Student field experiences in South Africa

Dr. Mark Brown is a conservation biology research associate at the School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal. He has an active research profile covering a range of topics, but focusing mostly on marine sciences, ornithology, and anthropogenic impact research.

 

Together with his colleague Elton du Plooy, they have put together some exciting short-term fieldwork opportunities for International undergraduate and recent graduate students to gain valuable field experience in the conservation field in the Western Cape region of South Africa and around Kruger National Park. These opportunities are based on their combined experience working in research and conservation, and their passion for providing experiential opportunities for early career researchers to gain hands-on practical experience and to better understand the range of career opportunities available in the conservation arena. Building on the success of their sister company, Live4Now, with a track record of veterinary science excursions for visiting students of over a decade, Discover Eden is well placed to see your students’ expectations fulfilled. Their courses in 2022 have gone exceptionally well, with students from several universities in the States, Europe and Australia participating and giving good feedback to us.

 

They would love to provide these opportunities to students. They offer a two-week marine biology field course, a three-week ecology course and a three-week Big 5 experience. For more information about who they are and what they do, please see the PDF’s below, or visit https://discovereden.co.za.  

Funded PhD Position at Dartmouth's Graduate Program in Ecology, Evolution, Environment and Society

The Ecology, Evolution, Environment & Society (EEES) graduate program at Dartmouth College (New Hampshire, United States) seeks applicants for fully-funded PhD study in political ecology and/or environmental anthropology to begin in September 2023.  Candidates interested in pursuing critical qualitative research on the relationships between race, radicalization, and the environment; political ecologies of health; green economies; energy transitions; environmental justice, broadly defined; or science and technology studies (STS) are especially welcome to apply. Candidates should have a demonstrated capacity for independent, original inquiry and a commitment to interdisciplinary methods and analytical frameworks. A Bachelor's or Master's degree or significant coursework in one of the environmental social sciences (e.g., geography, environmental studies, anthropology, or environmental/rural sociology) is preferable, but not required, as is relevant research and/or professional experience. 

 

To learn more about the program please visit the EEES homepage and to submit an application, please see the Dartmouth School of Graduate and Advanced Studies site.  If you have any questions or would like more information, please contact Professors Abigail Neely (abigail.h.neely@dartmouth.edu) and/or Maron Greenleaf (maron.e.greenleaf@dartmouth.edu).   

Internship opportunity

2022 Pacific Rim Conservation Volunteer Application: Seabird Restoration Data Science Project

Pacific Rim Conservation (PRC) is a non-profit organization with a mission to maintain and restore native bird diversity, populations, and habitats in Hawaii and across the Pacific region. We strive to use a science-based approach to management, using research to improve methods and inform future conservation actions.

We are looking for 1 - 2 self-motivated, hard-working individual(s) to help us to understand the drivers of active seabird restoration outcomes. Specifically, the individual(s) will be identifying source colonies for translocation and social attraction projects (via literature, mapping) and using GIS to calculate distances between source colonies and active restoration sites. To read more about the background of the project, visit seabirddatabase.org.

This is a computer-based remote internship and will not be meeting in person. This is an unpaid position but we will work with a student to apply for funding or credit through their university if applicable.

Basic requirements: experience using microsoft excel spreadsheets plus ability to communicate via email and zoom weekly, strong reading/writing skills, desire to learn, pay attention to details, follow directions, and be self-motivated.

Desired requirements: experience or coursework in conservation, restoration, GIS/mapping, and using spreadsheets for data entry and organization.

We require a commitment of at least the fall quarter/semester, and a minimum of 6 hours a week (e.g., two 3 hour days).

 

Please go here for more information and to apply. 

Invitation to CFR 9/21 Academic Webinar: Climate Justice

On behalf of the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), I invite you and your students to participate in the next session of the Fall 2022 CFR Academic Webinar series via Zoom on Wednesday, September 21, from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (EDT).

 

Adil Najam, professor and dean emeritus of the Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies at Boston University, will lead the conversation on climate justice.  

 

If you would like to join this interactive webinar, please sign up by emailing cfracademic@cfr.org with your name, title, and academic affiliation. We encourage you to forward this invitation to students and educators in your network who might be interested. We will send the meeting access instructions on Tuesday.

