Charalambos Tsardanidis (Co-editors) of a Special Issues the Greek Journal Agora: Vol. 15, Issue 2-3 (2008/2010) on: The Market Without Borders (Athens: Institute for International Economic Policy), ISSN 1107-5990. pp. 105-280.
This volume contains Greek translations of the following chapters published in the first two volumes of the Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropocene (GEHSHA) by:

• Hans Günter Brauch: “Reconceptualizing Security: Conceptual Quartet of Peace, Security, Development and Environment”, pp. 108-193.
• Jon Barnett, Richard A. Matthew and Karen O’Brian: “Global Environmental Change and Human Security”, pp.194-211.
• J.R. McNeill: “The International System, Great Powers, and Environmental Change since 1900, pp. 212-235.
• Yannis N. Kinnas: “Human Security, Climate Change and Small Islands”, pp. 236-258.
• Jaap H. de Wilde: “ Environmental Security Deconstructed”, pp. 259-279.

This first special Greek issue and a second planned issue are documented in detail at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/hexagon_gr.htm
Book Launch Events: Information on each event including podcasts are available at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/hexagon_03_PressConf_Presentations.htm and http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/hexagon_04_PressConf_Presentations.htm
Bookaid Project for Third World University Libraries: So far a total of 258 copies of the first two volumes of this Global Environmental and Human Security Handbook for the Anthropocene (GEHSHA) with 270 peer reviewed book chapters that were written by 300 authors from 100 countries were sent as book gifts to university libraries in Africa, Asia and Latin America.
All sponsors and the recipient national and university libraries are documented for the first volume at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/book_aid_project_hex3.htm and for the second volume at: http://www.afes-press-books.de/html/book_aid_project_hex4.htm. The second bookaid project was launched by Major General (ret.) Joseph Singh, Guyana, a contributing author of the second volume, to His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and to the Public Free Library and to the University of Guyana Library.

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3.1. BOOKS
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Desai, Bharat H. Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Legal Status of the Secretariats. New York, NY: Cambridge University Press, 2010. For more information visit: http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/desai-bharat-h-multilateral-environmental-agreements
The present study seeks to examine the genesis, development, and proliferation of multilateral environmental agreements (MEAs) – in-built law-making mechanisms and processes of institutionalization – and their ad hoc treaty-based status and the issue of the legal personality of their secretariats. It provides legal understanding of the location of MEA secretariats within an existing international host institution, as well as discussion of the issue of relationship agreements and interpretation of the commonly used language that triggers such relationships. It places under scrutiny the standard MEA phrase ‘providing a secretariat’, delegation of authority by the host institution to the head of the convention secretariat, possible conflict areas, host country agreement, and the workings of the relationship agreements. The book offers an authoritative account of the growing phenomenon in which an existing international institution provides a servicing base for MEA that, in turn, triggers a chain of legal implications involving the secretariat, the host institution, and the host country.

Sciubba, Jennifer Dabbs. The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security. Santa Barbara: Praeger/ABC-CLIO, 2011. http://www.abc-clio.com/product.aspx?id=51564
World population now stands at almost 7 billion and if current trends continue, more than 11 billion people will populate our planet by 2050.
Large youth populations, massive migration, and differential growth among ethnic groups suggest that the 21st century will undoubtedly include multiple threats to national security: interstate wars, civil conflict, and millions of deaths from poverty and disease. At the same time, urbanization and maturing age structures will create new opportunities for peace and prosperity.
The Future Faces of War: Population and National Security–the first comprehensive book on demography and security in a decade–analyzes the challenges faced and posed by great powers, such as Russia and China; strategic states, like Pakistan and Iran; and rising powers, including Brazil and India. Through analysis aimed at policymakers and general readers, International Relations scholar Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba identifies the trends that offer opportunities for building partnerships and strengthening security, and those that challenge global and civil peace.

