---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Arun Agrawal <[email protected]> Date: Fri, Aug 8, 2014 at 11:30 AM Subject: Opportunity for postdoctoral research fellows at the University of Michigan To: ifri <[email protected]>
Dear Friends: I am writing to ask for your help in circulating this announcement for up to three postdoctoral position at the University of Michigan’s School of Natural Resources and Environment. The appointed postdoctoral fellows will support research on the impacts of forest and other land investments in Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, and Nepal. They will join a team of three other outstanding postdocs and several students involved with different aspects of work on forests and agriculture. I apologize for taking your time, but will be very grateful if you could share the announcement below and call for postdoctoral applications with any individuals or lists that you think would be suitable. I apologize also for not sending a more personal email. Sincerely Arun Agrawal Professor, University of Michigan, Editor, World Development Ann Arbor MI 48109 USA 734 647 5948 [image: https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSKmvyDAHTo5FZICHictTgrwzyUxHkWH_3N9kZ37W5-rrA6Y07wHQ] <https://twitter.com/gotoarun> *Postdoctoral research fellow positions: Impacts of forest-sector environment and development programs* The International Forestry Resources and Institutions (IFRI) research network is seeking two to three postdoctoral research fellows to join its research team at the University of Michigan. The fellows will support IFRI research projects on forests and forest-dependent livelihoods in less-industrialized countries. In particular, the fellows will be closely involved in a new project funded by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) to evaluate the impacts of forest-sector environment and development programs. The postdoctoral research fellows will report directly to Professor Arun Agrawal, coordinator of the IFRI research network. The fellows will work as part of an interdisciplinary team of faculty, postdoctoral researcher fellows, and students based in the School of Natural Resources and Environment at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, and some research colleagues outside UM. Responsibilities of the research fellows will be to: - Coordinate research in one or more of the following five countries: Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, and Nepal - Contribute to data-collection, analysis, and writing - Travel internationally, including time in remote rural (forest and agricultural) landscapes - Mentor graduate students - Collaborate with partner organizations, including academic, NGO, donor, and development agencies - Help with meeting research and outreach deliverables to DFID The division of responsibilities between the two research fellows will depend on the skill-set of the applicant pool, but all applicants should offer some to many of the following skills, knowledge, and experience. *Required skills & qualifications* - A recent Ph.D. in development, environmental studies, geography, ecology, political ecology, or other relevant discipline. Applicants with an interdisciplinary degree are welcome. - Advanced statistical analysis skills with large datasets and ideally including the use of matching methods for causal inference - Fluency in R, Stata, or similar statistical package - Familiarity with quantitative methods for dataset manipulation and analysis and with spatial analysis methods(e.g. with GIS) - Strong writing skills *Knowledge & experience* - Clear understanding of rural livelihoods and development, particularly in forest landscapes - Clear understanding of natural resource management and governance, particularly in forest landscapes - Experience of research on impact evaluation or knowledge of statistical techniques related to impact evaluation Experience of working in one or more of Brazil, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, and Nepal is desirable as also that or working in teams. The positions are scheduled to start as soon as possible, but we will begin reviewing applications on a rolling basis from early September 2014. The exact start date can be negotiated if necessary. Salary and Benefits are competitive and commensurate with experience and qualifications. Benefits include employee health and dental insurance. Applicants should send 1) a copy of their CV, 2) a 1-2 page a cover letter that a) explains their interest in the position, and b) outlines their relevant skills and experience, 3) a recent publication or dissertation chapter, and 4) names and contact details (email addresses and telephone numbers) for three references, to Joan Wolf ([email protected]). Please also contact Joan in case of further questions. -- ********* Joshua Newell Assistant Professor School of Natural Resources and Environment (SNRE), University of Michigan Dana 1064, 440 Church Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 Ph: 734-763-8652 Fax: 734-763-8965 [email protected] _______________________________________________ Hdgc_aag mailing list [email protected] https://lists.service.ohio-state.edu/mailman/listinfo/hdgc_aag Dawn Cassandra Parker School of Planning University of Waterloo +1-519-888-4567 x38888 EV3 3223 [email protected] http://www.planning.uwaterloo.ca/faculty/parker/index.html http://wici.ca -- -- Steven M. Manson Department of Geography, Environment, and Society University of Minnesota 414 Social Sciences 267 19th Avenue South Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA 612 625 4577 612 624 1044 (fax) Home page: umn.edu/~manson <http://umn.edu/%7Emanson> Human-Environment GIS Lab: hegis.umn.edu
