Newsletter February 2009

Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association, Newsletter, February 2009

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Editors: Richard Matthew and Bryan McDonald, 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 May 2009. We tend to follow a Winter, Spring and Fall 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 Bryan McDonald. 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 [AT] uci.edu.

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CONTENTS

1. ESS SECTION NEWS
2. NEW PUBLICATIONS
• 2.1. BOOKS
• 2.2. ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
3. ON THE WEB
4. CAREER RESOURCES
• 4.1. JOBS
• 4.2. OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES
5. UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
6. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS

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1. ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES SECTION NEWS
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NOTES FROM THE SECTION CHAIR

Hi Folks:
I wanted to make sure that you’re aware of Environmental Studies Section events at this year’s ISA conference.

Business Meeting and Reception
Most important are our business meeting and reception, at different times than usual because of the odd scheduling of this year’s conference. You can find the location in the conference program.

ESS Business Meeting: Tuesday, February 17th, 6:15 p.m.
ESS Reception: Tuesday, February 17th, 7:15 p.m.

Come vote for ESS officers, hear about section prize recipients, and weigh in on other important and interesting ISA and ESS plans and proposals and eat yummy food, and hang out with the most sociable section at ISA.
Thanks to MIT Press Journals, Ashgate Press, and the Center for Unconventional Security Affairs (at UC Irvine) for their co-sponsorship of our reception; thanks to them we’ll have yummy food to eat.
And please let me know (edesombr@wellesley.edu) ASAP if you have any items you’d like included on the agenda at the business meeting.

Elections
We’ll have a full and competitive slate of candidates for section offices again this year (including election of a new section chair!) and will be conducting the election primarily at the conference. Please show up to the business meeting to vote! A ballot will be sent out electronically in advance for those of you who are not attending the meeting; please only vote by this method if you’re not able to attend the meeting in person.
I look forward to seeing most of you at the conference in New York!

UPCOMING ISA CONFERENCES (http://www.isanet.org/conventions/)
International Studies Association, 2010 Annual Convention, February 17-20, 2010, New Orleans.

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2. NEW PUBLICATIONS
2.1. BOOKS
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Hans Günter Brauch, Úrsula Oswald Spring, John Grin, Czeslaw Mesjasz, Patricia Kameri-Mbote, Navnita Chadha Behera, Béchir Chourou, Heinz Krummenacher (Eds.): Facing Global Environmental Change: Environmental, Human, Energy, Food, Health and Water Security Concepts . Hexagon Series on Human and Environmental Security and Peace, vol. 4 (Berlin – Heidelberg – New York: Springer-Verlag, 2009).

About FACING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE: This policy-focused, global and multidisciplinary security handbook on Facing Global Environmental Change addresses new security threats of the 21st century posed by climate change, desertification, water stress, population growth and urbanization. These security dangers and concerns lead to migration, crises and conflicts. They are on the agenda of the UN, OECD, OSCE, NATO and EU. In 100 chapters, 129 authors from 49 countries analyze the global debate on environmental, human and gender, energy, food, livelihood, health and water security concepts and policy problems. In 10 parts they discuss the context and the securitization of global environmental change and of extreme natural and societal outcomes. They suggest a new research programme to move from knowledge to action, from reactive to proactive policies and to explore the opportunities of environmental cooperation for a new peace policy.

Antonio Franceschet (ed.) The Ethics of Global Governance (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009).

Lada V. Kochtcheeva. Comparative Environmental Regulation in the United States and Russia: Institutions, Flexible Instruments, and Governance (SUNY Press, 2009).

Kate O’Neill. The Environment and International Relations. (Cambridge University Press, 2009).

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2.2. ARTICLES, CHAPTERS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Hammill, Anne, Richard Matthew and Elissa McCarter. “Microfinance and Climate Change Adaptation.” IDS Bulletin Volume 39 Number 4 September 2008.

Paul G. Harris. “Beyond Bush: Environmental Politics and Prospects for U.S. Climate Policy.” Energy Policy (pre-published online: doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2008.10.042).

Paul G. Harris. “China’s Road to Destruction: Following the West on Global Warming.” Global Asia, vol. 3, no. 4 (Winter 2008): 88-95.

Paul G. Harris. “The Glacial Politics of Climate Change.” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 21, no. 4 (December 2008):
455-464.

Paul G. Harris. “Constructing the Climate Regime.” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, vol. 21, no. 4 (December 2008): 671-672.

Paul G. Harris. “Bringing the In-Between Back In: Foreign Policy in Global Environmental Politics.” Politics & Policy, vol. 36, no. 6 (December 2008): 914-943.

Paul G. Harris. “Climate Change and Global Citizenship.” Law & Policy, vol. 30, no. 4 (October 2008): 481-501.

