This workshop at the Santa Fe Institute (June 25-July 7, 2017, Santa Fe, New Mexico, US) will bring together a group of advanced graduate students and a small faculty for an intensive two week study of computational social science modeling and complexity. The workshop will consist of lectures by faculty, special topic seminars by members of the Santa Fe Institute, and presentations of work in progress by graduate student participants. The primary goal of the summer workshop is to assist graduate students pursuing research agendas which includes a computational modeling component. A significant portion of the workshop will be devoted to analyzing [...]

The Complex Systems Summer School at the Santa Fe Institute (June 11- July 7, 2017 - Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA) offers an intensive four week introduction to complex behavior in mathematical, physical, living, and social systems for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professionals in the sciences and social sciences. The school is for participants who seek background and hands-on experience to help them prepare to conduct interdisciplinary research in areas related to complex systems. Application deadline: January 23, 2017 Who is eligible: Graduate students and postdoctoral fellows in any discipline. Proficiency in English is required. APPLY NOW HERE Further information [...]

1 Year Fixed term contract, 50% full time equivalent The African Climate and Development Initiative (ACDI) and Department of Environmental and Geographical Science (EGS) at the University of Cape Town is seeking to appoint a convenor/lecturer for the interdisciplinary MSC/MPhil in Climate Change and Sustainable Development, that is convened by the ACDI, and hosted academically by EGS. The Lecturer/Convenor will teach on, and manage academic and administrative aspects of the MSc/MPhil, specifically, academic oversight of the students, teaching, and administrative tasks related to the ACDI MSc/MPhil.   The post-holder will work closely with the graduate teaching coordination team in EGS and [...]

The Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS) (www.tropicalstudies.org) seeks applicants for its field-based undergraduate programme in Savanna/Fynbos ecology, run in partnership with the Universities of Cape Town (UCT) and Witwatersrand (WITS) and South African National Parks. This course, based in Skukuza, Kruger National Park, accepts students from both South Africa and the USA. We are seeking to fill the post in January 2017. It is a five-year grant-funded contract with probation, and contracts are renewable based on performance. The successful applicant will work closely with other staff and the Programme Director in the design and implementation of rigorous programmes of field [...]

ecoSERVICES, a research project of Future Earth, is committed to co-designing a research agenda aimed at deepening our understanding of the governance of ecosystem services. ecoServices aims to bring together the variety of voices present in the global ecosystem services knowledge community in order to shape governance research in this area. In order to achieve this, a short 5-minute survey has been developed that asks participants to identify, based on their own experience, what they feel are the 3 most compelling research questions related to the governance of ecosystem services. To participate in this important survey, please follow this link. The survey is available in seven language: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, [...]

About Cirrus: Cirrus is a young consulting and research firm that advises governments and companies on climate change and the management of natural resources. The firm specialises in the land-use aspects of global change, providing advice on climate change mitigation and adaptation measures as well as on the science and governance of ecosystem services more broadly. Our strength lies in our robust analytical skills and willingness to tackle the multidisciplinary analyses that characterise the global-change domain. With a passion for ecology and economics, our intention is to provide key decision-makers with sound advice on the governance of emerging African landscapes. [...]

The preparations for the fourth triennial Resilience conference “Resilience 2017 – Resilience Frontiers for Global Sustainability” in Stockholm, 21-23 August 2017, are well under way, and the call for sessions is now open at resilience2017.org To keep up to speed on conference updates such as registration, sessions and abstracts please visit the conference website and follow the conference Twitter account @ResilienceSTHLM. The monthly Stockholm Resilience Centre newsletter will also provide updates (subscribe). If you have any questions about Resilience 2017, please don’t hesitate to send an e-mail to resilience2017@src.su.se  

Assistant or Associate Professor of Social Ecological Systems Department of Environmental Science and Policy University of California, Davis Title: Assistant or Associate Professor of Social-Ecological Systems. The Department of Environmental Science and Policy in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at the University of California, Davis is recruiting an Assistant/Associate Professor Social-Ecological Systems with a preferred emphasis in governance and quantitative approaches including but not limited to network analysis, mathematical models, computational models, and empirical research. The candidate will be part of a cluster hire in a new Network Science and Complex Systems group with membership that spans UC-Davis [...]