The Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society brings promising new scholars to Stanford University for 1-2 year appointments as postdoctoral fellows. Deadline to apply is January 13, 2020.

Currently Stanford PACS is accepting applications for two postdoctoral fellowship opportunities for the 2020-21 academic year:

• The Program on Democracy and the Internet
• The Digital Civil Society Lab

Each fellow will be affiliated with the relevant Stanford PACS initiative (either the Digital Civil Society Lab or the Program on Democracy and the Internet) and potentially also with a department or school at Stanford University.

The annual fellowship stipend is $67,000, plus the standard benefits that postdoctoral fellows at Stanford University receive, including health insurance and travel funds. The fellowship program falls under U.S. Immigration J-1 Exchange Visitor Visa activities.

The start date of the fellowship will be September 2020, unless otherwise agreed. To assume a postdoctoral fellowship, scholars must have a PhD in hand by July 1, 2020. We cannot consider applications from scholars who earned a PhD earlier than May 1, 2018.

For both of these fellowships, we encourage applications from candidates representing a broad range of disciplines including the social sciences, humanities, law, computer science and engineering.

As an African American raised in the south who had a love affair with nature, Dr. J. Drew Lanham grew up feeling like a “rare bird”.  Join University of Washington’s EarthLab on October 30 at 6:30PM for the 2019 Doug Walker Lecture where Dr. Lanham will discuss what it means to embrace both his history and relationship to nature, and how these two intertwine as an ornithologist, wildlife ecologist and college professor. A leading advocate for the natural world, Dr. Lanham will examine how conservation must be a rigorous science and evocative art — and that love of nature is not restricted by race and should play an active role in celebrating our natural world.

Dr. Lanham’s book, The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature, is a remarkable meditation on nature and belonging and a deeply moving memoir and riveting exploration of the contradictions of black identity in the rural South — and in America today.

When: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | 6:30 p.m.
Where: Benaroya Hall | Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101
Cost: $8

Keely Muscatell, PhD., Professor in the Department of Psychology & Neuroscience and the Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center at UNC Chapel Hill, will present “Socioeconomic Influences on the Brain and Immune System: Uncovering Mechanisms and Informing Interventions.” Access the lecture via the following information:

Event Date and Time: Tuesday, October 22, 2019 — 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET

Meeting URL: https://meetings.webex.com/collabs/#/meetings/joinbynumber
Meeting Number: 191 366 190

 

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) is interested in supporting the integration of health-related behavioral and social sciences (BSS) with other biomedical methodological and scientific disciplines (e.g., genetics, immunology, metabolomics, molecular biology, microbiome, biochemistry, or physiological sciences).  The goal is to train a research workforce that has the content expertise and skills to meaningful address gaps in scientific advancement that are not well served by a more siloed approach to research. To support this goal, the OBSSR is soliciting applications for a one-time administrative supplement to existing NIH T32 and TL1 training grants for the addition of activities that support the acquisition of expertise and skills that are foundational to conducting multidisciplinary science that integrates BSS with biomedical approaches, methods, paradigms, and outcomes.

View: NOT-OD-19-147

Key Dates:
Release Date: September 30, 2019
First Available Due Date: January 25, 2020
Expiration Date: January 26, 2020

Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) invites you to nominate outstanding social-behavioral scientists for the MWR Selection Committee to consider for giving the keynote address at the 13th NIH Matilda White Riley Behavioral and Social Science Honors. The person(s) you nominate should have a research career that has advanced behavioral and social scientific knowledge in areas within NIH’s mission and Dr. White Riley’s vision including,

• An expanded conceptualization of health and wellbeing that includes effective cognitive, affective and social functioning; and quality of life
• Behavioral and social sciences research results that improve the lives of people and society
• Illuminate the complex and dynamic interplay among processes at multiple levels (e.g. interactions between genes and the built, natural, and social environment)
• Influence of social and behavioral factors on physical health and the utility of this knowledge for clinical practice and health policy
• Life course perspective on development, health, and wellbeing of individuals and societies
• Research approaches that build theory and methods in the advancement of knowledge on health and wellbeing

Event Date and Location: Monday, June 8, 2020 — NIH Campus, Wilson Hall (Bldg. 1)

OBSSR has a strong commitment to diversity and inclusiveness– including women, minorities, and persons with disabilities– in speaker selection and agenda development of its scientific meetings and events.  Nominees need not have NIH funding.

