ISEE- 50 Days FREE Access to Legal Institutions and Ecological Economics October 22, 201850 Days’ free access to Legal Institutions and Ecological Economics: Their Common Contribution for Achieving a Sustainable Development (Volker Mauerhofer) is now available online, containing full bibliographic details. For access, click this link before December 09, 2018 you will be taken directly … Continue reading → The post 50 Days FREE Access to Legal Institutions and Ecological […]
- Job Opportunity Chair (W2) of Business Management October 19, 2018Chair of Business Management, esp. Corporate Biodiversity Management at TU Dresden, Germany As part of the Tenure Track Programme of the German Federal Government and the Federal States (Tenure Track Programme), the International Institute Zittau at Technische Universität Dresden, Germany, … Continue reading → The post Job Opportunity Chair (W2) of Business Management appeared first […]
- Amazonia and the Setbacks of Brazil’s Political Moment Commentary October 16, 2018ISEE member, Philip Fearnside, provides commentary on 12 October 2018 on Amazonia and the setbacks of Brazil’s political moment. The commentary begins…. Brazil’s presidential election has created virulent polarization in the country with consequences for the Amazon. Right-wing candidate Jair Bolsonaro won … Continue reading → The post Amazonia and the Setbacks of Brazil’s Political Moment Commentary […]
- Computational Sustainability and Sustainable Systems Engineering Position October 8, 2018Computational Sustainability and Sustainable Systems Engineering WORK TYPE: Faculty Full-Time LOCATION: Main Campus (Gainesville, FL) CATEGORIES: Engineering/Computer Science/Environmental Science/Ecology DEPARTMENT: 19070000 – EG-ENG SCH SUSTAIN INFRST ENV CLASSIFICATION TITLE: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor Job Description: The Engineering School of Sustainable Infrastructure and Environment (ESSIE) … Continue reading → The post Computational Sustainability and Sustainable Systems Engineering Position appeared first […]
- Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity October 1, 2018Just published: An edited volume titled “Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity”, edited by Sharachchandra Lele, Eduardo S. Brondizio, John Byrne, Georgina M. Mace and Joan Martinez-Alier and published by MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass. The book is the result … Continue reading → The post Rethinking Environmentalism: Linking Justice, Sustainability, and Diversity appeared first […]
- Puebla, ISEE2018 Conference, Inauguration Address September 26, 2018Puebla, ISEE2018 Conference, Inauguration Address Clóvis Cavalcanti, ISEE President Dear friends, With great honor and joy, I ask your permission and the organizers’, in the name of their coordinator, my old friend David Barkin, to offer you a few words … Continue reading → The post Puebla, ISEE2018 Conference, Inauguration Address appeared first on The […]
- Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability September 26, 2018Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability Volume 34, October 2018, Pages 26-32 Gender equality, food security and the sustainable development goals by Bina Agarwal Abstract This paper examines the potential and limitations of SDG 5 (Gender Equality) in helping to achieve household food … Continue reading → The post Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability appeared first on The […]
- ReBirth: Trip to Vicente Guerrero September 19, 2018Prior to ISEE2018 Conference in Puebla, Mexico, a visit to Vicente Guerrero peasant community was arranged. Here is a report from a participant. Rebirth: Trip to Vicente Guerrero by Oliver Braunschweig* Rebirth, I would say, is the theme of the … Continue reading → The post ReBirth: Trip to Vicente Guerrero appeared first on The […]
- World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity September 11, 2018World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity Posted by Stuart Scott, ISEE Strategist, stuart.h.scott@gmail.com I have been collaborating with the group that issued the World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity – Second Notice in December 2017. The result was the ScientistsWarning.org website which … Continue reading → The post World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity appeared first on The […]
- September 24 Deadline for COP-24 September 11, 2018Posted by Stuart Scott, ISEE Strategist COP-24 This year the ISEE has been granted provisional* Observer status to the UNFCCC climate negotiations. I applied for this status, with Anne Aitken’s assistance, and I am now the DCP (Designated Focal Point) … Continue reading → The post September 24 Deadline for COP-24 appeared first on The […]
- 50 Days FREE Access to Legal Institutions and Ecological Economics October 22, 2018
Category Archives: Research
University of British Columbia has 7 Research Opportunities
The Food Systems PRISM Lab (www.prismlab.weebly.com) at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan is seeking high-caliber undergraduate, Masters, PhD and Postdoctoral researchers who have a strong interest in research and publication in the field of food system sustainability. Students … Continue reading
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Tagged agri-food, British Columbia, canadian egg industry, ghg emissions, irrigation water, life cycle, msc project, net energy, nitrogen efficiency, okanagan, prism, prismlab, sustainable feed formulation, university
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Political Economy of Electricity Provision Research Fellow