As background for the discussion, you may wish to review the following materials:

1. Anya Howko-Johnson, “The Crisis of the Century: How the United States Can Protect Climate Migrants,” The Internationalist, Blog, Council on Foreign Relations, August 26, 2022.
2. Alice C. Hill and Madeline Babin, “What the Historic U.S. Climate Bill Gets Right and Gets Wrong,” In Brief, Council on Foreign Relations, August 17, 2022.
3. Claire Klobucista and Kali Robinson, “Water Stress: A Global Problem That’s Getting Worse,” Backgrounder, Council on Foreign Relations, August 2, 2022.
4. Adil Najam, “Covid, Climate, and Crisis–Lessons Learned and Not Learned,” Time for Diplomacy, Podcast, May 26, 2022.
5. Cynthia Golembeski et al., “Climate Change and Incarceration,” org, April 29, 2022. 
6. Kelly Sims Gallagher, “The Coming Carbon Tsunami: Developing Countries Need a New Growth Model—Before It’s Too Late,” Foreign Affairs, January/February 2022.

We look forward to you and your students joining us for a lively exchange!

 

Best regards,

Irina

 

Irina A. Faskianos

Vice President, National Program and Outreach
Council on Foreign Relations
58 East 68th Street, New York, New York 10065
tel 212.434.9465 cell 201.463.4515
ifaskianos@cfr.org www.cfr.org

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Wednesday, September 28, 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. (EDT)

“Defining Democracy”

Yascha Mounk, CFR; Johns Hopkins University

 

View the schedule of upcoming Academic Webinars.

 

Listen to previous webinars and calls at CFR.org here or via the CFR Academic podcast channel on iTunes.

 

The CFR Academic Webinar series provides a forum for educators and students to interact with CFR experts and join the debate on foreign policy.

 

For more online classroom materials:

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Email CFRAcademic@cfr.org 

Remote-eligible AGU Science Policy Internship

Brittany Webster, Manager for Science Policy and Government Relations at AGU, let us know that her office is seeking interns for their science policy team: https://www.paycomonline.net/v4/ats/web.php/jobs/ViewJobDetails?job=71403&clientkey=59DC7BB56B27E6FE0BAEFCC26247152E . While the position description doesn’t say it, the interns are able to work remotely. 

TNC database intern

The Nature Conservancy in Illinois is hiring 3 part-time database interns to work with the science team this winter ($16/hr). This is a part-time position that can be spread across up to 6 months, meant to be flexible enough to accommodate a student taking classes. We will be hiring one intern in each northern, central, and southern Illinois. The intern will work with TNC staff to scan, digitize, and organize data files at preserves throughout the region. It’s a great opportunity to build early skills in data management/data science. Work can be completed from the successful applicant’s current location, with a few trips to preserves for short working stints. Travel and lodging costs will be provided. You can find more information at nature.org/careers, search job ID# 52092.

 

Applications are due Sept. 29, 2022. Work can be flexibly completed between mid-October 2022 to late-March 2023. Interested applicants are welcome to reach out to Elizabeth Bach at elizabeth.bach@TNC.ORG. 

2022 NIU Food systems sustainability Huskie Hackathon

NIU’s Office of Innovation will be hosting a nontraditional hackathon competition for students 18 and over on November 5-6^th, 2022. We would truly appreciate you helping the Huskie Hack family by getting the word out to your students, helping them build multidisciplinary teams and offering them pre-event mentoring. 

 

We believe in the difference you make in the lives of our students, and nothing means more to them than the future sustainability of their planet and helping them achieve that goal.  

 

The overarching theme of this hack is sustainability with an emphasis on the future of food systems and its challenges. We are inviting students from NIU and around the Midwest region to form multidisciplinary teams of 4 to 6 members to take a crack at solving problem sets focused on challenges surrounding food systems. They will choose a problem statement from one of the following areas: Food waste, Regionalization of food systems, Human diversity in agriculture. 

This isn’t a traditional hackathon that just focuses on coding but one that focuses on solution-based ideas - Students from all disciplines will be asked to explore the topic, understand the problem sets, and use the knowledge and expertise from industry and university mentors and specialists before pitching their solutions to the judges. Large prizes are available.

For more information, please follow the link below or if you want to be involved, Bryan Flower, at bflower@niu.edu.

https://www.niu.edu/divresearch/innovation/huskie-hack.shtml