28 Environmental Studies jobs

  Dalhousie University Limited Term Appointment, Marine Affairs Program https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/7891 The Marine Affairs Program in the Faculty of Science invites applications for a 24-month, Limited Term Appointment (100% FTE), at the rank of Assistant Professor, commencing 1 July 2022. Candidates should have experience in community-engaged research and collaborative learning approaches. As Canada’s leading interdisciplinary program in marine management, Marine Affairs is committed to diversity, inclusion, and outreach. With active participation from six faculties (Science, Management, Arts and Social Science, Architecture & Planning, Law, and Engineering), and alumni from over 60 countries, Marine Affairs is an international leader in ocean research and teaching. Marine Affairs offers the Master of Marine Management (MMM) degree, a sixteen-month graduate program that provides a cross-cultural learning environment to advance the...

  Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Global Environment   George Mason University’s Global Affairs Program (GLOA) and School of Integrative Studies (SIS) invite applicants for a full-time tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Global Environment to start August 2022. The tenure home of this position is GLOA. GLOA and SIS seek applicants whose research and teaching are in at least one of the following areas: climate change, energy, environmental justice, environmental migration, environmental policy and governance, environmental security, global environmental regimes, race and the environment, social ecology, and/or sustainability. Pertinent disciplinary backgrounds would include, but not be limited to, environment and sustainability, science and technology studies, public policy, global studies, international relations, sociology, geography, political science, or closely related fields. Preference will be given to those who complement...

Deerfield Academy seeks a Teacher of Chemistry and Biology to start on August 17, 2022. We are looking for a teacher who exhibits excellence in the classroom, cares deeply about the welfare of our students, and is interested in working collaboratively with colleagues. Deerfield teachers enjoy an outstanding work environment and excellent benefits, and engage with students who are eager to learn. Deerfield actively seeks to increase the diversity of its faculty and develop an inclusive community. Interested candidates should be enthusiastic about living in close proximity to teenagers and working with students both in and outside of the classroom.      ABOUT DEERFIELD:   Deerfield offers an unmatched environment for teaching.  Near the Five Colleges (Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Hampshire College, and UMass Amherst), Deerfield’s 300-acre campus hosts exceptional facilities that enable powerful teaching both in and out of the classroom. Our students are engaging and...

Environmental Science—Search #67912 College of Science and Mathematics / Institute for Coastal Plain Science The James H. Oliver, Jr., Institute for Coastal Plain Science (ICPS) in the College of Science and Mathematics invites applications and nominations for the position of tenure-track Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. Founded in 1906, Georgia Southern University is a Carnegie Doctoral/R2 institution with a focus on public-impact research, serving about 27,000 students on three beautiful campuses in Statesboro, Savannah, and Hinesville, and via a growing online program. Through our degree offerings at the associate's, bachelor's, master's and doctoral levels, Georgia Southern offers a distinctive combination of community collaboration, world-class scholarship, innovative teaching, and hands-on learning opportunities. To equitably serve a fast growing and highly diverse student body and to fulfill the University's commitment to promoting diversity,...

Tenure Track Faculty Position in Environmental Justice University of California Los Angeles Requisition Number: JPF06969 JPF06969 - Tenure Track Faculty Position in Environmental Justice The UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability invites applications for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of environmental justice. We are interested in hiring a colleague who brings an interdisciplinary lens to understanding how one or more of the many dimensions of environmental racism and justice impact the lives of people in underserved communities. We welcome all methodological approaches but are especially interested in scholars who have a track record of on-the-ground engagement and community-based research and partnerships. We encourage applications from scholars who work on ecologies of marginalized communities, areas that include but are not limited to climate change and its effects; energy justice and a just transition; water...

  Vertebrate Pest Management Advisor Applied Research and Extension   Location Headquarters:  Napa County Serving Napa, Lake, and Solano Counties, California   PURPOSE:   The Vertebrate Pest Management Advisor will implement an innovative extension education and applied research program to address high priority needs and problems related to vertebrate pest impacts in annual and perennial crops. The advisor will be anticipated to work as a generalist with the ability to bring solutions for the broad variety of vertebrate pests impacting crops and production systems. The Advisor will complement the existing Pest Vertebrate CE Specialist and Wildlife and Human Conflicts Advisor in the ANR network. Accordingly, the advisor will work closely with UC ANR Wildlife and Pest Program Team, UC ANR IPM program, and specific annual and perennial crop work groups and program teams. This is an exciting opportunity to...