Stalley, Phillip. Foreign Firms, Investment, and Environmental Regulation in the People’s Republic of China.  Stanford University Press, 2010. http://www.sup.org/book.cgi?id=18106
This new book takes as its focus a simple yet critical question: Does foreign direct investment lead to weakened environmental regulation, thereby turning developing countries into “pollution havens”? The debate over this question has never before been the focus of a book about China. Phillip Stalley examines the development of Chinese law governing the environmental impact of foreign investors, describes how regional competition for investment has influenced environmental regulation, and analyzes the environmental practices of foreign and Chinese companies. He finds only modest evidence that integration with the global economy has transformed China into a pollution haven. Indeed, after China opened its domestic market, the entry of foreign films largely strengthened the environmental protection regime, including the oversight of foreign firms’ environmental practices. Nevertheless, foreign firms (and the competition to lure them) have posed new challenges to controlling industrial pollution. Stalley identifies the conditions under which foreign investment contributes to and undermines environmental protection, offering readers a solid understanding of China’s environmental challenges. He also builds on existing theory and provides hypotheses that can be tested with other developing nations. 

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3.2. ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Beck, Lucas, Bernauer, Thomas, Kalbhenn, Anna. 2010. Environmental, Political, and Economic Determinants of Water Quality Monitoring in Europe. Water Resources Research 46, W11543, doi:10.1029/2009WR009065.

Bernauer, Thomas, Kalbhenn, Anna, Koubi, Vally, Spilker, Gabriele. 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.

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

Biermann, Frank, Michele M. Betsill, Joyeeta Gupta, Norichika Kanie, Louis Lebel, Diana Liverman, Heike Schroeder, Bernd Siebenhüner and Ruben Zondervan. 2010. Earth system governance: a research framework. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 10 (4): 277-298. http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/biermann-frank-earth-system-governance-research-framework

Biermann, Frank., Ruben Zondervan (editors). 2010. Special Issue on Earth System Governance. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 10 (4): 273-276. http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/biermann-frank-editorial

Hovi, J., D. F. Sprinz and G. Bang. 2010. “Why the United States Did Not Become a Party to the Kyoto Protocol: German, Norwegian and US Perspectives.” European Journal of International Relations. doi: 10.1177/1354066110380964, advance online version: http://ejt.sagepub.com/content/early/2010/12/02/1354066110380964.abstract

Orsini Bled, Amandine. 2010. La biodiversité sous influence? Les lobbies industriels face aux politiques internationales d’environnement. Collection Science Politique. Brussels: Presses de l’université de Bruxelles. http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publication/orsini-bled-amandine-la-biodiversit%C3%A9-sous-influence

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

Sprinz, D. F. 2010. The “Sandwich Solution” to Global Climate Policy. Delivering Tomorrow – Towards Sustainable Logistics. Deutsche Post. Bonn, Deutsche Post AG: 71-74. (www.sprinz.org)

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4. ON THE WEB
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WIND ENERGY NEWS PORTAL and SOCIAL NETWORK
Welcome to the www.windturbines.net news section where you will find up to date information about the wind industry. Our news section covers the globe to include North America, Europe, Asia, South America, Middle East, Africa and Australia. We have also included special news sections that cover wind energy topics that relate to the U.S Government and some of the major wind turbine manufacturers that include; Vestas, GE, Siemans. Wind Energy News Portal
Join our social network and tap into the collective brain power of our community of wind energy professionals. No matter how big or small your wind power project may be, take advantage of the opportunity of collaborating with the brightest minds in wind power engineering by joining our community. For more information visit: http://www.windturbines.net/

THE CROSSING
The Crossing is a blog hosted by The Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability Centre (The Steps Center). The Center is an interdisciplinary global research and policy engagement hub combining development with science and technology studies. The Crossing is a place where debate about pathways to sustainability through research can happen. The blog covers many topics, including: agriculture and food, health and disease and water and sanitation. For more information visit: http://stepscentre-thecrossing.blogspot.com/

WHERE HAVE ALL THE MALTHUSIANS GONE?
By: Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba, Rhodes College
To the extent that policymakers take away a sense of urgency to reform retirement institutions and potentially reevaluate military strategy, the recent spate of publications about aging is useful. But policymakers should not be misled into thinking that the population tide has turned and resources for education, development, and family planning are no longer necessary. While global population growth is slowing, it has not stopped, and the political and economic consequences of continued growth and youthful age structures across most of the Global South will be dire.
http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/2010/11/guest-contributor-jennifer-sciubba.html

