Predictive Habitat Suitability Modelling
ECOCHANGE would like to announce the 2nd ECOCHANGE Summer School on “Predictive Habitat Suitability Modelling”, which will take place in Birmensdorf, Switzerland on September 20-24, 2010. The main course instructors (like last year) will include … Antoine Guisan Wilfried Thuiller Niklaus E. Zimmermann Additional guest lectures and guest tutorials will include but is not limited [...click title for full article...]
National Teach-In on Global Warming Solutions
We are organizing a special Ecological Economics lecture series at Oxford. The lecture series is organized by Environmental Change Institute, Oxford University. Stanislav Shmelev holds the honour of acting as the series convener. This fall, join the launch of The National Climate Seminar, and engage your class or community in the critical debates unfolding in [...click title for full article...]
Fulbright New Century Scholars Program
Dear Colleague, It is my pleasure to inform you that the 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholars Program (NCS) has been announced. The topic is “The University as Innovation Driver and Knowledge Center” and the program will bring together scholars and professionals from the United States and around the world with expertise and interest in equipping universities for meaningful [...click title for full article...]
Summer School on Multi-Scale Integrated Analysis of Societal and Ecological Metabolism (MuSIASEM) for Participatory Assessment of Sustainability Issues
Find most current information on the website. Organizers: The Scientific Society LIPHE4 and the Research Group of Integrated Assessment of the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology (ICTA) of the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) The summer-school: A 5-day Summer School will take place in the campus of Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), Barcelona, from [...click title for full article...]
Emerging Theories and Methods in Sustainability Research
Marie Curie Summer Schools in Barcelona, Bratislava, Brighton (Sussex), and Lisbon, under the direction of Professor Arild Vatn. First summer school: Analysing Complexity, ICTA, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, 7-17 June 2006. For information and applications, click here, or visit their website.
DISCCRS
The Dissertation Initiative for the advancement of Climate-Change ReSearch (DISCCRS, pronounced “discourse”) is designed to prepare recent Ph.D. graduates for interdisciplinary careers focusing on climate change and its impacts. DISCCRS is funded by NSF and NASA. DISCCRS includes web-based resources and annual symposia where a select group of recent doctoral graduates can expand their scientific [...click title for full article...]
EASY-ECO 2005-2007: Evaluation of Sustainability
EASY-ECO Bratislava Training will be held from 21st-30th September, 2005 in Bratislava, Slovakia. The course explores key elements in sustainability evaluations and is specifically focused towards bringing together young researchers with evaluation practitioners as well as local and international experts in the field. Participants will gain knowledge applicable in practice and will be able to [...click title for full article...]
Senate Climate Action: Not Dead Yet!
Do you know anyone teaching a class in climate and energy this spring? Please pass along this post! We are organizing great opportunities for students to engage directly with their US Senate offices about climate policy. We do all the work—all faculty need to do is assign attending the call as the best kind of [...click title for full article...]
Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?
ARB Chairs Seminar Series: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 1:30 pm PST (WEBCAST) We are pleased to announce the next Series topic: “Global Energy Perspective: Where in the World Will Our Energy Come From?” with Nathan S. Lewis, Ph.D. from the California Institute of Technology on Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 1:30 pm PST. It will [...click title for full article...]