Paul G. Harris. “Green or Brown? Environmental Attitudes and Governance in Greater China.” Nature & Culture, vol. 3, no. 2 (Autumn 2008):
151-182.

Paul G. Harris. “Implementing Climate Justice.” Journal of Global Ethics, vol. 4, no. 2 (August 2008): 121-140.

Paul G. Harris. “Climate Change and the Impotence of International Environmental Law: Seeking a Cosmopolitan Cure.” Penn State Environmental Law Review, vol. 16, no. 2 (Winter 2008): 323-368.

Matthew, Richard A., Bryan McDonald and Heather Goldsworthy. “Environmental Ethics,” in Antonio Franceschet (ed.) The Ethics of Global Governance (Boulder: Lynne Rienner, 2009).

Brian O’Neill, Simone Pulver, Stacy VanDeveer and Yaakov Garb (eds.) “Focus Section” on “Global Environmental Scenarios” in the most recent issue of Environmental Research Letters (Dec 08) see http://www.iop.org/EJ/toc/1748-9326/3/4

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3. ON THE WEB
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THE NEW SECURITY BEAT – The New Security Beat Blog Identifies Today’s New Security Threats. Security is much more than fighting terrorism or weapons of mass destruction. The New Security Beat, ECSP’s blog, provides frequent commentary on the latest news, reports, and resources on the crucial connections among population, environment, and security. Contributors include ECSP staff members, as well as guest commentators such as Major Shannon Beebe (USA) and Department of Defense Policy Planning Consultant Jennifer Dabbs Sciubba. The New Security Beat also features an original podcast series with Wilson Center speakers, such as UNAIDS Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot; retired colonel Dr. Kent Hughes Butts on environmental security; and lead author of UNFPA’s State of World Population 2007 report George Martine on urbanization. http://www.newsecuritybeat.blogspot.com/

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4. CAREER RESOURCES
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You can find a range of career and job search resources on the Environmental Studies section website at: http://environmental-studies.org/?page_id=82

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4.1. JOBS
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ASSOCIATE/FULL WATER RESOURCES SPECIALIST IN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION AND ASSOCIATE/FULL PROFESSOR (Robert Hagan Endowed Chair), UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
The Department of Land, Air and Water Resources and the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of California, Davis invites applications from outstanding scholars for the Robert Hagan Endowed Chair. The position is at the level of Associate or Full Water Resources Specialist in Cooperative Extension (80%), with a partial appointment (20%) as Associate or Full Professor of Water Resources. We are interested in a broadly trained and experienced scientist to conduct water resources management research related to environmental and agricultural sustainability. The appointee will provide leadership in the integration of hydrologic sciences into water resources management and policy and teach one course per year. Potential research and extension areas include effects of climate change on water resources and consequent water management strategies, sustainable use and management practices for irrigated agriculture, impacts of new legal or institutional paradigms of water policy, evaluation of new management and policy structures to accomplish water quality sustainability, agricultural water conservation to mitigate increasing water scarcity, and land and water management strategies to manage water and soil salinity. A Ph.D. in hydrology, water resources, geosciences, civil engineering or a closely related discipline is required. For additional information concerning the position and to submit application materials, please visit https://secure.caes.ucdavis.edu/Recruitment/PositionDetails.aspx?PositionID=28. Please include: curriculum vitae, description of current and projected research, summary of teaching and outreach interests and experience, and up to three publications, all in PDF format. Applicants should arrange for three letters of reference to be sent directly to Dr. Graham E. Fogg, Search Committee Chair, LAWR, University of California, Davis, 1 Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616. Letters may also be sent via e-mail to crcantlin@ucdavis.edu. Closing Date: February 2, 2009. Open until filled, but all application materials, including letters of recommendation, must be received by March 5, 2009 to assure full consideration. UC Davis is an affirmative action/equal employment opportunity employer and is dedicated to recruiting a diverse faculty community. We welcome all qualified applicants to apply, including women, minorities, veterans, and individuals with disabilities

UCI ENVIRONMENT INSTITUTE
The UCI Environment Institute: Global Change, Energy and Sustainable Resources is recruiting faculty at the level of Assistant (tenure track) to Full (tenured) Professor. These positions represent part of the initial allocation of eight faculty to be affiliated with the Institute and participate in its planning. These faculty will teach and maintain research labs in their primary departments within the School of Biological Sciences, School of Physical Sciences, or Henry Samueli School of Engineering. Future recruitments may involve additional Schools. UC Irvine seeks to build on its strengths in environmental research and develop broad, campus-wide collaborations that relate global change, energy, and sustainable resources to societal needs. This recruitment addresses the areas of interest listed below. Applications (CV, statement of research interest, contact information for three references, and three recent publications) should be submitted to the UC Irvine recruitment system at https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/. Selection will begin 12 January 2009 and remain open until the positions are filled. Related faculty positions are available within the Henry Samueli School of Engineering, School of Biological Sciences and School of Physical Sciences. See: http://environment.uci.edu/recruiting.php