THE NEW SECURITY BEAT
Look to the new security Beat for more blog post and headlines of interest such as: “Eye on Environmental Security: Mapping the “Republic of NGOs” in Haiti”, “China’s Biggest Environmental Stories of 2010/11” and “Pop Audio: Elizabeth Malone on Climate Change and Glacial Melt in High Asia.” http://newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/

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5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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CUSA’s 2011 HUMAN SECURITY AWARD- ALEXANDRA COUSTEAU
The Center for Unconventional Security Affairs at the University of California Irvine will be presenting the 2011 Human Security Award to Alexandra Cousteau on May 4th, 2011 at the Irvine Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center of the National Academies of Sciences and Engineering. Alexandra Cousteau, granddaughter of Jacques Cousteau, founded an initiative called Blue Legacy in 2008 in order to inspire people to take action on critical water issues.  Alexandra Cousteau and her international Expedition Blue Planet team recently made a 14,500-mile journey across North America investigating global water issues in one of the world’s leading economies. For more information visit: www.cusa.uci.edu

REVIEW OF POLICY RESEARCH- Call for Contributions:
Review of Policy Research (RPR) is the official journal of the Science, Technology and Environmental Politics (STEP) section of the American Political Science Association. In August 2010, Christopher Gore, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada, became the new editor of RPR. Chris encourages the submission of manuscripts from natural and social scientists that examine the politics and policy of science, technology and environmental issues. RPR also strongly encourages comparative, international, and interdisciplinary research.  Submissions examining the convergence and divergence of STE policies and responses within and between local, sub-national, regional, and national jurisdictions and authorities are strongly encouraged. At the same time, manuscripts analyzing single issues or single jurisdictions, or theoretical debates are welcome as they remain critical to developing deeper understandings of the interrelationships between social, political and economic forces influencing STE outcomes. 
RPR publishes original and review articles, and book reviews. Examples of articles forthcoming in Volume 28, Issue 1, include “Signed but not ratified: Limits to U.S. participation in international environmental agreements” by Guri Bang, and “The Contours of ‘Cap and Trade’: The evolution of emissions trading systems for greenhouse gases” by Michele Betsill and Matthew Hoffman. Please read the author guidelines for further information: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/10.1111/(ISSN)1541-1338 or contact the editor directly with questions (chris.gore@ryerson.ca). If ISA-ESS members have ideas for special issues, they are also encouraged to write to the editor. RPR is committed to a rigorous, fast review process.
Lastly, RPR is very happy to announce that the journal has recently been accepted into Thomson Reuters Scientific Information (ISI). The journal will be covered in their Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) and Current Contents: Social + Behavioral Sciences.  

CALL FOR PAPERS: WATER AND SANITATION SYMPOSIUM 2011
Some for All? Pathways and Politics in Water and Sanitation since New Delhi, 1990

Liquid Dynamics II, STEPS Centre Water and Sanitation Symposium, March 22 – 23, 2011, The Institute of Development Studies, Sussex University. Keynote and plenary speakers will include: Gourishankar Ghosh, Jon Lane, Erik Swyngedouw and James Winpenny.
Participation and Submitting a paper: If you would like to present a paper addressing the themes of the symposium (or simply attend the event), please send an e-mail and short abstract (max. 1-page) to Naomi Vernon (N.Vernon@ids.ac.uk) by 14th February. 
Publication of conference presentations: We hope to publish an IDS Bulletin or a special issue of a key journal using the presentations and discussions at this symposium, the conclusions of which we hope will speak to Rio + 20 debates and events and meetings in the run-up to 2015 and the post-MDG discussions.  For more information visit: http://www.steps-centre.org/events/watersym2011.html

EARTH SYSTEM GOVERNANCE PROJECT’S ONLINE WORKING PAPER SERIES
The Earth System Governance Project has launched a new online working paper series. This series is open to all colleagues who seek to contribute to the research agenda of the Project and its Science and Implementation Plan. In addition to regular scientific texts, the working paper format allows for publications of ideas and concepts that are not yet fully developed into a comprehensive journal article. All papers will be peer-reviewed. The Earth System Governance Project does not assume the copyright for working papers, and we expect that most working papers will eventually find their way into scientific journals or become chapters in edited volumes. For the current list of working papers and for more information on the submission procedure and guidelines for contributors, please see http://www.earthsystemgovernance.org/publications/working%20papers.

