Dear colleagues, Please see below the advertisement and link (for complete information) on a position we have available in the Environment Program at Duke Kunshan University. We have both an international Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) Program and an Environment Research Center there. Our first class of students arrived this fall (2017) for the iMEP program. The university will commence with its liberal arts program that will have two environmental related majors in Fall 2018.
I am available to answer any questions too about this position. Best, Erika Weinthal Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy Nicholas School of the Environment Duke University *Duke Kunshan University* invites applications to fill one faculty position in environmental social science (rank open) to start as early as July 2018 to staff the newly created Environment Research Center and international Master of Environmental Policy (iMEP) program. The selected candidate for the position will help to establish a research and education program for evidence-based environmental policy studies with a focus on empirical methods. Desired expertise for the environmental social scientist includes, but is not limited to, environmental economics, survey methods, applied quantitative analysis, environmental negotiation, environmental policy analysis, public policy, and political science. The candidate should be comfortable teaching an environmental policy analysis course and practicum, including the application of basic economics and statistics to environmental problems and writing policy memos. Topics such as air and water pollution, energy, climate change, food, ecology and conservation are of great interest to Duke Kunshan. The candidate will join a core group of faculty with expertise in environmental economics, policy, and science as part of its interdisciplinary research and education initiative in Environment at Duke Kunshan. The iMEP program was launched in fall 2017 at Duke Kunshan as a Duke University degree issued jointly by Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment and Sanford School of Public Policy. The Environmental Research Center is an interdisciplinary research hub that hosts cutting-edge environmental policy studies in China and beyond. The detailed information about the Environment Program can be found on our website and in the following link: https://dukekunshan.edu.cn/sites/default/files/u101514/Research%20Center_Year%20Book%202016-2017_EN.pdf Candidates must hold a Ph.D. degree or equivalent related to public policy, political science, and economics. Candidates must demonstrate an ability to conduct outstanding independent research and a commitment to teaching. Candidates whose research is interdisciplinary and centered on environmental policy are strongly encouraged to apply. We request from all applicants a curriculum vitae (including all relevant teaching experience) and writing sample. Applicants should also provide names and contact information for three references; recent PhDs should include reference letters. All these materials should be submitted through Academic Jobs Online: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/10317. Questions about the position may be sent to [email protected] using “Environment Research” as the subject line. Priority will be given to applications received by December 15, 2018 and applications will continue to be reviewed until the positions are filled. We will conduct interviews at the AEA meeting in Philadelphia or arrange Skype meetings. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "gep-ed" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
