[gep-ed] Deadline 24 Sept: Open-rank “Climate Policy and Social Science” job at Brown University

Review of applications will begin on Sept. 24, 2023, From: Jeffrey Colgan Hello, Brown University’s Watson Institute of International and Public Affairs is searching for faculty in the area of “Climate Policy and Social Science.” This search is open rank and open to discipline, and could result

[gep-ed] Climate Obstruction in 2023--free virtual conference May 31, June 1,2 of the Climate Social Science Network

Hi colleagues, On May 31-June 2nd, the Climate Social Science Network will host "Climate Obstruction in 2023 ," a free virtual conference, and we'd love for you to attend all or any of the sessions. The conference will be a great way to get

[gep-ed] Fwd: [ENVIROSOC] New book: Conservation Social Science: Understanding People, Conserving Biodiversity

This book is the result of a really ambitious trans-disciplinary collaboration...with chapters on insights about conservation from anthropology, economics, geography, political science and sociology. Kudos and thanks to the editors for getting this done and out...it was not easy. Timmons

[gep-ed] Fwd: Just up: Fourth call for CSSN seed grant and research grant proposals

I'm pleased to announce our fourth round of funding. Please forward to your networks, thanks. Apologies for cross-posts. CSSN Request for Proposals Spring 2023 *Request for Proposals for Social Science Research into the Structural, Political, and Institutional Dynamics of Climate Change

[gep-ed] In just over an hour: Climate obstruction and challenges to implementation at COP27--CSSN Virtual Side Event

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[gep-ed] Last call: RFP for small grants on Climate Change Politics Outside the United States and Canada

Deadline coming November 1st. Please forward to your networks, thanks. Interested people can request to join CSSN at https://cssn.org/contact/CSSN Request for Proposals: Climate Change Politics Outside the United States and CanadaSeptember 26, 2022 -- *Request for

[gep-ed] Deadline approaching--Request for chapter proposals--CLIMATE OBSTRUCTION IN EUROPE

Dear GEP colleagues: [and please forward] Our deadline for initial proposals is approaching, October 15th. Author teams will receive a stipend--see below. Even brief proposals will help us plan the volume; contact Bob (robert_bru...@brown.edu) with questions. ALLEA , the

[gep-ed] Fwd: Request for chapter proposals: CLIMATE OBSTRUCTION IN EUROPE

Apologies for cross-posts; please forward to experts on climate obstruction in Europe. Thanks much, Timmons Roberts *Climate Obstruction in Europe* *CSSN Request for Proposals for Commissioned Essays * The Climate Social Science Network , headquartered at Brown University,

[gep-ed] online: first CSSN conference on Global Climate Governance in the Face of Obstruction, next week June 8,9,10

Dear colleagues and friends: [apologies for cross-posts, and please forward to other lists and interested people] Lingering COVID restrictions in Germany forced us to take this conference online, which allows many more people to join. I hope you will, it's really a big step to have an

[gep-ed] Due in two weeks: CSSN Postdoc at Brown U 2022-23, obstruction or opposition to action to address climate change

-- Forwarded message - From: Roberts, J. Timmons Date: Tue, Feb 1, 2022 at 11:50 AM Subject: Due in two weeks: CSSN Postdoc at Brown U 2022-23, obstruction or opposition to action to address climate change To: Dear Envirosoc friends, This is due in two weeks. We have funding

[gep-ed] Fwd: Three Postdoctoral Fellowships at William & Mary's Global Research Institute

FYI -- Forwarded message - From: Tierney, Michael J Date: Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 7:52 PM Subject: Three Postdoctoral Fellowships at William & Mary's Global Research Institute To: Tierney, Michael J Dear Colleagues, I’d like to call your attention to three Postdoctoral

[gep-ed] Fwd: CSSN Postdoc at Brown U 2022-23, review begins Feb 15: obstruction or opposition to action to address climate change

