<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>Third Annual</b></span></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" size="4" color="#0b5394"><b>Summer School in Sustainable Climate Risk Management</b></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" color="#0b5394"><span style="font-size:14px"><br></span></font></div><div style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><font face="Helvetica" color="#000000"><span style="font-size:14px"><b>for postdocs and advanced graduate students</b></span></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><span style="font-size:14px;font-family:Helvetica">3-7 August 2015 at </span><span style="font-family:Helvetica">Penn State University</span></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;margin:0px"><br></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (<a href="http://scrimhub.org/about.php" target="_blank">SCRiM</a>) links an international, transdisciplinary team of climate scientists, economists, philosophers, statisticians, engineers, and policy analysts to answer the question, <i>“What are sustainable, scientifically sound, technologically feasible, economically efficient, and ethically defensible climate risk management strategies?”</i></font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">As a central part of its educational and research mission, SCRiM hosts an annual summer school to foster opportunities for collaboration and to provide a solid foundation in the broad, multidisciplinary knowledge, tools, and methods of the diverse fields participating in the network.</span><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">A key focus of the workshop will be developing a common vocabulary to help foster enhanced cross-disciplinary communication, enabling the possibility for future collaborative research. Participants will also gain hands-on experience with key methods and tools including robust decisionmaking, use of simple models, and analysis of relevant datasets.</span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br></div><span style="font-size:12.8000001907349px">Lodging and meals are provided for all participants. In most cases, we are also able to provide full travel support.</span><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><br><u><b>This program is targeted at advanced graduate students and postdocs.</b></u> However, in special circumstances, we may be willing to consider applications from other early-career professionals who have recently completed their master’s or doctoral degrees and are working in SCRiM-relevant fields.<div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px;margin:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="margin:0px"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">To apply, visit </span><a href="http://scrimhub.org/summer-school" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank"><b>scrimhub.org/summer-school</b>.</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:13px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><b>Apply by 22 March 2015</b></span><font color="#000000" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"> to receive full consideration. </font></div><div style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Helvetica,Arial;font-size:13px;text-align:center;margin:0px"><br></div><div style="text-align:center;margin:0px"><b><font color="#0b5394" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:14px">Instructors & Sessions</span></font></b><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:13px"><span style="font-size:12px"><b><br></b></span></font></div><div style="text-align:center;color:rgb(0,0,0);margin:0px"><b style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:Helvetica"><br></b></div><div style="text-align:center">Chris Caldwell - <i>Tribal Perspectives on Climate Change</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Chris Forest - <i>Earth System Modeling</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Murali Haran - <i>Uncertainty Quantification</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Klaus Keller - <i>Risk Analysis</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Robert Lempert - <i>Policy Analysis and Robust Decisionmaking</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Robert Nicholas - <i>Climate Data Analysis</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Alan Robock - <i>Geoengineering</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Christian Traeger - <i>Integrated Assessment</i></div><div style="text-align:center">Nancy Tuana - <i>Coupled Epistemic-Ethical Analysis</i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><br></i></div><div style="text-align:center"><i><br></i></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Please contact Katerina Kostadinova (</span><a href="mailto:katerina@psu.edu" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" target="_blank">katerina@psu.edu</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">) with any questions.</span></div></div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">---</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:'Brush Script MT';font-size:x-large"><font color="#000000">Katerina Kostadinova</font></span><br></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Administrative Support Coordinator</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><font color="#000000">Network for Sustainable Climate Risk Management (<a href="http://scrimhub.org/" target="_blank">SCRiM</a>)</font><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">Earth & Environmental Systems Institute </font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">219 EES Building, University Park, PA 16802</font></p><p style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt"><font color="#000000" face="tahoma, sans-serif">P: <a href="tel:%28814%29%20865-5007" value="+18148655007" target="_blank">(814) 865-5007</a></font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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