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Welcome to the Transitions for Sustainable Development Social Science e-Conference Transitions for Sustainable Development – Social scientists meeting the challenge How are we as social scientists meeting the challenges of our changing global environment? Social science research can help us: better comprehend the complex dynamics of linked social-ecological systems, and explain how to manage our development to support resilient communities and ecosystems. This e-conference builds directly on the World Social Science Report (2013). It recognises that global environmental changes have potentially grave consequences for the well-being and security of people all over [...]

UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU-NATAL (UKZN) COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, ENGINEERING AND SCIENCE 1 X POSITION POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP IN BIODIVERSITY PLANNING & POLICY ONE YEAR FULL TIME (RENEWABLE) SCHOOL OF AGRICULTURAL, EARTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES PIETERMARITZBURG CAMPUS In partnership with the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI), the School seeks one postdoctoral fellow to join an interdisciplinary research programme on biodiversity conservation and land use planning. For more information, please follow this link: Advert Postdoc Fellow July 2014. Closing date for applications: 31 August 2014

POST-DOCTORAL FIXED-TERM CONTRACT POSITION (3 YEARS) with SANParks SCIENTIFIC SERVICES (nodes in Kruger, Garden Route and Table Mountain National Parks) CLOSING DATE: 30 June 2014 SANParks has attracted considerable attention for its development of Strategic Adaptive Management (SAM) as a decision making framework and governance approach. The conceptual basis of SAM has co-evolved with its operational application, the latter on a diverse spectrum of management challenges such as river health, elephant populations and fire regimes. Practicing SAM has helped to establish stakeholder engagement, co-learning and cooperative governance as fundamental values [...]

The Doctoral Programme ‘Climate Change – Uncertainties, Thresholds and Coping Strategies’ was approved by the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)! Funded largely by the Austrian Science Foundation, the DK is a multi-year interdisciplinary doctoral college (potentially up to 12 years, with 3 batches of candidates), and will begin operations in October 2014. As a result, there are exciting employment opportunities for outstanding PhD students. There is also one post at the postdoctoral level. The call for applications and information on how to apply can be found here: https://dk-climate-change.uni-graz.at/en/call-for-applications/ There are sixteen [...]

Are you an up-and-coming researcher with original ideas and a strong focus on sustainable development? Does your research have the potential to change the world? Rise to the challenge and convince our high-calibre expert jury to become one of the 25 Green Talents 2014! More information on WWW.GREENTALENTS.DE PLEASE SUBMIT YOUR ONLINE APPLICATION BY 16 JUNE 2014, 12 P.M. CET. Download the complete flyer here.