EDUCATION
Short Courses and Other Opportunities
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.
The names of the speakers, the dates and the titles of the lectures can be found here: http://www.eci.ox.ac.uk/news/events/ecol-economics08.php
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 roles in innovation, entrepreneurship, economic capacity building and community development.
The selected NCS participants will have the opportunity to engage with 30 outstanding colleagues in intellectual exchange, multidisciplinary collaboration and research and will receive a stipend of $30,000 to support their research activities. Guidelines and application forms for the Fulbright NCS program are posted on the web at www.cies.org/ncs.
We will also be hosting a web chat session on October 13, 2008 at 11:00 AM to answer any questions you or your colleagues might have about the program or the application process. To join the chat, please click here at the time specified above and click on the link.
Applicants from the U.S. must send their applications no later than November 15, 2008. Applicants from outside the U.S. should consult with the Fulbright offices in their respective countries for specifics regarding the application process. NCS activities will begin in May 2009 with an orientation and goal setting seminar.
If you have any questions regarding the program you may contact Jonathan Looper, Program Associate of Global and Specialist Programs, at (202) 686-6235 or jlooper@cies.iie.org.
We look forward to your interest in the 2009-2010 Fulbright New Century Scholars program.
Best wishes for you and your work,
Sabine O’Hara, Ph.D.
Executive Director, CIES
Vice President, IIE
3007 Tilden Street, NW
Washington, DC 20008
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 Monday 14th to Friday 18th of July 2008.
The purpose of this summer-school: to provide an introduction to the theory, the methodological approach and practical applications of MuSIASEM to young researchers, advanced students, experienced practitioners. Several conceptual concepts derived from complex systems thinking: "holons", "multipurpose grammars", "sudoku effect", "multi-level matrices", "the fund/flow model of analysis for metabolic systems" (proposed by Georgescu-Roegen) will be presented since they are the building blocks of the MuSIASEM approach. Then the school with discuss the possible use of the MuSIASEM approach in the fields of:
- Participatory Integrated Assessment - the choice, development and use of integrated packages of indicators across dimensions and scales of analysis when using science for governance;
- Social Multicriteria Evaluation - how to handle the unavoidable presence of uncertainty (genuine ignorance) and the existence of legitimate but contrasting perspectives about what should be considered as an "improvement" in a process of decision making;
- Spatial Analysis - how to deal with the ecological dimension of sustainability by analysing the interference that the characteristics of societal metabolism entail on the metabolism of natural ecosystems.
This summer school follows previous 4 summer school previously organised by the Scientific Society LIPHE4 in collaboration with other institutions.
The team of resource persons includes: Mario Giampietro, Jesús Ramos, Gonzalo Gamboa and Agustín Lobo. A preliminary program of the 5 days with the themes covered is attached.
Participants: Participants are expected to be able to communicate professionally in both written and spoken English, and to have an interest in learning about innovative approaches and ideas related to sustainable development, integrated assessment, resource use, science for governance. For logistic reasons (formation of working groups), the number of participants will not exceed 40 units. Participation to the classes is free of charge, although we are not able to provide any financial help for accommodation or logistics. We will provide information about possible accommodations but participants are expected to cover by themselves accommodation and food.
How to apply: Applicants have to fill the attached application form explaining their current interests and projects (1 page) and their CV (1 page). We will make a selection in case the number of applications will exceed the limit of 40 participants.
Deadline for applications is on the 6th of June.
Applications must be sent to: Tarik Serrano through e-mail to: kirate@gmail.com
Selected applicants will be informed on the 10th of June. Reading material will be provided to the participants before the school. Participants are expected to have read the material before attending the sessions.
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 and professional outlook and forge lasting collegial relationships. Graduates from Ph.D. programs throughout the world and spanning the full spectrum of natural- and social-science disciplines related to climate change/impacts are eligible to apply. A committee will select thirty-six participants based on the submitted applications.
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 conduct actual sustainability evaluation projects after attending the training. The EASY-ECO Bratislava Training, hosted by REC Slovakia, will be a great chance to meet an international team of renowned trainers and also serve as an excellent networking opportunity!
For further details on the structure of the training, the virtual pre- and post-training phases, bookings and accommodation, please visit the EASY-ECO website.
EU-Grants for early-stage researchers are available! Application closes on 25th June, 2005. Details on the application process can be found here.