Please save your nominee information as a PDF file and send it to Erica Spotts via email, spottse@mail.nih.gov, by COB November 15, 2019. Nominee information should include:

• Page 1: Nominee’s full contact information, including link to their webpage(s)
• Page 2: A one-page statement demonstrating how the nominee’s research results and practice correspond with Dr. White Riley’s vision
• Page 3: Nominee’s CV and/or NIH bio sketch

If you have any questions, please contact Erica Spotts, spottse@mail.nih.gov.

The Annual NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Festival will be hosted by OBSSR and the NIH Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Coordinating Committee. The purpose of the festival is to highlight recently funded behavioral and social sciences research that the NIH supports; bring together behavioral and social scientists within the NIH extramural and intramural communities to network with each other and share scientific ideas; and explore ways to advance behavioral and social sciences research. The festival is open to the public. 

Event Date and Location: Friday, December 6, 2019 — NIH Campus, Natcher Conference Center (Bldg. 45)

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Fellowships/assistantships are available for self-motivated PhD students to conduct innovative and high-impact research at the Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability (CSIS) at Michigan State University.

Research topics may include telecoupling (socioeconomic- environmental interactions over distances, through means such as flows of ecosystem services, trade of goods and services, globalization, migration, species invasion, disease spread, and tourism, telecoupling.org),  sustainability science, UN Sustainable Development Goals, coupled human and natural systems, biodiversity conservation, ecosystem services, human well-being, forest and landscape ecology, global change, systems integration (e.g., integration of ecology with social sciences and policy; food-energy-water nexus), wildlife ecology and conservation (e.g., giant pandas in China), land change science, and systems modeling and simulation (e.g., agent-based modeling). Studies on these topics by faculty and students at CSIS have been published in journals such as Science, Nature, and PNAS. With flexible start dates (e.g., spring, summer or fall of 2020), successful candidates can build on previous studies and explore new frontiers.

Application materials include: (1) letter of application, (2) CV or resume, (3) academic statement, (4) personal statement, (5) transcripts, (6) GRE scores, (7) TOEFL scores (for non-native English speakers only), (8) list of 3-4 references (names and contact information), and (9) up to three representative publications if any. Unofficial copies of GRE, TOEFL and transcripts are OK initially.  Applicants are encouraged to submit their application materials as soon as possible.  Applications and questions about these opportunities should be emailed to Professor Jianguo (Jack) Liu at liuji@msu.edu (email)

The Department of Social Sciences at Texas A&M International University (TAMIU) seeks an Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure-track, 9-month position) to begin Fall 2020. Duties include teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses. A reduced load (2-2 for the first year) is provided to allow for other duties, such as publishing research in Sociology or closely related areas, and serving on departmental, University, and professional committees. We desire candidates who: demonstrate strong research skills, have a strong record of or potential for sustained publication in peer-reviewed journals (commensurate with experience), have the potential for or prior experience with seeking and/or securing external grant funding, work with diverse student populations, and have the ability to teach in areas that complement or strengthen our undergraduate and graduate programs.

For more information, contact Search Committee Chairs: Dr. Andrew Hilburn (ahilburn@tamiu.edu and 956-326-2662) and Dr. Pamela Neumann (pamela.neumann@tamiu.edu and 956-326-2686).

The University of California, Berkeley invites applications for the 2020‐2021 S.V. Ciriacy‐Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships awarded by the College of Natural Resources.

The S.V. Ciriacy‐Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy will be awarded for the 2020‐21 academic year to support advanced research at the University of California, Berkeley. For the purposes of this fellowship, natural resources are defined broadly to include environmental resources. The fellowship encourages, but is not limited to, policy‐oriented research.

Recruitment Period Open September 26th, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time) Description

For more information, please visit: http://nature.berkeley.edu/site/ciriacy.php

Please visit https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02299
Specific questions regarding this recruitment can be directed to Ruxin Liu at ruxinl@berkeley.edu.