My program (Environmental Studies) at Binghamton University is hiring for a a full-time renewable lecturer position with benefits and full participation in department/program governance, curriculum planning, etc. Binghamton University is a premier public R1 research institution in the State University of New York (SUNY) system that unites more than 130 broadly interdisciplinary educational programs with […]
Mount Holyoke College invites applications for a three-year position at the rank of Visiting Assistant Professor in Geography, to begin July 1, 2025. We are searching for a human or physical geographer who will teach undergraduate general education and upper-level geography courses, including an Introduction to GIS/GISc course. Candidates with expertise in critical geography, urban […]
The University of Wisconsin-Madison is hiring for a 100% 2-year post-doc position in technological innovation and climate change to work as part of a team led by Professor Gregory Nemet. The successful candidate will be located at the UW-Madison in the Center for Sustainability and the Global Environment and will primarily work on the GENIE […]
Macalester College’s Environmental Studies Department invites applications for a full-time, one-year appointment in environmental studies at the assistant professor rank beginning fall 2025. This position is renewable for a second year, based upon successful completion of the first year. A Ph.D. in Environmental Studies, History, Political Science or related field is preferred; teaching experience desirable.Macalester’s […]
The International and Global Studies Program in the Fulbright College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Arkansas invites applications for a non-tenure track instructor in International Studies to start in August 2025. This is a standard nine-month faculty appointment with a teaching load of 4-4. The closing date for the position is 24 […]
The Collaborative Conservation & Adaptation Planning Lab at Auburn University is seeking a motivated master’s student to contribute to a research project examining the challenges related to localization efforts within the international conservation and development context. Localization refers to the process of shifting decision-making power, resources, and implementation responsibilities from international donors and large organizations to […]
The Department of Environmental Studies at Davidson College invites applications for a one-year position at the Visiting Assistant Professor level, with a start date of July 1, 2025. The primary teaching responsibility will be our introductory Environmental Social Science course, plus other courses in the professor’s area of expertise. The ideal candidate will demonstrate potential […]
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University Initiative on Cities The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position starting September 1, 2025. This is a two-year appointment. The IOC PDRA will have expertise in urban studies and undertake a research project designed by themselves in relation to an urban […]
Assistant Professor, Urban Sustainability The Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in the field of Urban Sustainability to begin August 1, 2025. We seek a dynamic scholar-teacher to help us build on existing departmental strengths, especially in sustainability, urban planning, and GIScience. […]
The Environment & Sustainability Program at William and Mary is currently searching for two year Postdoctoral Research Associate with expertise in Multispecies Politics or Animate Ecologies. In this appointment, the postdoc will have substantial amounts of time to focus on their own research agenda. In addition, the postdoc will work with faculty mentors on a […]
The Central Arizona-Phoenix Long-Term Ecological Research (CAP LTER<https://sustainability.asu.edu/caplter/>) has been funded by the National Science Foundation’s Long-term Ecological Research Program (LTER)<https://lternet.edu/> for more than 25 years to study the urban ecology of metropolitan Phoenix, Arizona. We are seeking a highly motivated postdoctoral scholar<https://apply.interfolio.com/163268> to conduct interdisciplinary environmental research with CAP scholars using the core social […]
Postdoctoral Research Associate, Boston University Initiative on Cities The Boston University Initiative on Cities (IOC) invites applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate (PDRA) position starting September 1, 2025. This is a two-year appointment. The IOC PDRA will have expertise in urban studies and undertake a research project designed by themselves in relation to an urban […]
Fully Funded PhD Opportunity in Human Dimensions of Nature at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources, University of Vermont, USA Application Deadline – 15 March 2025 and Internal Deadline – 10 February 2025 For details contact Dr. Helina Jolly (helina.jolly@uvm.edu) The Jolly Lab at the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources is seeking a dedicated student […]
Geoeconomics and Geopolitics of Energy Transition CFP for Global Conference on Economic Geography, Worcester, USA, June 4-8, 2025 Session Organizers: Jessie P.H. Poon, (SUNY-Buffalo), Julie Silva (SUNY-Buffalo), Dariusz Jacek Wojcik (National University of Singapore) The global energy transition has gained saliency as concerns about climate risks grow. A low carbon economy based on renewable and […]
Geographies of Refugee Resettlement and Post-industrial Urban Renewal in Rust Belt Cities Refugees are active agents of urban change. According to the United Nations, 60 percent of the world’s refugees are in cities and as such, cities of today are uniquely positioned to seek solutions that address refugee concerns alongside interrelated urban social justice and […]
Grete Gansauer is an economic geographer and interdisciplinary public policy researcher focused on regional development, place-based policy, and the local state in peripheral regions and ‘left behind’ places. Focusing on rural contexts and natural resource production, her research examines regional development and sustainability challenges amidst spatial inequality, and how central policies ‘touch down’ at the […]
Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning with the School of Business at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, […]
It was great to see six sessions at RSA 2023 in Ljubljana as part of a theme on Climate Change, Energy & Environmental Sustainability. Several other sessions were focused on sustainability as well. Many of the papers presented technical analyses of supporting blue or green economy initiatives. While these are much needed, we also need […]
Jennifer Clark is Knowlton School Distinguished Professor and Head of the City and Regional Planning Section in the College of Engineering at The Ohio State University. She is also a Visiting Professor of City and Regional Planning with the School of Business at the University of Stavanger in Norway. She has authored numerous articles, chapters, […]
Small Grant Scheme on Pandemics, Cities, Regions & Industry: Racial Disparities of the Paycheck Protection Program: Focusing on Structural Differences in Banking Infrastructure This project examines the distributional outcomes of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), which was implemented by the U.S. federal government to preserve jobs in small businesses in response to the 2020 coronavirus […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. If the American West could be defined by one characteristic, it would be aridity. Water quantity and quality deficiencies perennially frame development controversies across the West– particularly in […]
This blog was written for the RSA Blog Student Summer Series that will highlight graduate student success in regional studies across the globe throughout the summer. Various studies have acknowledged and highlighted the significant contribution of an integrated system to adopt and execute climate action plans. This article will attempt to unveil the influence […]
Joan Fitzgerald is a Professor of Urban and Public Policy at Northeastern University. She focuses on urban climate governance and the connections between urban sustainability and economic development and innovation. Her third book, Emerald Cities: Urban Sustainability and Economic Development (Oxford Univ. Press, 2010), examines how cities are creating economic development opportunities in several green […]
Whether we call it cohesion, levelling up, lagging regions, or place-based policy; regional inequality has been a long-term persistent problem. I started to become really interested in how places adapt, and what we would find if we begin from the starting point of adaptation – particularly using the Deleuzian Assemblage and the complex adaptive […]