Webinar Feb 15: Cathonomics
Join us Wednesday February 15, noon-1 Eastern with USSEE Board Member Erik Nordman and author Tony Annett for a webinar on Tony’s book Cathonomics: How Catholic Tradition Can Create A More Just Economy.
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Postdoc position in environmental and resource economics
We have a postdoc research associate position open in the area of environmental and resource economics, broadly defined. There is a preference for candidates with computational modeling and/or climate/water/agriculture background, but we will consider anyone with good quantitative skills. The funding for the first two years is guaranteed assuming acceptable performance, with the third-year funding being a possibility. There are also options for the first year working location.
ESSA Hiring Environmental Economist
ESSA is hiring an environmental economist who enjoys exploring how environmental change impacts human wellbeing in a variety of ecological and social contexts. This is a full-time opportunity where you will apply your advanced knowledge of environmental management and economics using welfare- and impact-based approaches. We require a strong mix of quantitative skills for ecosystem services valuation, climate change impact assessment, modelling, and tool building combined with excellent written and verbal science communication skills.
Great Lakes Summer Fellows Program
The Cooperative Institute for Great Lakes Research is offering summer fellowships with applications due February 3rd. We are seeking a summer fellowship focused on Great Lakes ecosystem service valuation. See position descriptions including the position for Great Lakes Ecosystem Service Valuation here and included below.
Assistant Professor of Teaching, School of Public Policy, UC Riverside
The UCR School of Public Policy invites applications for up to two Assistant Professor of Teaching positions. These positions are equivalent in level to other Assistant Professor positions, but with emphasis placed on excellence in teaching and teaching-related activities. Professors of Teaching are expected to provide outstanding teaching, as well as demonstrate a commitment to high quality scholarly professional activity (such as research on pedagogy and/or public policy) and service related to the pedagogical mission of the school and university.
Visiting Assistant Professor in International Affairs
The International Affairs program at Lafayette College (in Easton, Pennsylvania) is looking for a visiting assistant professor to cover sustainability and, ideally, GIS related courses
Funded MA in Economics studying foreign land acquisitions
We are seeking prospective master’s students interested in development economics, natural resources, food systems, land use change and international trade. Selected students will support a multi-year research project on the drivers and impacts of large-scale foreign land acquisitions for agriculture while completing SDSU’s 2-year MA program starting Fall of 2023. Students will conduct a mix of guided and independent research on the topic and receive free in-state tuition and 20 hours per week of paid employment as research assistants. Ideal candidates would be interested in eventually pursuing a Ph.D. in Economics, Agricultural Economics, or Geography and would have experience working with data in R or Stata.
Workshop in Environmental, Energy, and Transportation economics
! In this friendly online forum, scholars share work in environmental and natural resource economics, followed by an optional happy half-hour. Talks are short and sweet—three papers per session, with 15–minute presentations followed by 5 minutes of friendly Q&A. We invite all to submit their work—especially junior folks, grad students, and scholars who identify as part of groups underrepresented in economics!
Funded MS in Water Resource Economics and Climate Change
Dr. Kristi Hansen is recruiting an MS student to join the Dept of Agricultural & Applied Economics at the University of Wyoming. This student will work on an NSF EPSCoR-funded project called WY-ACT (Wyoming Anticipating Climate Transitions) project. This project seeks to help Wyoming stakeholders and communities anticipate and prepare for changing water availability. The 5-year grant will support creation of integrative models showing the cascading effects of changed water availability through socio-environmental systems with implications for hydrology, ecology, economics, and dependent human communities.
CALL FOR PAPERS: 41st International Energy Workshop
The 41st edition of the International Energy Workshop (IEW) will be co-hosted by the the Colorado School of Mines and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, CO, on 13-15 June, 2023. The IEW is a leading conference for the international energy modelling community.