Wednesday, August 20, 2008
This Week's Posts
- EMPLOYMENT: Research Scientist (WorldFish)
- EMPLOYMENT: Senior Researcher, Forestry and Land Use (IIED)
- FELLOWSHIPS: African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP)
- FELLOWSHIPS: Vavilov-Frankel Felloships
- FELLOWSHIPS: Open Society Fellowships
- CALL FOR ARTICLES: LEISA magazine - issue climate change
- CALL FOR PAPERS: Gaps, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment
- CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Social Challenges of Global Change (IHDP)
- ONLINE RESOURCES
EMPLOYMENT: Research Scientist (WorldFish)
The WorldFish Center is recruiting a Research Scientist to be based in our Greater Mekong regional office in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The successful candidate will have a PhD in either a social science or environmental science field, and a strong track record as both an analyst and an innovator seeking practical solutions to challenges of natural resources management. Fisheries background is helpful but not essential to be considered for the post.
The initial screening of applicants will close on 26 August 2008, but the position will remain open until filled.
[more information]
EMPLOYMENT: Senior Researcher, Forestry and Land Use (IIED)
The International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED) is pleased to announce that we are recruiting for the post of Senior Researcher in Forestry and Land Use.
IIED is looking for an inspiring forestry leader to develop and manage a programme of research and partnership building to improve the sustainability and local livelihood benefits of forestry. If you believe that forestry involves multiple goods, services and stakeholders and that locally-owned decision-making and international support are vital to improve forest investment and stakeholders empowerment, by joining the team you will be able to directly influence the setting up of a global forest partnership initiative.
Closing date for applications: Friday 19 September 2008, 5pm
[more information]
FELLOWSHIPS: African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP)
Applications are invited for the inaugural round of African Climate Change Fellowships. The African Climate Change Fellowship Program (ACCFP) aims to support African professionals, researchers and graduate students to undertake activities that will enhance their capacities for advancing and applying knowledge for climate change adaptation in Africa. The program is jointly administered by the global change SysTem for Analysis, Research and Training (START), the Institute of Resource Assessment (IRA) of the University of Dar es Salaam and the African Academy of Sciences (AAS), with financial support from the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) of Canada.
All application materials must be received by the Pan-African START Secretariat no later than 17 September 2008. [more information]
FELLOWSHIPS: Vavilov-Frankel Felloships
The Vavilov-Frankel Fellowships Fund aims to encourage the conservation and use of plant genetic resources in developing countries by awarding Fellowships to outstanding young researchers to carry out relevant innovative research at an advanced research institute outside their own country for a period of between three months and one year.
Deadline is 9 November 2008. [more information] including in French and Spanish.
FELLOWSHIPS: Open Society Fellowships
The Open Society Fellowship enables innovative professionals—including journalists, activists, academics, and practitioners—to work on projects that inspire meaningful debate, shape public policy, and generate intellectual ferment within the Open Society Institute.
The fellowship focuses on four themes: National Security and the Open Society; Citizenship, Membership and Marginalization; Strategies and Tools for Advocacy and Citizen Engagement; and Understanding Authoritarianism. OSI also supports a limited number of fellows whose work focuses on other topics within the scope of its mission.
More details are available on the Fellowship guidelines page. OSI considers applications on a rolling basis subject to funding availability. There are no application deadlines.
CALL FOR ARTICLES: LEISA magazine - issue climate change
The upcoming issue of the Leisa magazine is on Climate change and resilience. It will look for concrete examples on how sustainable agriculture helps to build resilience. How do farmers perceive and deal with changes in their environment? How can their strategies be important in the years to come? Please send us your stories!
Deadline for submissions for the global edition: 1 September 2008, for the regional editions: 1 February 2009. Read more on this theme and on requirements for articles.
CALL FOR PAPERS: Gaps, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment
The Technical Expert Workshop on “Gaps, trends and current research in gender dimensions of agricultural and rural employment: differentiated pathways out of poverty” will be held in Rome, Italy during three days in the week of 30 March – 3 April 2009 (exact dates to be confirmed).
This workshop aims to provide important follow up to the recent international policy discussions in terms of analyzing trends and issues, identifying knowledge gaps, and compiling innovative gender sensitive policy measures and good practices to strengthen rural labour markets.
Deadline for abstracts: 15 October 2008. [more information]
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: Social Challenges of Global Change (IHDP)
IHDP announces that the 7th International Science Conference on the Human Dimensions of Global Environmental Change (Open Meeting), "Social Challenges of Global Change" originally scheduled for 15-19 October 2008, will take place from April 26-30 2009 in Bonn, Germany. The new venue will be the former German Parliament premises (World Conference Center Bonn) at the United Nations Campus.
