[gep-ed] New Cambridge Series on Organizational Response to Climate Change:

[Aseem Prakash]

Announcing the launch of

Cambridge University Press Elements Series on

Organizational Response to Climate Change:
Business, Governments, and Nonprofits


Climate change is a defining issue of our times and poses enormous governance 
challenges for governments, firms, and nonprofits. Since the industrial 
revolution, the economic system is based on the availability of cheap fossil 
fuels. This has affected the industrial processes, consumption choices, 
household behaviors. However, the operations of economic, political, and social 
organizations, the system’s workhorses, have been shaped by carbon-intensive 
economic processes. What is less clear is how these organizations address 
climate change and the pressures for decarbonization. Are they resisting, 
reluctantly changing, or enthusiastically incorporating decarbonization in 
their internal governance systems and external strategies? Is it business as 
usual with a new focus on climate issues, or are they incorporating 
transformative changes to respond to, take advantage of, or protect themselves 
from the profound societal changes that decarbonization will bring about?  Are 
nonprofits providing services in, say, human rights field incorporating climate 
concerns? Are the advocacy strategies of climate-focused nonprofits – be it 
citizen groups or trade associations – different from that of other types of 
advocacy organizations?

Any massive structural change disrupts the status quo, creating winners and 
losers. How an organization recognizes and pursues decarbonization varies, 
depending on factors both internal and external to the organization. 
Organizations make different choices, and this series seeks to understand why 
and how they make these choices and with what consequence for the organization 
and the eco-system within which it functions.

The Cambridge Element Series will provide a platform for scholars to assess the 
climate response of different categories of organizations – governments, firms, 
labor unions, and nonprofits. The typical manuscript will be about 
20,000-30,000 words, written in an accessible format. It could focus on a 
single case, compare cases, or present accessible statistical analyses.

These mini-books are distinct from review essays or various excellent handbooks 
that provide authoritative literature reviews on a given topic. Our focus is to 
present evidence and analysis on organizational response to climate change in 
order to understand both the strengths and limitations of the organization’s 
climate strategies.
Given the nature of the topic, we welcome submissions from scholars from any 
discipline, including natural and physical sciences, as long as they focus on 
the organizational dimensions of climate change.


Please email your proposal (about 2,000 words) to the Series Editor Aseem 
Prakash (as...@uw.edu)
and/or the editor responsible for the subseries on Business, Government, or 
Nonprofits:

Matt Potoski 
(mpoto...@bren.ucsb.edu), Editor
Business Response to the Climate Challenge
These titles examine responses at the level of individual firms as well as the 
industry-level to climate change.

David Konisky 
(dkoni...@indiana.edu), Editor
Governmental Response to the Climate Challenge.
These titles examine how governments (local, state, and international), as well 
as inter-governmental organizations, are responding to the climate challenge.

Jennifer Hadden 
(jhadd...@umd.edu), Editor
Nonprofit Response to the Climate Challenge
These titles focus on environmental and other nonprofits that supply goods and 
services as well as NGOs who advocate policy positions. In addition, we also 
welcome submissions examining how interest groups, foundations, labor unions, 
and religious organizations are responding to the climate challenge.










Aseem Prakash
Professor, Department of Political Science
Walker Family Professor for the College of Arts and Sciences
Founding Director, UW Center for Environmental 
Politics
University of Washington, Seattle
aseemprakash.net


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[gep-ed] Senior lectureship/Associate Professor in political science, Stockholm University -Deadline 11 February

[Karin Bäckstrand]

Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in Political Science at Stockholm University


at the Department of Political Science. 
Closing date: 11 February 2021.

Subject
Political Science

Main responsibilities
The position entails primarily teaching on the undergraduate and advanced level 
in political science. In addition, the position includes one´s own research, 
normally comprising 30 percent of fulltime.

Teaching at the department is conducted in both Swedish and English.

Qualification requirements
Eligible applicants for the position of senior lecturer should hold a PhD in 
Political Science, or have equivalent research skills and have demonstrated 
teaching expertise.

Teaching proficiency should normally have been demonstrated through teaching 
experience at both the undergraduate- and master’s levels. Teaching proficiency 
should be well documented and in a manner that makes it possible to assess the 
quality of the teaching activities.

The applicant must have the ability to cooperate with colleagues as well as 
other abilities that are required in order successfully to meet the demands of 
the position.

Assessment criteria
Special and equal emphasis is placed on teaching and research skills, 
demonstrated through own research, teaching and supervision.

Strong emphasis is also placed on having successfully planned, applied for and 
obtained research project funds from external research funding bodies.

Strong emphasis is placed on a documented ability to cooperate well with 
colleagues and fellow researchers.

Emphasis is placed on documented competence in quantitative methods.

Emphasis is placed on administrative skills and proven collaboration with the 
surrounding society and dissemination of research and development findings.

It is a merit to have completed at least 15 higher education credits in 
teaching and learning in higher education or to have otherwise acquired 
equivalent knowledge.

Weblink: 
https://www.su.se/english/about-the-university/work-at-su/available-jobs
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Karin Bäckstrand
Professor in Environmental Social Science

Department of Political Science
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm
Sweden
E-mail: karin.backstr...@statsvet.su.se
Tel. (office): +46 8 16 15 78
Cell: +46 70 565 96 97
Skype: karin_backstrand
Website: www.statsvet.su.se
Room: 720

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