Dear GEP-Ed colleagues: We'd appreciate your help distributing this to people in this area who might be interested. Apply here: http://apply.interfolio.com/101001. Thanks and all the best, Timmons Roberts Location Providence, RI Open Date Jan 15, 2022 Description The Institute at Brown for

[gep-ed] post-doc opp (fwd)

Dear colleagues: With partners in a new community-driven research project from Little Big Horn College, University of Wyoming, and the Center for American Progress, I hope to recruit a post-doctoral researcher for an exciting 2-year position beginning in 2022. The position has been approved but

[gep-ed] Friday 11/12: Kert Davies, The Development of Organized Opposition to Climate Action

*The IBES Fall Seminar Series: * *Overcoming Climate Obstruction* * The Development of Organized Opposition to Climate Action* *A virtual seminar with Kert Davies* Friday, November 12th | 3:30pm ET *Please register

[gep-ed] Fwd: Friday 11/05: Kyle Whyte, The Timing of Climate Justice

This talk will be all-online, in case you want to flick on the Zoom this Friday afternoon. Kyle is so brilliant. Best, Timmons *The IBES Fall Seminar Series: * *Overcoming Climate Obstruction* * Low-Carbon Populism vs. Fossil Capitalism* *A seminar with Kyle Whyte* Friday, November 5th | 3:30pm ET

[gep-ed] Fund in memory of Peter Grimes

Dear colleagues and friends far and near, Peter Emmet Grimes died in late August at age 68, back home in East Lansing, Michigan. Peter was a political economist of the environment, seeking in his writing to

[gep-ed] GreenpeaceUSA Climate Director Janet Redman Friday 3:30pm

What does climate activism look like in 2021? How are climate campaigners responding to climate obstruction and delay? Join us Friday as we virtually host @greenpeaceusa 's Director of Climate Change. #3 in the @ClimateSSN /

[gep-ed] Director search for the Institute at Brown for Environment and Society

Dear colleagues: This would be a great job for the right person...our institute is quite vibrant and growing. The chair of the search committee, leah_van...@brown.edu is happy to answer questions. Best, Timmons Apply here: https://apply.interfolio.com/94533 Brown University seeks an

[gep-ed] Fwd: 2 new Lecturer positions

>From IBES Director dov_...@brown.edu -- Dear IBES Faculty: I'm excited to let you know that we've received final approval to advertise for two new Lecturer positions. These are career-track positions with a 4 course per year teaching load, which is lighter than many (or perhaps most)

[gep-ed] CSSN Research Support/Fellowships announced, deadline 30 June

Dear Envirosoc and GEP-Ed colleagues: We are very happy to announce the details on these Climate Social Science Network research grants and fellowships (sabbatical/doctoral level, and for journalists). We seek to support and build the field of research on the organizations

[gep-ed] Fwd: Graduate Course on Brazilian Politics (Online, from the University of Brasília)

Dear all, I'm passing this on for Rebecca, an exciting opportunity for grad students interested in Brazil. Best for the holidays, Timmons -- Forwarded message - From: Rebecca Abers Date: Wed, Dec 23, 2020 at 8:43 AM Subject: Graduate Course on Brazilian Politics (Online, from the

[gep-ed] Search for new department Chair and professorship at Brown U. Sociology

This is an exciting search; we currently have one of the largest contingents of environmental sociologists anywhere, and building on that would be amazing. I'm happy to answer any questions, or see the links and email below. I'm not on the search committee. Best to all, Timmons

[gep-ed] Fwd: Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations

FYI. Two explicitly environmental chapters in here, but others would be interesting. Best, Timmons -- Forwarded message - From: Tierney, Michael J Date: Sat, May 30, 2020 at 9:18 AM Subject: Bridging the Theory-Practice Divide in International Relations To: Tierney, Michael J

[gep-ed] Fwd: CfP: Race and Climate Change

FYI, -- Forwarded message - From: Stacy-Ann Robinson Date: Wed, May 13, 2020 at 3:44 PM Subject: Re: CfP: Race and Climate Change To: Hi there, The call below may be of interest. Please share with interested colleagues. Regards, Dr Stacy-ann Robinson, CECAF Assistant

[gep-ed] My favorite daily newsfeed

GEP-Ed folks: This is in response to Peter's request for feeds on other issues...Climate Nexus' email roundup covers an amazing amount of news media on a typical day. The one below is actually the slimmest I've seen, and indeed Coronavirus Mania has even spread across a substantial amount of the

Re: [gep-ed] any brave souls still going to Hawaii?