Scientists and stakeholders within the human dimensions research field can participate in the conference as with a scientific paper or poster, or as a general participant. Deadline is 31 October, 2008. [more information]
ONLINE RESOURCES
Learn about the world by changing the familiar map. Choose a subject from the top menu and watch the countries on the map resize. Their total area no longer represents land mass but items relevant to the subject (i.e., persons, tonnes, barrels). The size of a country will tell you both its share of the total, and its absolute value. http://show.mappingworlds.nl/
Interaction manages The Pandemic Preparedness Capacity Map, which identifies by country the diverse range of current NGO capacities that indicate the level of community preparedness or that could potentially be leveraged in a pandemic situation. http://preparedness.interaction.org/
The India Environment Portal represents an effort to provide a comprehensive, open, virtual information resource centre to promote informed decision-making and environmentally sustainable practices. It brings together a vast repository of information resources on environment, including news, feature articles, opinions, data, reports and documents, book abstracts, and links to institutions and government bodies. http://www.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/
Alltop launched a page that displays a collection of a dozens of site and blogs from and about Africa. http://africa.alltop.com/
Wednesday, August 06, 2008
The Economist on the Commons
This week's Economics Focus on The Economist is entitled Commons Sense and talks about the study of the commons and the IASC conference.
Charlotte Hess and Elinor Ostrom are quoted, and the article comes to the conclusion that the study of the "traditional" commons might teach us something about how to handle new commons including many global commons such as the atmosphere or the world's oceans:
The economics of the new commons is still in its infancy. It is too soon to be confident about its hypotheses. But it may yet prove a useful way of thinking about problems, such as managing the internet, intellectual property or international pollution, on which policymakers need all the help they can get.
There is already a small discussion on the Economist website and Jay Walljasper posted a short commentary on OntheCommons.org.
Add your own thoughts to the discussion on OntheCommons, on the Economist website, or here in the comments.
--- cross posted to the Cooperation Commons blog
Tuesday, August 05, 2008
This Week's Posts
- EMPLOYMENT: Director Positions (CPWF)
- EMPLOYMENT: Water Economist (IWMI)
- EMPLOYMENT: Social Scientist and Economist (ILRI)
- EMPLOYMENT: Director, Center for Sustaining Agriculture and Natural Resources (WSU)
- EMPLOYMENT: Global Land Tools Network
- CALL FOR APPLICANTS: Women and Young Professional In Science Competitions
- INTERNSHIPS: IDRC internship awards
- AWARDS: 2008 Global Development Awards and Medals Competition
- CALL FOR PAPERS: Scaling Up Conservation Practices for Natural Resource Commons in Africa (IASC)
- CALL FOR PAPERS: XXVII International Conference of Agricultural Economists
- TRAINING: MS Programme on Integrated Land Management in Drylands
- EVENT: Regional Conference on Agricultural Water Management in Eastern and Southern Africa
- PUBLICATIONS: Biofuels, Land and Poverty
EMPLOYMENT: Director Positions (CPWF)
The CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) is seeking to fill two vacancies.
Deadline is 25 August, 2008.
SCIENCE DIRECTOR
The Science Director will provide leadership in the design and implementation of all scientific research conducted by the CPWF. They will be responsible for ensuring high quality and relevant science for achieving real impact for a variety of end-users. [more information]
IMPACT DIRECTOR
The Impact Director will provide leadership in the design and implementation of all program activities relating to generating and evaluating outcomes and impacts. [more information]
EMPLOYMENT: Water Economist (IWMI)
As part of its 2009-2012 strategic plan, IWMI plans to aggressively bring debate on economic instruments for water management to the center-stage of national and regional discussions on improved water governance.
To provide leadership and strategic direction to this initiative, IWMI seeks a Water Economist. The appointee should be a person with broad-ranging expertise and experience related to water valuation, water markets and pricing, as well as analysis of the economic impact of water interventions in various socio-economic and hydro-institutional contexts.
Application deadline: 1 September 2008 – or until the position is filled. [more information]
EMPLOYMENT: Social Scientist and Economist (ILRI)
ILRI seeks to recruit a Social Scientist and an Economist as part of its Targeting and Innovations Theme to work under the guidance of the Operating Project Leader, “Livestock, Livelihoods and Poverty” and in coordination with other research staff within the Theme and the Institute.
The application deadline is September 5 2008.
Social Scientist
The appointee will develop and implement research on the multiple roles of livestock in rural livelihoods, and will bring expertise in qualitative methods to a multi-disciplinary team working with mixed methods and approaches to identify and evaluate livestock-based strategies and options to reduce poverty, inequity and vulnerability for livestock-dependent people and communities. [more]
Economist
The appointee will develop and implement research on the multiple roles of livestock in rural livelihoods. The appointee will bring strong quantitative skills to a multi-disciplinary team working with mixed methods and approaches to identify and evaluate livestock-based strategies and options to reduce poverty, inequity and vulnerability for livestock-dependent people and communities. [more]
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