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.

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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

SUSTAINABILITY PROJECTS COORDINATOR
MIT – Sustainability Program, EHS Headquarters Office
Objective: To assist in developing and implementing community engagement, communication, and educational outreach programs that support MIT’s ambitious campus sustainability goals and objectives. Duties include assisting with the development and implementation of strategies and programs to engage the wider community in energy conservation and efficiency, resource reduction, and other sustainable practices; developing educational information and outreach resources; reporting, publicizing, promoting, and communicating through events, websites, reports, and other tools; assisting in the development of approaches and metrics to measure and monitor impact of community engagement; coordinating, aligning with institutional priorities, and managing student collaborations and projects; serving on and providing organizational support for various working groups; assisting with special projects; supporting the coordination of staff, faculty, and student sustainability efforts; and providing general office and program management support. 

Sustainability Program information available at http://ehs.mit.edu/site/sustainability.
Requirements: bachelor’s degree in a related field and at least four years of professional experience (master’s and at least two years’ experience preferred); and demonstrated experience in university (or similar institution) sustainability programs, particularly project management, community engagement, behavior change, communications development, and website content management. The following are also desired: strong interpersonal skills; excellent oral and written communication and public speaking skills; knowledge of community organizing and behavior change strategies; ability to build coalitions; ability to organize and successfully execute events related to sustainability activities, education, and awareness; strong analytic andstrategic planning skills; advanced understanding of energy, environmental, and sustainability issues; demonstrated evidence serving as a team player; and familiarity with web content development and management and website design and development. MIT-00007406-O 

This is a two year appointment with the possibility conversion to permanent depending upon funding. Apply on-line at: http://sh.webhire.com/servlet/av/jd?ai=631&sn=I&ji=2506470

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7. STUDENT RESOURCES
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MASTERS PROGRAM IN SCIENCE, SOCIETY AND DEVELOPMENT
Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex
Focusing on such pressing practical and policy questions in health, environment and agriculture, this programme provides students with a solid grounding in development concepts and theories, in combination with an understanding of the politics and governance of scientific knowledge and policy processes. Through exploring a combination of theoretical and practical perspectives, this MA degree asks how science and technology can contribute to poverty reduction, social justice and environmental sustainability in the developing world.
The programme, hosted by the Knowledge, Technology and Society (KNOTS) team at IDS, is linked to an IDS-SPRU (Science and Technology Policy Research) research centre called Social, Technological and Environmental Pathways to Sustainability (STEPS). Throughout the programme, students work with individual supervisors who have a wide range of disciplinary and professional backgrounds and extensive experience in the developing world.
For more information visit: http://www.ids.ac.uk/go/teaching/postgraduate-programmes/ma-science-society-and-development

INTERNSHIPS IN ENVIRONMENTAL & LONG-TERM POLICY
We invite applications for internships in support of our research on international and comparative environmental policy, the effectiveness and management of long-term policies, as well as modeling of political decisions.
Our activities include

• basic and applied research,
• collaboration with research groups on the national, European, and global levels,
• work on national, European, and international advisory boards,
• teaching, as well as
• consultancy for decision-makers.

Typically, interns will support research, publication, and administrative activities. They will be able to set aside time to work on their own projects, e.g. their M.A. thesis. Interns will receive full access to the infrastructure and facilities of the institute.
We are particularly interested in students of political science, economics, law, related social science disciplines, as well as those with a transdisciplinary background, yet outstanding candidates with different backgrounds will be considered. Command of the English language is required. Familiarity with environmental policy, long-term policy issues, and/or social science methodology are desirable, but not a prerequisite.
The institute regrets that it cannot offer financial support, yet interns have proven highly successful in their subsequent professional life.
Further information can be found at http://www.sprinz.org. Applications and inquiries, including a short letter of motivation and a curriculum vitae, are accepted on a continuing basis. They should be directed to: Detlef Sprinz, Ph.D.
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
– Transdisciplinary Concepts & Methods –
dsprinz@pik-potsdam.de
www.sprinz.org