[Grad-postdoc-assn] FW: [sustsci_fellowships] Harvard Sustainability Science Fellowship for doctoral, post-doc and mid-career fellows - due Jan 15

Wed Sep 19 08:35:39 MDT 2012

Announcement potentially of interest

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Vanessa Schweizer
Postgraduate Scientist
Climate and Global Dynamics (CGD) Division &
Integrated Science Program (ISP)
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)
P.O. Box 3000 | Boulder, CO 80307 | USA

Phone: +1 (303) 497-1713
Fax: +1 (303) 497-1314

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From: Jay Apt <apt at cmu.edu>
Date: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 at 8:15 AM
Subject: FW: [sustsci_fellowships] Harvard Sustainability Science
Fellowship for doctoral, post-doc and mid-career fellows - due Jan 15

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Jay Apt****

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apt at cmu.edu****

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*From:* Dickson, Nancy [mailto:nancy_dickson at harvard.edu]
*Sent:* Wednesday, September 19, 2012 10:11 AM
*To:* The sustsci_fellowships list provides periodic information about
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Center for International Development.
*Subject:* [sustsci_fellowships] Harvard Sustainability Science Fellowship
for doctoral, post-doc and mid-career fellows - due Jan 15****

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I would be most grateful if you would circulate this fellowship
announcement to potential candidates. Thank you.****

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*Sustainability Science **Fellowships **at Harvard University*

*Doctoral, Post-doctoral, and Mid-career Fellowships*

Due date for applications: January 15, 2013****

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The Sustainability Science
Program<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/programs/sustsci>at
Harvard University invites applications for resident fellowships in
sustainability science for the academic year beginning in September 2013.
The fellowship competition is open to advanced doctoral and post-doctoral
students, and to mid-career professionals engaged in research or practice
to facilitate the design, implementation, and evaluation of effective
interventions that promote sustainable development. Some of the most
serious constraints to sustainable development lie in the interconnections
among sectors: energy’s growing need for water; the impacts of water use on
human health; the competition for land among food, energy and conservation
initiatives; and the cumulative impact of all sectoral initiatives on
climate and other key environmental services.  A central challenge is to
develop an integrated understanding of how sectoral initiatives for
sustainability can compete with and complement one another in particular
regional contexts. The 2013-14 fellowship competition therefore focuses on
regional initiatives pursing an integrated perspective on sustainable
development in India, China and Brazil. It also includes a cross-cutting
research initiative to integrate work focused on the theme of Innovation
for Sustainable Development. Preference in this year’s competition will be
given to applicants whose proposals complement one or more of these four
initiatives.  The
Initiatives<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/programs/sustsci/grants-fellowships/fellows/fellowships-in-sustainability-science#3>(see
below), are led by Professors William
Clark<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/william-clark>,
Henry Lee<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/henry-lee>,
Paul Moorcroft<http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/moorcroft/moorcroft-oeb.html>,
and Rohini Pande<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/rohini-pande>.
The Program is also open, however, to strong proposals in any area of
sustainability science.  In addition to general funds available to support
this fellowship offering, special funding for the Giorgio Ruffolo
Fellowships in Sustainability
Science<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/cid/programs/sustsci/grants-fellowships#3>
is
available to support citizens of Italy, Brazil, China, India or developing
countries who are therefore especially encouraged to apply. For more
information on the fellowships application process see
http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/fellowships.
Applications
are due January 15, 2013 and decisions will be announced by March 2013.****

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Governance Innovations for Sustainable Development: Building Public-Private
Partnerships in
India<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/activities/program-initiatives/india>
*Faculty leader*: Rohini
Pande<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/rohini-pande>,
Mohammed Kamal Professor of Public Policy
*Project director: *Michael Greenstone<http://econ-www.mit.edu/faculty/mgreenst>
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Sustainable development, by its nature, requires government and private
actors to work together. Externalities from rapid growth, such as the
depletion of subsidized resources, widespread air and water pollution or
unsustainable energy use, arise from a joint failure of government and
industry to create an economy where the most profitable action is also best
socially. The India Initiative will address sustainability problems in
India of both national and global import. The motivation for this research
program is to work with governments to channel the enterprising potential
of the private sector to correct such externalities. The research will
address questions in sustainable environmental regulation and provide
evidence on how public-private partnerships can contribute to solving
existing challenges. We focus on three research areas. First, existing
environmental regulations are weakly enforced by possibly under-resourced
regulators, leading to poor environmental quality. Second, traditional
regulations, even if strengthened, are not the right tools to address many
of India's pollution problems. Third, from the perspective of
sustainability of resource use, India's inefficient and rapidly growing
energy consumption threatens to undermine its own development by
contributing to global climate change. The research team is partnering with
government and private institutions in order to conduct field trials of
innovative environmental policies to provide rigorous evidence on the
impact of these policies for sustainable development. Doctoral,
post-doctoral, and mid-career candidates are encouraged to apply.****