  The Department of Environmental Science (ENVS) is searching for an outstanding candidate to join our diverse and interdisciplinary faculty as a tenure-track Assistant Professor. The successful candidate will fill an exciting new research and teaching position focused on the interface of soil science, plant biology, global change, and sustainable above- and below-ground biomass production and carbon storage in relation to climate challenges and drought. We are particularly interested in candidates who characterize landscape structure and function at regional to global scales as affected by changing climate, with application to adaptation and mitigation measures. The incumbent will use an interdisciplinary field observatory, remote sensing, and/or modeling approach to predict, design, construct, restore, and/or sustainably manage soils and associated ecosystems in a way that meets the evolving needs of human society and the natural environment. Potential research focus...

  Summary: This search is designed to fill six (6) total tenure-line positions in Brooks College of Interdisciplinary Studies. Appointments may be joined with other Brooks College units, but primary appointments will serve the following areas: African & African American Studies, Digital Studies, Environmental & Sustainability Studies, and Integrative, Religious, & Intercultural Studies. As part of its abiding commitment to values of inclusion and equity, Brooks College is conducting a college-wide tenure-line search designed to increase curricular coverage of areas related to diversity and inclusion, promote inclusive teaching strategies, and support faculty retention. Successful candidates will have teaching and scholarly interests that span needs/priorities in two or more academic programs housed within Brooks College; increase curricular coverage of areas related to diversity and inclusion; and contribute to college and university goals with respect to...

  The Department of Environmental Health Sciences at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health seeks for a postdoctoral research scientist to conduct work related to climate epidemiology, including air pollution exposures, wildfires, power outages, and hurricanes, as well as environmental justice. Many job duties require the use of R Statistical Software, prior experience is required. -Clean datasets -Link spatial datasets over time -Conduct descriptive analyses of spatial data -Produce publication-quality figures -Conduct statistical analyses under supervision of mentors -Use GitHub for version control and to promote reproducibility -Complete literature searches and assist in manuscript writing - Attend group meetings Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran  

  LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Wilfrid Laurier University is located on the Haldimand tract, traditional territory of the Neutral, Anishinabe and Haudenosaunee peoples. This land is part of the Dish With One Spoon Treaty between the Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabe peoples and symbolizes the agreement to share, protect resources and not to engage in conflict. Today, this gathering place is home to many First Nations, Métis and Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. Laurier recognizes, honours and respects these nations as the traditional stewards of the lands and water on which Laurier is now present. POSITION DESCRIPTION Wilfrid Laurier University is pleased to announce the commencement of its Inclusive Excellence initiative to hire at least six Black full-time tenured and tenure-track scholars. We are truly passionate about this initiative, and our efforts to intentionally build a thriving community. As a multi-campus, multi-community university, Laurier...

  Launched in August 2020, the UCI Black Thriving Initiative (BTI) is the University of California, Irvine’s university-wide response to systemic racism. The BTI recognizes racism as an existential threat to the mission of the university and society at large. It mobilizes the entire campus to change the culture, harness the mission and engage communities to build a university where Black people thrive, including undergraduates and graduate students, faculty, and staff employees as well as alumni and communities served by UCI in California, the United States and around the world. For more information about the UCI Black Thriving Initiative, please visit  https://inclusion.uci.edu/uci-black-thriving-initiative/ . Building on UCI's enduring commitment to inclusive excellence, the BTI faculty cluster hire program leverages the University's research, teaching, and service mission to advance understanding about the multi-faceted...

  The Faculty of Geosciences and the Environment (FGSE) of the University of Lausanne invites applications for a professorship in 4D digital field and structural geology , to be based in the Institute of Earth Sciences (ISTE).  We are looking for a candidate capable of leveraging remote sensing technologies (e.g., UAV mapping, structure from motion, LiDAR, hyperspectral and thermal cameras, inSAR, airborne imagery, geophysics) to advance field-focused structural geology research. We are particularly interested in research aiming at understanding the formation of mountains, their transformations and rock deformation through space and time (4D) by linking surface observations with, for example, deep structural constraints offered by geophysics, structural geology concepts or process-based modelling. The ideal candidate has a strong collaborative spirit and is willing to develop scientific collaborations over multiple domains of expertise within the Earth...

  The Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab (QSEL) works on solutions that could advance well-being and economic growth through both access to energy, water and infrastructure as well as creating and enabling income generating opportunities in emerging economies.  In recent years, we have been increasingly asked to help identify opportunities and binding constraints at granular scale using national-scale data of populations, land-use, economic activity and infrastructure to support the ability of private sector and governments to leverage opportunity and address constraints. The incumbent will be contributing to ‘Using Data to Catalyze Energy Investments’, a Columbia World Project. Responsibilities: To utilize a combination of field data, utility data, existing survey data, imagery from satellites and ground-based cameras to characterize and classify agricultural lands, especially for presence and/or proximity of surface and shallow groundwater...