Research Fellow, in the Political Economy of Electricity Provision Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have a background in economics, political economy, economic geography or ecological economics, and an interest in energy studies? Do … Continue reading
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Tagged andrew brown, Economics, Julia Steinberger, leeds university business school, Leverhulme Research Leadership, lili, living well within limits, research fellow
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Deep-Learning Postdoctoral or Faculty Researcher
Deep-Learning Faculty Researcher Vermont EPSCoR is recruiting a research assistant professor with expertise in machine learning and complex systems modeling to join our NSF-funded research on Basin Resilience to Extreme Events (BREE). We are in the second year of a … Continue reading
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Senior Researcher in Natural Resource Economics
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT Senior Researcher in Natural Resource Economics Policy Analysis Group College of Natural Resources University of Idaho The University of Idaho invites applications for a Senior Researcher to join the Policy Analysis Group in the College of Natural Resources … Continue reading
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Tagged grazing, natural resources, policy analysis group, Senior Researcher, timber, university idaho, Water, wildlife
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the field of Deliberative Environmental Valuation
Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT), Bremen The Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology (ZMT) in Bremen is a member of the Leibniz Association, which is supported by the German Federal and State Governments. Through its research, ZMT contributes … Continue reading
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Tagged Achim Schluter, Deliberative Environmental Valuation, Douglas MacMillan, Leibniz Center, Leibniz Center for Tropical Marine Ecology, Macmillan, ZMT
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Energy and the Post-Carbon Economy Researcher Vacancies
Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Researchers Energy and the Post-Carbon Economy The department of Environmental Studies at the Faculty of Social Studies (FSS) of Masaryk University (MU) is inviting applications for one full time doctoral and one post-doctoral researcher Situated in Brno, … Continue reading
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Tagged czech republic, Economy, energy, masaryk university, post-carbon
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PhD student to conduct research in the field of environmental economics at the University of Southampton
Project Title: Preferences for ecosystem services Apply Now: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/geography/postgraduate/research_degrees/apply.page? Project Supervisor(s): Dr M Schaafsma (School of Geography), Dr E Mentzakis (Economics Division, Social Sciences) Email Enquiry: For informal inquiries, please contact Marije Schaafsma: M.Schaafsma@soton.ac.uk Weblink: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/geography/postgraduate/research_degrees/studentships.page Application Deadline: 31 December … Continue reading
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Institute for New Economic Thinking Announces 6th Grant Round
The Institute for New Economic Thinking aims to foster open discourse and to advance new thinking on economic issues and theory. The Institute’s notion of new economic thinking is deliberately open and non-dogmatic. Our hope is to support research … Continue reading
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CROP International Studies in Poverty Prize 2014
CROP in cooperation with Zed Books, requests entries for the CROP International Studies in Poverty Prize 2014. Deadline: August 31, 2014 We seek original, high-quality, alternative and critical academic manuscripts. Works challenging the dominant thinking and knowledge about poverty and … Continue reading
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Response to Roy Morrison Article by David Barkin
Original Morrison posting. The note by Roy Morrison in a recent issue of the ISEE weekly bulletin (12 June 2014) poses serious questions for our Society. His affirmation that the way to achieve sustainability and end (sic!) poverty, is to … Continue reading
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Population Growth: A Multiplier of All Problems
Population Growth: A Multiplier of All ProblemsSummary Conclusions of Recent Research by Population Matters Conclusion and Recommendations Stable or reducing populations are an essential pre-condition for economic, social and biophysical sustainability – population growth makes all UK and global problems … Continue reading
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Centre for Science and Environment
The Centre for Science and Environment is one of India’s leading environmental NGOs with a deep interest in sustainable natural resource management. CSE’s strategy of “knowledge based activism” has won it wide respect and admiration for the quality of its … Continue reading
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Centre for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy
The Center for the Advancement of the Steady State Economy (CASSE) is a tax-exempt organization dedicated to advocating a sustainable economy with stabilized population and consumption. This economy is called a “steady state economy.” The purposes of CASSE are to: … Continue reading
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