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> From: Rosina Bierbaum <[email protected]> > Subject: Postdoctoral Fellow Position on Climate Adaptation; Deadline Dec. > 23. 2011 > Date: December 12, 2011 1:50:08 PM CST > To: Climate Change Update List > <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > > Postdoctoral Fellow Position on Climate Adaptation > > Professor Rosina Bierbaum, University of Michigan, is looking for a 1-year > postdoctoral fellow to work on adaptation issues and options across > multiple sectors, with a focus on the United States. A key focus of this > work is to examine the intersection of mitigation and adaptation, and how > choices in one domain may affect options available in the other. The > competing demands for land, water, and energy will be central to the > analysis. The position is open immediately. > > Familiarity with the potential impacts of climate change on various > sectors and regional adaptation activities are highly desirable. Strong > analytic capabilities and writing skills will make the candidate more > competitive. The post-doc may be required to travel for 1-3 > conferences/workshops. The postdoc will also assist Professor Bierbaum in > her work as the lead author on the adaptation/mitigation chapter for the > ongoing National Assessment. > > Potential topics to be included in the assessment are: > > Mitigation – tracking efficacy (indicators), intended and unintended > consequences, cost of alternative approaches, etc. > Adaptation – appropriate scale, tracking efficacy, unintended consequences > Links between mitigation and adaptation (case studies?) > Develop inventories of activity and risk based approaches > Linkages with disaster preparedness > Initiate assessments of effectiveness, e.g. design alternative approaches > to data gathering and analysis > International linkages and priorities for the ongoing Assessment > > The salary and benefits package is competitive and commensurate with > record and experience. Your application package should comprise your CV, > names of three letter writers, and a writing sample. Please submit your > application materials electronically as a single .pdf file before December > 23, 2011 to the following address: [email protected] > > Rosina M. Bierbaum > Professor of Natural Resources and Environmental Policy > School of Natural Resources and Environment and School of Public Health > 440 Church Street > University of Michigan > Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1041 > Phone: (734) 763-1996 > Fax: (734) 763-8965 > > --- > You are currently subscribed to Climate Change Update List as: > [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > with the word UNSUBSCRIBE as the SUBJECT of the message. >
