Thursday, February 27, 2014
This Week’s Posts
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS: European IASC Meeting: The Use of Commons in a Changing Society. Abstracts are invited for the third European International Association for the Study of the Commons meeting: “From Generation to Generation – the use of commons in a changing society”. The meeting will take place on 16-19 September, 2014, in Umeå, Sweden. Deadline: April 1, 2014
FUNDING: John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation Grants. The foundation provides grants for conservation and development in selected regional ecosystems of the developing world. Deadline: April 2, 2014
AWARD: The International ReSource Award for Sustainable Watershed Management. The award is an internationally recognised prize acknowledging leadership in the implementation of the principles of sustainability in watershed management. Deadline: April 30, 2014
EMPLOYMENT: IRRI Gender Specialist. The International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) is seeking a project scientist to lead its gender research in India. Deadline: March 8, 2014
EMPLOYMENT: Two Research Fellows to work on resource conflict in Burma and Cambodia. These opportunities are through the Regional Center for Social Science and Sustainable Development (RCSD) of Chiang Mai University and the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) in the Hague, Netherlands. Deadline: 15 March 2014
EMPLOYMENT: FEEM/CMCC Research Position in Climate Change Policy and Governance. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change announce a job opening for motivated and talented researchers on climate change policy and governance. Deadline: March 31, 2014
PUBLICATION: Can integrated agriculture-nutrition programs change gender norms on land and asset ownership? A new IFPRI Discussion Paper looks at evidence from Burkina Faso