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Sustainable Development of the Energy Sector in China: Challenges and
Options<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/activities/program-initiatives/energy-china>
*Faculty leader*: Henry
Lee<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/henry-lee>,
Jassim M. Jaidah Director, Environment and Natural Resources Program
*Project directors:* Edward
Cunningham<http://www.edwardcunningham.com/edwardcunningham.com/Home.html>,
Laura Diaz Anadon<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/laura-diaz-anadon>,
Venkatesh Narayanamurti<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/venkatesh-narayanamurti>
****

The China Initiative addresses the environmental implications of energy
policies in China and explores how China can manage these implications.
Fellows work to identify and promote policies that will contribute to the
thoughtful use of China's natural resources (e.g., water, land) and/or the
adoption of cleaner and less carbon-intensive industrial and energy
technologies. Research areas include, but are not limited to: analyzing the
impact of energy and industrial policies on water scarcity; the technical,
environmental, and economic implications of greater electrification of
urban areas generally, and  commercial and transportation systems
specifically; and the environmental and structural impact of policies and
programs affecting the electric utility and coal industries. Post-doctoral
and mid-career candidates, especially those who speak Chinese, are
particularly encouraged to apply.****

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Sustainable Development of the Amazon and its Surrounding Regions: The
Interplay of Changing Climate, Hydrology, and Land
Use<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/activities/program-initiatives/amazon>
*Faculty leader*: Paul
Moorcroft<http://www.oeb.harvard.edu/faculty/moorcroft/moorcroft-oeb.html>,
Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
*Project director:* John Briscoe<http://www.seas.harvard.edu/directory/jbriscoe>
****

Ongoing agricultural expansion and other land use changes in Amazonia and
the surrounding regions are expected to continue over the next several
decades as global demand for food and biofuel increases and regional
economies expand. The conversion of natural forest and cerrado ecosystems
to pastureland and agricultural crops creates warmer and drier atmospheric
conditions than the native vegetation. In addition, human induced climate
change arising from increasing levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere
is also expected to push the Amazon region towards a warmer and drier
state. In a number of recent climate modeling studies, the Amazon has been
shown to exhibit two contrasting states for the water cycle and ecosystems
of the region: a moist forested state, and an alternate drier and warmer
state with sparser vegetation. This has raised the question of whether
deforestation and conversion to agricultural land cause the
atmosphere-vegetation-hydrologic system of the Amazon to switch from its
current moist state to the warmer and drier one? And if so, will this new
state have sufficient precipitation to sustain the native forest and
productivity of adjacent agricultural areas? In this study we propose to
answer these questions by developing a coupled vegetation-atmosphere model
to investigate the stability of the Amazonian hydrologic system (sometimes
referred to as "rivers in the sky", as well as accompanying river flows on
the ground) to scenarios of land use and climate change. By doing so we
will be able to answer the question: How much deforestation is too much?
Post-doctoral candidates who have experience with integrated
land-water-climate models and/or experience analyzing patterns and trends
of land use and land use change are particularly encouraged to apply.****

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Innovation and Access to Technologies for Sustainable
Development<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/programs/sustsci/activities/program-initiatives/innovation>
*Faculty leader*: William
Clark<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/william-clark>,
Brooks Professor of International Science, Public Policy and Human
Development
*Project directors:* Laura Diaz
Anadon<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/laura-diaz-anadon>,
Kira Matus<http://www2.lse.ac.uk/government/whosWho/profiles/kmatus@lseacuk/Home.aspx>,
Suerie Moon<http://www.hks.harvard.edu/about/faculty-staff-directory/suerie-moon>
****

Meeting sustainable development goals will require harnessing and
maximizing the potential of technological innovation. Examples of such
technologies include carbon capture and storage systems, more efficient
irrigation methods, essential medicines, household water purification
devices, and manufacturing processes that minimize waste and pollution.
While some needed innovations can be fostered through existing public and
private mechanisms at the national level, such efforts have proven
inadequate to meet global sustainability goals, particularly with regard to
meeting the needs of the world’s poorest, most vulnerable or marginalized
in current and future generations. Too often, technologies are either not
developed at all for lack of a sufficiently profitable market, or if
developed, are not accessible or well-adapted to end-user needs. This
initiative seeks to advance knowledge and understanding of how to equitably
improve the functioning of the “global innovation system” for sustainable
development technologies. We are conducting a comparative study of how well
the system functions to meet five sustainable development needs (food,
energy, health, manufactured goods, and water), with a special focus on
equity and access.  The initiative examines specific cases of “system
interventions” (e.g., policy interventions, institutional innovations, new
approaches to shaping the innovation process) intended to strengthen the
global innovation system, with the broader aim of developing policy
recommendations that draw from, and are generalizable across, multiple
sectors. The findings will contribute to realizing the potential of science
and technology to meet the most pressing sustainable development
challenges. Doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career candidates are
encouraged to apply.****

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Nancy Dickson****

Co-Director, Sustainability Science Program****

Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University****

79 JFK St., Cambridge, MA  01238 USA****

Tel +1-617-496-9469  nancy_dickson at harvard.edu****

http://www.hks.harvard.edu/centers/mrcbg/sustsci****

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