IRES Newsletter: May 3, 2023 | Join this workshop series organized by IRES grad student Sarah-Louis Ruder, from May 10 – June 14. Register | Are you interested in contributing your expertise to help change-makers combat the eco-climate crisis? Or to build a platform to enable other experts to do this, easily and enjoyably (but with professional credit)? Help shape #SciOnEarthNet, an initiative of EarthNet and Dr. Kai Chan’s project CoSphere. Learn more and give feedback Tuesday, May 9th at 1pm PST in AERL RM 419 (the Fishbowl) or online via the RSVP link. RSVP here | In a new TED talk, Dr.Jiaying Zhao teaches us that saving our planet is associated with being happy... not just in the future, but NOW! One example is biking, which reduces greenhouse gas emissions and increases individual happiness at the same time. Watch the 10 min video! | IRES’s Dr. Kai Chan says "you're all experts in those around you, so YOU know something about shifting norms to enable people like you to participate fully in climate action, conservation and social justice," in a new dynamic, empowering TEDx talk. Watch the 10 min video! | Call for Projects: Grantham Foundation Prizes The Grantham Foundation for the Arts and the Environment officially launches its 2024 call for projects. It is awarding a creation prize of $10,000 and a research prize of $5,000. Both prizes are accompanied by a one-month residency at the Foundation. Deadline: May 14, 2023 | | Call for Application: NC State University Position The NC State University is recruiting a Postdoctoral Teaching Scholar in International Studies targeting to start Aug 15. This position includes on-campus housing. Political Ecologists are encouraged to apply! Deadline: May 12, 2023 Learn More | | Call for Application:STRONG Manooim Collective The Collective, supports Indigenous- led, data driven resilience strategies through soverignty-affirming and culturally empowering collaborative research, is seeking 2 postdoctoral scholars for Indigenous environmental governance at NorthWestern University. Deadline: May 31, 2023 Apply Here | | PhD and Postdoc position| Critical Environments Lab The Critical Environments Lab at the Colarado School of Mines is seeking applications for a social science Post-Doc fellow to join a project on the politics of "dead pool" risk in hydropower resevoirs in the American West. Deadline: May 26, 2023 Apply Here | | Registration now open for Designing for Transformation! Registration is now open to UBC graduate students for Designing for Transformation – a free, non-credit course for learning and applying approaches from social innovation, systemic design and regenerative development, using equity-centered and decolonizing methodologies. Module 1 Registration Deadline: May 14, 2023 Module 2 Registration Deadline: June 3, 2023 Learn More
| | Call for applications: UBC Public Scholars Initiative The 2023 Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) was launched 9 years ago to support UBC doctoral students whose research extended beyond the academy and traditional disciplinary approaches. PSI Scholars strive to have a tangible impact for the public good through collaborative, action-oriented, and/or creative forms of scholarship in their dissertation work. Deadline: May 12, 2023 Learn More | | Call for Application: Graduate Writing Consultant | Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication The Centre for Writing and Scholarly Communication (CWSC) delivers evidence-based writing consultations, workshops, and resources to UBC Vancouver community members. We model best practices that support and promote linguistic diversity, expression, and identity in accord with UBC’s decolonizing, anti-racist, and inclusive Pathway to excellence. Thus, we seek graduate students who reflect UBC’s diversity, particularly those who identify as IBPOC. Deadline: June 23, 2023 Learn More | | Bertram Scholarship | Canadian Foundation for Governance Research In recognition of the growing importance of good governance to all Canadian institutions, the Canadian Foundation for Governance Research offers annual Robert Bertram Scholarships of $15,000 to PhD students registered at Canadian universities. The scholarship will support the work of students who are conducting research into organizational governance as part of their doctoral research project. Deadline: May 19, 2023 Apply Here | | Tiny Beam Fund Fellowship Opportunities Tiny Beam Fund – a small US-based charitable foundation – is offering funds to academic researchers interested in drivers and negative impacts of large-scale, industrial animal agriculture, especially concerning LMICs (low- and middle-income countries). Deadline: June 8, 2023 Learn More | | Young Climate Innovators Program Young Climate Innovators- a platform for exchanging climate-resilient recovery and climate action ideas- is offering a virtual event livestreamed for students and young professionals (ages 18-35) on innovative intergenerational climate solutions focusing on markets, finance, policy, and technology. Rolling Deadline Register Here | | UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter Check out the latest UBC Library Research Commons Newsletter for events, workshops, and more! Learn More | UBC Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies Update Newsletter Check out the latest "GradUpdate" - a weekly snapshot of workshops and opportunities available to UBC graduate students. Read the Newsletter | | Have news to share or want to unsubscribe? Email us at:
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