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Subject: [cormas-announcement] TR : faculty position at U. Wisconsin: global environmental change, natural resources, human well-being / health
From: Francois Bousquet (bousquet_fra@yahoo.fr)
Date: Fri Sep 15 2006 - 12:39:56 CEST
Dear Colleagues,
(Sorry for any cross-posting, or multiple emails.)
I am writing to let you know about an exciting new faculty position at the
University of Wisconsin in the area of Global Environmental Change, Natural
Resources and Human Well-Being. This is part of a larger initiative to
advance sustainability science and international environmental affairs at
our university.
Could you please share this with your students, postdocs and colleagues?
Thank you!
Best Regards, Jon
--Prof. Jon Foley, Director
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1710 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
jfoley@wisc.edu (email) -- <http://www.sage.wisc.edu/> www.sage.wisc.edu (web)
608.265.9119 (phone)
TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN
GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE,
NATURAL RESOURCES & HUMAN WELL-BEING
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN, MADISON
The University of Wisconsin, Madison, is searching for a new faculty member in the areas of the "Global Environmental Change, Natural Resources and Human Well-being" as part of a campus-wide initiative in global sustainability and international environmental affairs.
We seek an outstanding scholar who examines the linkages between global environmental issues (including such issues as land use / land cover change, climate change, atmospheric pollution, loss of biodiversity), the state of crucial natural resources (such as freshwater systems, agricultural lands, forests and timber resources, fisheries, biological reserves) and issues of human well-being and health (air and water quality, risk of natural hazards, emerging diseases, food and water security). For example, topics of interest include:
- Changing global environmental conditions and the emergence of disease
- Connections between atmospheric chemistry, air pollution and human health
- Urban environment systems
- Environmental change and natural disasters
- Effects of global environmental change on freshwater resources or agriculture
- Vulnerability / resilience of human-environment systems to environmental change
- Application of system dynamics, modeling or environmental informatics to problem solving
We will consider applicants from a broad range of backgrounds, including (but not limited to) epidemiology and environmental / public health, environmental science, global change, ecology, geography, earth and atmospheric sciences, and environmental informatics. Scientists who explore connections to the social sciences and policy aspects of their work are especially encouraged. We are also especially eager to enhance campus diversity and to forge new international research collaborations.
The position will be based in a new interdisciplinary research and graduate training center - the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE), which is part of the campus' Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies. Teaching, research and service responsibilities will be shared between the Nelson Institute and other appropriate departments on campus (which will be negotiated to best suit the candidate's interests). We expect that the faculty members will be hired at the Assistant Professor (tenure-track) level. In exceptional cases, we may consider candidates for the Associate or Full Professor levels.
Consideration of applicants will begin on November 1, 2006. For full consideration, applicants should submit the following materials by that date: (1) a current curriculum vitae, including a complete list of publications; (2) a personal statement discussing the candidate's research, teaching and outreach philosophy, and how these would fit into a framework of collaborative, interdisciplinary scholarship; and (3) three letters of reference.
All application materials must be sent electronically. Cover letters, curriculum vitae and personal statements should be sent as a single PDF file (no more than 3 mbytes). Copies of the candidate's publications are not needed. Letters of reference must be sent electronically, as plain text, a Microsoft Word file or a PDF document; paper copies cannot be accepted. All materials must be sent to <mailto:jfoley@wisc.edu> jfoley@wisc.edu.
Inquiries about the position may be directed to Prof. Jonathan Foley, Director - Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, University of Wisconsin (email: <mailto:jfoley@wisc.edu> jfoley@wisc.edu).
For a more complete description of the position and the campus-wide initiative in global sustainability and international environmental affairs please visit <http://www.sage.wisc.edu/cluster> http://www.sage.wisc.edu/cluster.
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Prof. Jon Foley, Director
Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment (SAGE)
Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
University of Wisconsin, Madison
1710 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53726
jfoley@wisc.edu (email) -- <http://www.sage.wisc.edu/> www.sage.wisc.edu (web)
608.265.9119 (phone)
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