Below is a link to an announcement for an Assistant Cooperative Extension Land Change Science Specialist position (fiscal year) in the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management at the University of California, Berkeley. This position has a 100% FTE appointment in Cooperative Extension (CE). The position has great potential for applied research. Can you please help us circulate this position announcement widely? Thanks!
ASSISTANT SPECIALIST IN LAND CHANGE SCIENCE IN COOPERATIVE EXTENSION UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY The successful candidate is expected to develop a strong program of applied research in the emerging area of Land Change Science, which embraces aspects of environmental change, resource economics, land management, planning and policy, geospatial sciences, and sustainability research. Areas of interest and expertise for this person might be: coupled natural-human systems; empirical studies of land manager preferences and decisions, understanding drivers and consequences of landscape change; multi-scale land use and land functional modeling; earth observation and monitoring in support of land change quantification; social-ecological feedbacks in landscape change; and landscape planning. Outreach will center on UC Cooperative Extension Advisors, Specialists, faculty and clientele in the public and private sector, including those in planning, and natural resource management; land managers of municipal and regional parks and other public lands; as well as homeowners and landowners. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to join a dynamic group of scientists and extension specialists and advisors, and will be encouraged to join interdisciplinary research efforts across the campus and state. For additional information on the Department and the campus visit http://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu, and http://berkeley.edu. Job details and application instructions available at: http://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/LandChangeScience.pdf. Please post or send this announcement to the attention of any qualified individuals. The University of California is an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer committed to excellence through diversity. Sincerely, Maggi Kelly Search Committee Chair
