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This is an advertisement for two positions, one at the World Resources Institute (WRI) requiring expertise in climate change adaptation and the United Nations global climate change negotiations, and the other at Resources for the Future for several research assistant positions. 1) Job Title: Pathway to Paris Climate Adaptation Associate Overview The World Resources Institute (WRI) is seeking an Associate with expertise and experience in climate change adaptation and the United Nations global climate change negotiations.  The associate will support adaptation elements of WRI’s efforts to promote an ambitious, effective, and [...]

Apply now before 22 March and become part of the TRECCAfrica community! TRECCAfrica addresses one of the world’s greatest environmental challenges: food security in the face of climate change, resource depletion and loss of forests, wildlife and environmental services. Applications from African citizens (including Diaspora) are now invited for the following categories: -­ Full degree Master’s degree scholarships -­ Short term Masters and doctoral exchange scholarships (for applicants currently enrolled in a Master’s or doctoral programme in the home university) -­ Staff exchange awards (only for TRECCAfrica partner university academic [...]

Call for Abstracts: International Conference “MOVING BEYOND RISKS: Organising for Resilience”, which will be held at Hotel Golf in Bled, Slovenia, between 16th and 18th September 2015 The main aim of the conference is to bring together global academic expertise, policy makers and practitioners from High Reliability Organizing, Resilience Engineering, Critical Infrastructures, Risk management and Disasters for developing holistic responses to growing resilience problems. Main conference topics are: Resilience and high reliability – theory for integrated practice (sub-themes can include HRO and NAT theory developments) Risk assessment and management Disaster [...]

Four new Postdoctoral positions on Leverage Points for Sustainability Transformation: institutions, people and knowledge   A pdf of this overview is available here.  Leuphana University Lüneburg’s Faculty of Sustainability is advertising four postdoctoral positions. They will contribute to the transdisciplinary Leverage Points project. Drawing on insights from systems thinking and solution-oriented transdisciplinary research, this project will focus on hitherto underrecognized leverage points – system properties where a small shift can lead to fundamental changes in the system as a whole. Leverage Points will focus on changes in relatively intractable, but potentially highly influential, system [...]

This film traces some of the key aspects of regenerative development and the people who are practicing it – the 'regenerates'. The documentary was composed by Alexander Melck (South Africa) and co-produced by Dominique Hes (Australia) and Chrisna du Plessis (South Africa). It features the ideas and practices of a number of regenerates around the world, bravely trying to make the world a better place. These interviews contribute to the book, Designing for Hope available on Routledge. Visit the Contributive Practice website for more info.