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Survey: Role of Higher Education to foster sustainable development

The University of Siena (Italy) launches a survey on “The role of Higher Education to foster sustainable development”. The survey is open to all Institutions (universities, research institutions, NGOs, etc.) that are involved in Education for sustainability.

This questionnaire is aimed at highlighting the main characteristics and criticalities of courses on sustainable development currently being offered by universities and other institutions at national and international scale. Particular attention is given to the issues faced, approaches and teaching methods used, as well as the targets of the various courses offered. The survey, despite its ease and speed of compilation, aims to identify best practices, innovations in the field of education on sustainable development and eventually the difficulties encountered by the various institutions in the structuring of their activities. The results of the Survey will be presented at G7 “University – Education for all”, 29-30 June 2017, Udine (Italy).

Links to the survey (Deadline 12th May 2017):
English:   https://it.surveymonkey.com/r/RV2B3LC
Français : https://fr.surveymonkey.com/r/RVTHRVX
Español:  https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/RCV3M58
Italiano:  https://it.surveymonkey.com/r/RMJV9DB
Contact email: resi@unisi.it

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Application for Core Visiting Assistant Professor

The Morrissey College of Arts and Sciences at Boston College invites applications for the position of Core Visiting Assistant Professor/Core Renewal Fellow in Environmental Studies. The appointment for this one-year postdoctoral visiting assistant professorship will be for the 2017–2018 academic year. Salary is competitive, and the position is potentially renewable. As a Jesuit, Catholic institution, Boston College requires all students to complete a fifteen-course liberal arts Core Curriculum as the foundation of their undergraduate education. Core Visiting Assistant Professors will teach signature courses in the Core. Developed for first-year students, these interdisciplinary Complex Problems and Enduring Questions courses are part of an ongoing revitalization of the Core Curriculum. You can learn more about BC’s Core Renewal here.

In one semester, the visiting assistant professor will teach project-based lab sections associated with a Complex Problems course, “Global Implications of Climate Change,” co-taught by faculty from Sociology and Earth and Environmental Studies. In the other semester, he/she will teach two courses: an Enduring Questions course (paired with a second course designed with another Core visiting professor from Science and Technology Studies) and an elective in his/her field.
The full application can be found here 

​Questions should be directed to Brian Gareau (gareau@bc.edu)​

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Applications for a temporary academic-­year

The State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF), invites applications for a temporary academic-­year, non-­tenure-­track position as Visiting Assistant
Professor of Environmental Communication in the Department of Environmental Studies  for the 2017-­18 academic year.

This position is 50% teaching and 50% program support. Teaching load is 2-­‐2 and includes two Fall courses: Foundations of Environmental Communication and Mass Media & Environment, and two Spring courses: Environmental Communication Workshop and Environmental Risk Perception.

Program support includes advising students in the Master of Professional Studies graduate program; organizing and supervising students working on communication projects promoting ESF visibility; developing and overseeing undergraduate and graduate internships internal and external to ESF; assisting with graduate and undergraduate program assessment in Environmental Studies; participating on departmental and campus committees, as assigned; and assisting in developing and implementing strategies for undergraduate student recruitment in Environmental Studies.

Required Qualifications: Doctoral degree or ABD in Communication or related field. Focus in interdisciplinary environmental studies or environmental science programs.
Preferred Qualifications: Two or more years of college-­level teaching experience.
Application Deadline: Although applications will be accepted until the position is filled, candidates should submit their application by March 15, 2017 to assure optimal consideration.

Application Procedure: Applications are required to be submitted on-­line