[ES_JOBS_NET] UC Berkeley Sustainability and Equity faculty recruitment announcement

[Lara Kueppers]

Colleagues,

Please circulate this position announcement to your networks and 
consider applying if you work on Sustainability and Equity.

Thank you,
Lara Kueppers

Assistant Professor
Energy and Resources Group
UC Berkeley


    Assistant Professor - Sustainability and Equity - Energy and
    Resources Group/Environmental Science, Policy, and Management


      Recruitment Period

Open October 9th, 2019 through Monday, Dec 2, 2019 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)


      Description

*Assistant Professor - Sustainability and Equity - Energy and Resources 
Group and the Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management*

The Energy and Resources Group (ERG) <https://erg.berkeley.edu/> and the 
Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management (ESPM) 
<https://ourenvironment.berkeley.edu/> 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Preferred qualifications:
The ideal candidate will:

  * 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.
  * 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.
  * 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
  * 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.
  * 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:
    https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity/support-faculty-candidates).


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.

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.

To apply for consideration, please go to the following link: 
https://aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF02382. 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 (http://apo.berkeley.edu/evalltr.html ) 
prior to submitting their letters.

The deadline for applications is December 2, 2019. Please direct 
questions to Megan Amaral, ergmanager at berkeley.edu 
<mailto:ergmanager at berkeley.edu>.

For information about potential relocation to Berkeley, or career needs 
of accompanying partners and spouses, please visit: 
http://ofew.berkeley.edu/new-faculty. To learn more about UC Berkeley’s 
Principles of Community, please go to: 
https://ofew.berkeley.edu/recruitment/contributions-diversity .

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: 
http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct .



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