Ron and all, Crap-ola and sorry to all who were planning on going. Being on a carbon diet (not a carbon starvation diet) and honestly conference weary, I was not planning to go. I do really appreciate people’s offers to serve on panels. What I find bizarre about this notification is the lack of

Re: [gep-ed] Campus Sustainability

A group of Harvard’s faculty mobilized this year to treat climate change far more broadly across the university. I liked very much how they got beyond direct emissions and campus operations to our research, teaching and leadership of society’s discourse on the issue. Their white paper is here:

[gep-ed] Twenty-five years of adaptation finance through a climate justice lens

All, I am pleased to share our new paper (available in open access). Timmons "Twenty-five years of adaptation finance through a climate justice lens" By Mizan Khan, Stacy-ann Robinson, Romain Weikmans, David Ciplet, & J. Timmons Roberts In Climatic Change:

Re: FW: [gep-ed] Overview of 2030 reduction targets

Jakob and all, The situation in the US is actually a bit like the EU member states: the overall situation is totally non-descriptive of the sub-units. That is, two sets of states have bifurcated sharply and some now have pretty agressive 2030 target, while others have nothing. I know you're

[gep-ed] anyone have leads on modeling behavioral change in emissions reduction plans?

Hi all, A faculty/student team here at Brown secured some funding to re-run the state of Rhode Island's greenhouse gas emissions reduction plan, which was originally completed in December of 2016. It modeled technical actions that would get the state to 80% emissions reductions by 2050. This

[gep-ed] Feb 1 Next Friday: climate and stranded assets, climate denial efforts and defending science

[Please forward! Thanks for listing and bringing your colleagues and friends.] Next Friday we have four sessions and a lunchtime keynote by US Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), U.S. leader on climate change. Come in person or there will also be a live webcast; the event will be archived at this

[gep-ed] Free access, just up in WIRES-CC: Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A social science review

This was the result of a multidisciplinary team working through the USGCRP process last year. Best to all for the holidays. Apologies for cross-posts. Timmons ADVANCED REVIEW Open Access Explaining differential vulnerability to climate change: A

Re: [gep-ed] "UNEP" vs. "UN Environment" in the real world

To paraphrase Monty Python: "UNEP, UNEP, UNEP! There, I said it!" Sorry, couldn't resist. All I've ever heard over the whole period in UNFCCC circles is UNEP. Timmons On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 1:27 PM Wendy Jackson wrote: > Kia ora all, > > This is what I heard from a UNEP staff member of 25

[gep-ed] next week: Climate Futures, Design and the Just Transition – A Symposium

[please forward to interested folks, many thanks. apologies for cross-postings] Dear Everyone, Please find below and attached information about our major symposium at RISD on climate futures, design and the just transition, Friday the 9th and Saturday the 10th. This event is free but to

[gep-ed] Last call: tenure track Sociology of Climate Change, etc.-- open rank--please consider applying!

Sorry to resend, but I want people to know that we are interested in *all levels *of people, and please do not think that because we haven't contacted you that we aren't interested in your application! "The Department of Sociology seeks to hire a scholar whose research on environment intersects

[gep-ed] FINAL CALL: Two year visiting position @BrownU this Fall in env'l studies (esp. need methods and EJ)

[Please ​apply or ​ forward to good people and lists, thanks! This is one of the best visiting positions around, with a 2-1 load and wonderful students. We especially are seeking diverse candidates to teach an interdisciplinary environmental studies methods course, and an upper level course or two

[gep-ed] Two year visiting position @BrownU this Fall in env'l studies (esp. need methods and EJ)

