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<p>Colleagues,</p>
<p>Please circulate this position announcement to your networks and
consider applying if you work on Sustainability and Equity.<br>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Thank you,</div>
<div class="moz-forward-container">Lara Kueppers</div>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">Assistant Professor</div>
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<h2><span>Assistant Professor - Sustainability and Equity
- Energy and Resources Group/Environmental Science,
Policy, and Management</span> <span></span></h2>
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Recruitment Period </h3>
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<div>Open October 9th, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2,
2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)</div>
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<h3 id="m_3858137269870991021gmail-description">Description</h3>
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<p><strong>Assistant Professor - Sustainability and
Equity - Energy and Resources Group and the
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and
Management</strong></p>
<p>The <a href="https://erg.berkeley.edu/"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
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(ERG)</a> and the <a
href="https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Department of Environmental
Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM)</a> at the
University of California, Berkeley, seek
applications for a tenure track Assistant Professor
faculty position in the area of Sustainability and
Equity. The expected start date is July 1, 2020. The
appointment will be split 50% in ERG and 50% in
ESPM.</p>
<p>Social equity is foundational to solving critical
environmental problems facing humanity at local,
national and international scales; such challenges
include climate change, food security and
sovereignty, natural resource access, biodiversity
loss, energy resources and production, water access
and quality, land use and scarcity, and human
health. We seek applications from scholars who
foreground issues of equity in their environmental
research and whose work pays attention to issues of
power, access, voice and justice in shaping local,
national, and/or international policies. </p>
<p>Diversity, equity, and inclusion are core values of
UC Berkeley. Our excellence can only be fully
realized by faculty, students, and staff who share
our commitment to these values. Successful
candidates for our faculty positions will
demonstrate evidence of a commitment to equity and
inclusion through their research, teaching, and/or
service. </p>
<p>ERG and ESPM are committed to addressing the family
needs of faculty, including dual career couples and
single parents. We encourage candidates who have had
non-traditional career paths, or who have taken time
off for family reasons, to apply for this position.
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<p>Basic Qualifications: Applicants for this position
must hold a Ph.D. or J.D. (or equivalent
international degree) or be enrolled in a Ph.D. or
J.D. (or equivalent international degree-granting
program) at the time of application.</p>
<p>Preferred qualifications: <br>
The ideal candidate will:</p>
<ul>
<li>have a record of research that crosses
disciplinary boundaries in the environmental and
social sciences, with the potential to develop an
internationally-recognized research program that
includes collaboration with colleagues in the
natural and/or biophysical sciences. </li>
<li>be a capacious scholar whose research will bring
new insights to the intertwined nature of
sustainability and equity, and who will advance
interdisciplinary conversations that define both
ERG and ESPM.</li>
<li>be working in fields including but not limited
to: environmental studies, political economy,
history, law, anthropology, sociology, geography,
political science, behavioral sciences, public
health, city planning or the intersection of two
or more relevant fields</li>
<li>demonstrate evidence of strong research
productivity, potential for funding, and a
commitment to excellence in teaching and mentoring
of undergraduates, graduate students, and
post-docs. </li>
<li>demonstrate evidence of their commitment to
diversity, equity, and inclusion in ways that
align with UC Berkeley’s mission to meet the
educational needs of California’s diverse
population (see: <a
href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-candidates"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-candidates</a>).
</li>
</ul>
<p>ERG and ESPM are both units with multidisciplinary
communities of scholars and cooperative extension
specialists from the biological, physical, and
social sciences, as well as the humanities, who
conduct research, teaching, and outreach to advance
understanding and develop solutions for the world’s
pressing environmental problems. In addition,
Berkeley provides outstanding opportunities for
intellectual engagement with colleagues in other
campus units including the College of Environmental
Design, the Law School, the School of Public Health,
the Goldman School of Public Policy, the Institute
for International Studies, the Center for Race and
Gender, the Institute for Social and Economic
Change, the Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive
Society, and the Departments of Political Science,
Sociology, History, Economics, Agricultural and
Resource Economics, Geography, and Ethnic Studies.</p>
<p>The successful candidate will have the opportunity
to teach a graduate course in their area of
expertise, with a focus on methods for the analysis
of sustainability and equity, or on specific
environmental challenges analyzed through the joint
lens of sustainability and equity. They will also
teach an undergraduate course that contributes to
the undergraduate majors of Society and Environment,
Conservation and Resource Studies, Environmental
Science, and the ERG minor.</p>
<p>To apply for consideration, please go to the
following link: <a
href="https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02382"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02382</a>.
Applicants should also provide three letters of
recommendation that speak to their excellence in
research, teaching, mentoring, service, and record
of contributions to diversity and inclusion. It is
preferred that all letters of recommendation be
uploaded by referees by the final date to apply
(December 2, 2019). All letters will be treated as
confidential per University of California policy and
California state law. Please refer potential
referees, including when letters are provided via a
third party (i.e., dossier service or career
center), to the UC Berkeley statement of
confidentiality (<a
href="http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html</a>
) prior to submitting their letters.</p>
<p>The deadline for applications is December 2, 2019.
Please direct questions to Megan Amaral, <a
href="mailto:ergmanager@berkeley.edu"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">ergmanager@berkeley.edu</a>.</p>
<p>For information about potential relocation to
Berkeley, or career needs of accompanying partners
and spouses, please visit: <a
href="http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty</a>.
To learn more about UC Berkeley’s Principles of
Community, please go to: <a
href="https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity</a>
.</p>
<p>The University of California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All
qualified applicants will receive consideration for
employment without regard to race, color, religion,
sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
origin, disability, age, or protected veteran
status. For the complete University of California
nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see:
<a
href="http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct"
rel="nofollow" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct</a>
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