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4.2. OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS AND RECENT GRADUATES
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COMPTON FOUNDATION/PRB INTERNATIONAL FELLOWSHIP
“Population, Environment, and Human Security.” Since 2001 the Compton Foundation and the Population Reference Bureau (PRB) have collaborated to increase the capacity of outstanding graduate students from sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America to affect policy and/or improve the effectiveness of population, family planning, and reproductive health programs in the developing world. In the spirit of this collaboration and to fulfill its objectives, the Compton Foundation is making available Fellowships through PRB for capstone/internship work and dissertation research on topics that examine the interactions linking family planning/reproductive health/population dynamics with environmental and/or human security issues. For further information about the Compton Foundation, or PRB please visit their respective websites at
www.comptonfoundation.org and www.prb.org. Deadline: February 16,2009.

NEW ONE-YEAR MSC POLITICAL SCIENCE IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE
This new programme is a unique combination of broad training in political science with intense specialised lectures and seminars on global environmental governance. In the first part of the programme, students will get a solid foundation in political theory, methods of political science, and international relations. In the second part, they will specialise in global environmental governance, with emphasis on the new actors, mechanisms and interlinkages in this important field of international relations. Students will finalise their studies with an MSc thesis, which may be written in conjunction with the many large-scale international research projects already underway at the Institute for Environmental Studies of the VU University Amsterdam. The Institute’s department on Environmental Policy Analysis was evaluated in 2007 as the top research department in the Netherlands in its field; students in this new MSc programme can also rely on the department’s extensive international networks, such as the Europe-wide Global Governance Project (glogov.org) and the worldwide Earth System Governance Project (earthsystemgovernance.org). The new MSc programme is demanding in its combination of a disciplinary focus on political science within a multidisciplinary field of study. It unites challenging academic work with the search for practical solutions and policy reform. It is targeted at students with both academic and practical career objectives, and it is decidedly international in approach. Moreover, as a one-year programme it can be particularly appealing to those who may prefer a shorter timeframe for their academic pursuits. Finally, it is located in one of the most fascinating cities in Europe, known not only for its vibrant cultural life and architectural beauty, but also for its strong environmental policies, with more bicycles per inhabitant than cars. The new MSc Political Science (Global Environmental Governance) requires a BSc degree or equivalent in a social science, preferably political science. The programme is taught in English. More information is available at http://www.fsw.vu.nl/nl/opleidingen/masteropleidingen/political-science-global-environmental-governance/index.asp. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2009 for non-European students, and 1 April for students from Europe.

SOCIAL SCIENCE POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW (INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT)
The Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations and the Environmental Science and Policy (ENSP) Program at the College of William and Mary invite applicants for a two-year post doctoral position, sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The position is open to candidates from all the social sciences. The successful candidate will have expertise in either international development policy or environmental policy. Having research or teaching expertise/interests at the intersection of environment and development is preferred, but not necessary. The post doctoral fellow will be mentored (in research and teaching) by senior scholars at the Institute and ENSP, will have time to work on his/her own research, teach one class per semester (including some team teaching), mentor undergraduates in publication-quality research experiences, and contribute to ongoing research projects at the Institute. The successful candidate would have access to the Project Level Aid (PLAID) database of foreign aid projects and would be included in collaborative research projects using that data. The College of William & Mary, the second oldest university in the United States, is one of the nation’s most selective institutions. It enrolls approximately 5,000 undergraduates and 2,500 graduate and professional school students. Compensation includes salary ($43,000-$50,000 per year) a research budget, travel budget, and computer. Fellowship period begins in summer 2009. Application materials include a letter of application, a current CV, a statement of research interests, copy of transcripts, at least three letters of recommendation, a statement summarizing teaching experience and philosophy, and samples of scholarly writing. Please send materials to Michael J. Tierney, Director, Institute for the Theory and Practice of International Relations, College of William & Mary, P.O. Box 8795, Williamsburg, VA 23187-8795. If you have questions, email to mjtier@wm.edu. Review will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled. The College of William & Mary is an EEO/AA employer.