  The Quadracci Sustainable Engineering Lab (QSEL) works on solutions that could advance well-being and economic growth through both access to energy, water and infrastructure as well as creating and enabling income generating opportunities in emerging economies. In recent years, we have increasingly been asked to help identify opportunities and binding constraints at granular scale using national-scale data of populations, land-use, economic activity and infrastructure to support the ability of private sector and governments to leverage opportunity and address constraints. The incumbent will be contributing to ‘Using Data to Catalyze Energy Investments’, a Columbia World Project. Responsibilities: The primary job responsibilities of this position are to: 1) implement deep learning models for identifying cropland, seasonal changes in vegetation, distinguish between horticulture and cereal crops and possible use of irrigation. Inform on value of...

DEPARTMENT CHAIR and PROFESSOR in ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCE  The Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences ( www.umass.edu/sphhs/ ) at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, is seeking applicants for a tenure-line Full Professor and Department Chair that will provide exceptional leadership for the department. UMass Amherst is a doctoral-granting university with highest research activity (R1) and is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts.  About UMass Amherst UMass Amherst, the Commonwealth's flagship campus, is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450-acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts, and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges...

Young Investigator Award at the Environmental Research Institute of the State of São Paulo (IPA-SP) - Community-based Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction Job description The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP) intends to establish one Young Investigator Award to be carried out at the Environmental Research Institute of the State of São Paulo (IPA-SP) (embrace former Geological Institute of the State of São Paulo) on the subject of Development of Community-based Strategies for Disaster Risk Reduction. The Environmental Research Institute (IPA) is a research institution linked to the Infrastructure, and Environmental Secretariat of the Government of the State of São Paulo, which mission is related to the accomplishment of scientific researches in the environment, including Geosciences, Disaster Risk, among other areas, generating necessary knowledge to the implementation of public policies in the State of São Paulo....

Deadline:  31 Dec. 2021 Location:  Chengdu, Sichuan, China Salary:  No less than RMB 420,000 per year Hours:  Full Time                             Contract Type:  Fixed-Term/Contract The Institute of Fundamental and Frontier Sciences (IFFS) in University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (UESTC) located in the city of Chengdu has an ambitious plan for extending their research capabilities. There are several openings for faculty positions at early career (namely Assistant and Associate Professor) stages.  Based on the interdisciplinary nature of the IFFS the positions are available in the following fields: Quantum I nformation: Quantum communication, Quantum Software, Quantum Devices, Quantum Metrology . Integrated P hoton ic s :...

  College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Assistant Professor in Natural Resource Policy and Sustainable Landscapes Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Sciences (NRES)   WE TRANSFORM LIVES.   Everything we do is designed to improve the quality of life of the people in the state of Illinois, across the nation, and around the world. We discover, develop, translate, and disseminate knowledge to address societal concerns and train the next generation of experts and leaders in a way that empowers them to expand the boundaries of science to higher levels of understanding and influence. The University of Illinois is an Equal Opportunity, Affirmative Action employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability or veteran status. For...

  The Department of Environmental Health Sciences in the School of Public Health and Health Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst invites applications for a  full-time, academic-year (nine-month), tenure-line  position as Assistant Professor of Environmental Health Sciences. UMass Amherst is a doctoral-granting university with highest research activity (R1) and is the flagship campus of the University of Massachusetts. UMass Amherst is a nationally ranked public research university offering a full range of undergraduate, graduate, and professional degrees. The University sits on nearly 1,450 acres in the scenic Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts and offers a rich cultural environment in a bucolic setting close to major urban centers. In addition, the University is part of the Five Colleges (including Amherst College, Hampshire College, Mount Holyoke College, and Smith College), which adds to the intellectual energy of the region....

    Adjunct Faculty Title Earth Science Instructor Department Earth Science Job Type Adjunct Faculty Employee Type Part Time Academic Year Fall Course(s) Earth Science Anticipated Schedule Varies Location Main Campus Pay Rate Information Per adjunct contract Position Start Date 08/09/2021 Position End Date Position Introduction  McHenry County College seeks an Adjunct (part-time) instructor to teach college Earth Science courses.  The individual selected for this position must be available to provide in person instruction.  Courses includes Intro to Earth Science, Global Environment, Physical Geology and/or Natural Hazards and Disasters. Position Summary McHenry County College seeks an Adjunct (part-time) instructor to teach college Earth Science courses. Courses includes Intro to Earth Science, Global Environment, Physical Geology and/or Natural Hazards and Disasters.  Essential Responsibilities Including but are not limited...