[Please forward to good people and lists, thanks! This is one of the best visiting positions around, with a 2-1 load and wonderful students. We especially are seeking diverse candidates to teach an interdisciplinary environmental studies methods course, and an upper level course or two with an

[gep-ed] Final call: Political dynamics of climate change--new postdoc position at Brown University

Dear all, Pasted ​below is an announcement of a new postdoc position in Brown's Climate and Development Lab. I'd appreciate your help getting this to individuals who might be interested and to good lists that reach a diverse set of engaged researchers. And I apologize for cross-posts. All the

[gep-ed] Fwd: Call for Abstracts: Deconstructing Participatory Climate Governance: Innovation or Business as Usual? (deadline: 30 June 2017)

Looks great. Contact Eric if you have questions. Best, Timmons -- Forwarded message -- From: Chu, Eric Date: Tue, May 23, 2017 at 1:44 PM Subject: Call for Abstracts: Deconstructing Participatory Climate Governance: Innovation or Business as Usual? (deadline: 30

[gep-ed] Fwd: Media alert: Developments in the United States, By UNFCCC Executive Secretary Patricia Espinosa

FYI: An expression of the high level of uncertainty felt by staffers at the UNFCCC in the first months of the Trump Administration. She is right that only time will tell what this week's announcements will mean in reality, after appropriations processes and legal challenges and pushback to the

[gep-ed] Brown Visiting Assistant Professor position in Geography and Environmental Justice

Please forward! I encourage applicants, and any help getting this to a diverse group of people appreciated. -- Timmons On Twitter @timmonsroberts The Climate and Development Lab www.climatedevlab.brown.edu Collaboration|Impact|Mentorship|Sustainability|Justice J. Timmons Roberts Ittleson

[gep-ed] Fwd: ASA Statement on the New Administration's Activities

Just in case it's useful or of interest, here's the statement just out from the ASA. Best to all, Timmons -- Forwarded message -- From: ASA President Michele Lamont Date: Mon, Jan 30, 2017 at 4:19 PM Subject: ASA Statement on the New Administration's

[gep-ed] Theoretical frameworks to understand the fate of loss and damage in the climate negotiations

Dear kind GEP-Ed folks, I'm working with Tory Hoffmeister, an excellent student in my lab group who is emerging as an expert on Loss and Damage, having worked with Saleem Huq of ICCCAD, with the LDC Group, and attended three COPs and two Bonn SB negotiations (as an undergrad--someone recruit her

Re: [gep-ed] Assignments for an Enviro Activism class?

Dear Jessica and all, Dave Ciplet (now at UC-Boulder) did this simulation in our Power, Justice and Climate Change class in 2013 and we've both done it since a couple times. It pits NGOs against each other in the search for (a fictitious) foundation funding. This is the reality, sadly, for

[gep-ed] New: The Globalization and Environment Reader (free exam copies, apparently)

Dear colleagues, this is just out, hopefully in time to be considered for your courses. Best, Timmons and Peter *The Globalization and Environment Reader* http://www.wiley.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-1118964136.html Edited by: *Peter Newell* and *J. Timmons Roberts* Publishing June 2016

[gep-ed] Tomorrow: NAS/NRC workshop/webcast on social science insights into Paris implementation

This is TOMORROW from the U.S. National Academy of Sciences on what social sciences suggest about whether NDCs will be implemented and how we might improve on that. The event will be live webcast and archived at: http://sites.nationalacademies.org/DBASSE/BECS/DBASSE_171101 The National Academies

[gep-ed] "Roadmap toward justice in urban climate adaptation research"--JoAnn Carmin memorial symposium paper

Chu, Isabelle Anguelovski, Alexander Aylett, Jessica Debats, Kian Goh, Todd Schenk, Karen C. Seto, David Dodman, Debra Roberts, J. Timmons Roberts & Stacy D. VanDeveer. 2016. “Roadmap towards justice in urban climate adaptation research.” *Nature Climate Change *6: 131–137. doi:10.1038/nclimate