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5. UPCOMING CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS
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CHINA AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE: CALL FOR CONFERENCE PAPERS
“China and Global Climate Change: Reconciling International Fairness and Protection of the Atmospheric Commons,” 18-19 June 2009, Lingnan University, Hong Kong, China. The Centre for Asian Pacific Studies and the Environmental Studies Programme at Lingnan University, Hong Kong, are jointly organizing a conference on CHINA AND GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE. The conference will address the problem of how to reconcile China’s growing greenhouse gas emissions with the Chinese government’s unwillingness to join binding international commitments to reduce those emissions. Since the start of international negotiations on climate change in the 1980s, the Chinese government has refused to be bound by commitments to limit its pollution of the atmosphere. This refusal is based on the historical responsibility of the world’s wealthy countries for past emissions and China’s status as a developing country. President Hu Jintao recently reaffirmed that China will not commit to mandatory emissions-reduction targets before the world’s wealthy countries take the lead in addressing global climate change. He has also called on affluent countries to pay for emissions limitations in China and other developing countries. Alongside these Chinese concerns about justice and historical responsibility is the new reality that China has become the largest national source of pollution causing climate change. Without China’s involvement, notably limitations in its future greenhouse gas emissions, international efforts to mitigate global warming substantially are unlikely to succeed. This comes against the backdrop of increasing concerns among atmospheric scientists that global warming is happening more quickly than predicted, that climate change will be more severe than anticipated, and that the poorest countries and people of the world will experience monumental suffering in coming decades as a consequence.

This conference seeks to assess how China’s longstanding concerns about international fairness and justice can be squared against the pressing need for an effective international regime that limits greenhouse gas emissions – including those from China.Deadline 9 February 2009. More information at: http://www.ln.edu.hk/caps/conference.php

INTERNATIONAL HUMAN ECOLOGY CONFERENCE
The next major international human ecology conference will take place at the Manchester University, UK, June 29th – July 3rd, 2009. Copies of the general announcement and “first call for participation” are attached below. Additional information is also available on the Society for Human Ecology (SHE) web-site www.societyforhumanecology.org

ISA-WEST 2009 CALL FOR PAPERS
ISA-West 2009 will be held in San Francisco, California on September 25-26, 2009. The 2009 conference will continue ISA-West’s work with the International Ethics Section of the ISA, the Active Learning in International Studies Section of the ISA, and Women in International Security to bring in exciting roundtables, knowledgeable speakers, and practical applications of International Relations scholarship. As always, ISA-West welcomes submissions from all areas within international relations and comparative politics across disciplines. ISA-West also welcomes pedagogical proposals, roundtables, and full panel proposals. Panel proposals should have 3-4 papers, a chair and a discussant. The 2009 conference will also continue ISA-West’s scholarly and activist exploration of questions of ethics in International Relations. The deadline for the conference is May 1, 2009. See: http://www.isawest.org/

11TH INTERNATIONAL WILDLIFE LAW CONFERENCE
The 11th International Wildlife Law Conference will take place on March 26-27, 2009 at Stetson University’s School of Law. The agenda for the conference is at www.regonline/wildlife2009.

SECOND INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ACADEMIC GLOBALIZATION
Second International Symposium on Academic Globalization: AG 2009 July 10th – 13th, 2009 – Orlando, Florida, USA http://www.ICTconfer.org/ag. New set of Deadlines: February 11th, 2009: papers/abstracts submissions and Invited Sessions Proposals March 23rd, 2009: Authors Notification May 27th, 2009: Camera ready, final version.

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6. NEWS AND ANNOUNCEMENTS
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BOOK REVIEW EDITOR VACANCY – INTERNATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL AGREEMENTS: POLITICS, LAW AND ECONOMICS
International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics (published by Springer, ISI ranked as of 2009) is looking for Book Review Editors in the fields of political science and economics. Responsibilities of the Book Review Editor include the maintenance of contacts with publishers (e.g. regular requests of recently published books); contacts with book reviewers (e.g. sending out regular calls for reviews; sending books to qualified reviewers; ensuring deadlines are reached); and editing and approving incoming book reviews.
Necessary qualifications include good (English) language skills; efficiency; affinity with the fields of political science and/or economics; and affinity with the journal. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2009. Please send your application, together with a short curriculum vitae to the journal’s Managing Editor, Harro van Asselt (harro.van.asselt@ivm.vu.nl).

CHINA ENVIRONMENT FORUM
“Temperatures Rising: Climate Change, Water and the Himalayas.” February 12 2009, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. The Himalayas in the Tibetan Plateau and Karakoram North Pakistan, whose glaciers supply water to some 40 percent of the worldâ s population, are a climate change hotspot. The Tibetan Plateau has experienced a 1 degree Celsius temperature rise in the past decade alone. The 40,000+ glaciers in Chinaâ s Himalayas are in rapid retreat, posing grave environmental and human health threats and the prospect of catastrophic water shortages. Chinaâ s foremost glacier scientist, Yao Tandong, predicts that Chinaâ s glaciers will disappear by 2050, while the UN Intergovernmental Panel estimates they may be gone by 2035. In Northern Pakistan, temperature increases are leading glaciers to expand, which also poses environmental and water challenges. The three speakers will address the impact of climate change on the vulnerable ecosystems and communities in the Himalayas both in China and Pakistan and discuss current efforts to mitigate threats to the melting glaciers. See: http://www.wilsoncenter.org/index.cfm?topic_id=1421&fuseaction=topics.event&event_id=502564