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> From: Dan Smith <[email protected]> > Date: April 11, 2012 4:01:24 PM CDT > To: CAGLIST <[email protected]> > Subject: [Caglist] University of Waterloo - Tenure-Track Assistant or > Associate Professor in Social and Environmental Innovation > > University of Waterloo > Department of Environment and Resource Studies and School of > Environment,Enterprise and Development > > Tenure-Track Assistant or Associate Professor in Social and Environmental > Innovation > http://www.geog.uvic.ca/dept/cag/jobs.htm#L1025 > > The Department of Environment and Resource Studies (ERS: > http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca/ers) and the School of Environment, > Enterprise and Development (SEED: http://www.seed.uwaterloo.ca/ ) invite > applications for a tenure-track position, at the Assistant or Associate > Professor rank, in the area of social and environmental innovation. > > The unifying theme for both ERS and SEED is social-ecological problem > solving. Within ERS, we particularly seek an innovative scholar and teacher > to focus on the environment-human society interface where this may include – > but is not limited to – focus on social and environmental justice, > environment and education, sustainability and institutional change, > sustainability impact assessment, and the broader fields of political ecology > and environmental sociology. Within SEED, the position would be housed within > the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience (WISIR) > (www.sig.uwaterloo.ca), where the candidate would join an interdisciplinary > team of researchers focused on innovation in intractable social-ecological > problem domains where the interface may include - but is not limited to - > social and technical innovation and its impact on a wide range of problem > domains. > > Courses and supervisory roles would be commensurate with the fields described > above. It is expected that all roles would be split between ERS and SEED. > > ERS offers an undergraduate program that admits over 100 students annually. > The department offers thesis masters and doctoral degrees (combined admission > of about 24 students annually). For four decades, ERS has promoted and > advanced trans-disciplinary approaches to human-environment relations. Three > broad conceptual themes guide our teaching, learning, and scholarly inquiry: > > - Assessing the theoretical foundations and practical implications of > progress toward a sustainable society, and application of this analysis as a > broad context for specific work; > > - Understanding socio-ecological interrelations as dynamic complex systems > vulnerable to being over-stressed by human activities; and > > - Examining conventional and alternative social arrangements, including > institutions and tools of governance, as means of improving human wellbeing > and environmental responsibility. > > WISIR is a new center established in SEED in 2010. It is primarily a research > institute, with a focus on: > > - Analyzing intractable problem domains as complex systems that are best > understood by using a system perspective as well as a resilience framework to > illuminate the dynamics of change and continuity; > > - Understanding the dynamics of social innovation, including the origin of > social inventions, how social inventions are disseminated and how they are > scaled up to change the broader institutional context including the broad > social, economic and cultural rules which govern our society; and > > - Understanding the roles and skills of social entrepreneurs, institutional > entrepreneurs and policy entrepreneurs and how they interact to catalyze and > support the dynamics of social innovation. > > Under the auspices of SEED, WISIR offers a graduate diploma (professional) in > social innovation, geared at attracting change agents from private, public > and not for profit organizations. WISIR is also in the process of developing > undergraduate courses as part of the programs in Environment and Business and > International Development offered within SEED. The successful candidate would > be responsible for helping in the development of these courses, and therefore > would be required to work closely with SEED faculty outside of the WISIR > group. WISIR is also dedicated to application and participates in Social > Innovation Generation, a Canada wide initiative funded by the J.W. McConnell > Foundation to build the capacity for social innovation in Canada. SEED offers > comprehensive and highly inter-disciplinary professional programs, at both > the undergraduate and graduate levels, in sustainable business and > development, with degrees in environment and business, international > development, local economic development and social innovation generation. > SEED has a current enrolment of approximately 800 students, and is > experiencing further growth. In 2011, the School moved to a new 57,000 sq. > ft. LEED© Platinum building with new classrooms, student space and offices. > > There are many opportunities for collaboration at the University of Waterloo. > ERS and SEED are part of the Faculty of Environment > (http://www.environment.uwaterloo.ca) that also includes: a Department of > Geography and Environmental Management; a School of Planning; and a Centre > for Knowledge Integration. The Faculty is distinguished by its > inter-disciplinary commitment to undergraduate and graduate education, strong > research activity and community outreach. ERS and SEED are linked to Waterloo > Institute for Complexity and Innovation, Centre for Ecosystem Resilience and > Adaptation and Centre for Applied Sciences in Ontario Protected Areas, > Interdisciplinary Centre on Climate Change, the Water Institute, and the > Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy. Applicants should have a Ph.D. or > equivalent; an active, fundable research program relevant to a > transdisciplinary approach to environmental studies and to social innovation; > demonstrated ability in publishing in relevant peer-reviewed journals, and > demonstrated commitment to and quality of teaching at all levels. The > successful candidate will supervise undergraduate and graduate project and > thesis work. > > Applicants should submit a letter of application stating career objectives, > approach to learning and teaching, and research goals. Accompanying that > letter, applicants must include a current curriculum vitae and a submission > that identifies four referees and their addresses who may be contacted for > references. Please also include an example of research in the form of a > scholarly paper or research proposal. > > Review of applications will begin on May 15 2012. The application package > should be sent to: > > Neil Craik > Director, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development > Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo > Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, N2L 3G1 > [email protected] > > Salary range will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The > appointment will be effective September 1, 2012. > > The University of Waterloo encourages applications from all qualified > individuals, including women, members of visible minorities, native persons, > and individuals with disabilities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to > apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given > priority > > _______________________________________________ > CAGList mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.uvic.ca/mailman/listinfo/caglist ++++++++++++++++++ Eric Sheppard Vice President, Association of American Geographers Regents Professor, Department of Geography Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change Director of Graduate Studies, Development Studies and Social Change 414 Social sciences building 267, 19th Ave. South University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA http://www.geog.umn.edu/people/profile.php?UID=shepp001
