[LTER-All-lter] Three Faculty Positions at Indiana University Conservation Biology, Environmental Informatics, and Human Ecology

Wed Sep 5 14:05:13 PDT 2018

Dear Colleagues -

Indiana University's School of Public and Environmental Affairs is searching for three new faculty members: a Full/Associate Professor of Conservation Biology, an Assistant Professor of Environmental Informatics, and an assistant professor of Human Ecology.

More detailed descriptions follow.  Please share freely!

Thanks,

Kim Novick

Associate Professor

School of Public and Environmental Affairs

Indiana University - Bloomington

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Position Description
Associate/Full Professor, Conservation Biology
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/6536
application deadline November 1

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University is searching for a senior scholar with a specialty in Conservation Biology and a record of scholarship commensurate with appointment at Indiana University as a tenured associate or full professor. The search is part of Indiana University’s Grand Challenge, Prepared for Environmental Change (for a full description, see http://grandchallenges.iu.edu/environmental-change/index.html). The faculty member will be expected to attract funding to support a vibrant research program including training of doctoral students. We are particularly interested in candidates with a research program that addresses interdisciplinary aspects of environmental change and adaption.

Founded in 1972, SPEA was the first school to combine public policy, management, and administration with environmental science. The School is committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service addressing critical issues in environmental science, policy and management (http://www.indiana.edu/~spea/research/index.shtml). Presently, SPEA ranks first in the nation in environmental policy and management in U.S. News and World Report. As part of the Prepared for Environmental Change program, the successful candidate will join 16 other new faculty hires as well as existing faculty across campus, as part of a community of scholars with a shared interest in understanding and adapting to environmental change. The Environmental Research Institute (eri.iu.edu<http://eri.iu.edu/>), part of the Prepared for Environmental Change program, facilitates research, collaboration, and communication among these faculty and a large cadre of postdocs and doctoral students. The faculty member will also have access to the facilities and extensive properties of the IU Research and Teaching Preserve (http://www.indiana.edu/~preserve/index.shtml

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Position Description
Assistant Professor, Environmental Informatics
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/6502
application deadline November 15

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University, Bloomington seeks a visionary, dynamic data scientist for a tenure-track, Assistant Professor position in the field of environmental informatics. We are particularly interested in applicants with a strong mathematical/statistical and computing background who have experience in developing, modifying, and implementing novel methodologies to extract and integrate information from large biological, chemical, ecological, and/or geospatial datasets. Preference will be given to candidates whose research leverages these datasets to improve our mechanistic and/or biological understanding of populations, communities, and/or ecosystems, and who seek to develop interdisciplinary collaborations with colleagues in environmental science, chemistry, biology, geography, and/or public health. Persons with experience and knowledge in applying Bayesian methods, machine and deep learning, and explainable artificial intelligence to complex environmental datasets are encouraged to apply.

Faculty at Indiana University have access to state-of-the-art facilities for genomics and bioinformatics through the Center for Genomics and Bioinformatics (https://cgb.indiana.edu/index.html), supercomputing and data science through the Pervasive Technology Institute (https://pti.iu.edu/index.html), and unique field opportunities through the facilities and extensive properties of the IU Research and Teaching Preserve (https://preserve.indiana.edu/). Founded in 1972, SPEA was the first school to combine public policy, management, and administration with environmental science. The School is committed to excellence in research, teaching, and service addressing critical issues in environmental science, policy and management (www.indiana.edu/~spea/research/index.shtml). Presently, SPEA ranks first in the nation in environmental policy and management in U.S. News and World Report. For more information see: http://www.indiana.edu/~spea

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Position Description
Assistant Professor, Human Ecology
https://indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/6505
application deadline October 15

The School of Public and Environmental Affairs (SPEA) at Indiana University-Bloomington seeks to appoint a tenure-track faculty member at the assistant professor level in Human Ecology. SPEA is a multi¬disciplinary professional school and home to one of the top environmental science and policy programs in the nation. This position is one of several new faculty lines created as part of Indiana University’s Grand Challenge, Prepared for Environmental Change (see: https://eri.iu.edu/ and https://grandchallenges.iu.edu/environmental-change/index.html). The successful candidate will be expected to demonstrate strong scholarly potential, to develop an extramurally-supported research program, and to contribute to the teaching mission of the School. SPEA-Bloomington is a world leader in public affairs education, and is among the largest schools of public administration and public policy in the United States with 34,000 alumni around the world. In the 2018 “Best Graduate Schools” reported by U.S. News & World Report, SPEA-Bloomington ranks first, making it the nation’s highest-ranked professional graduate program in public affairs. Five of its specialty programs are ranked in the top-five listings.

Applicants should have research interests in the general field of human behavior and the natural environment, with a focus on understanding society’s adaptive capacity and resilience in the face of environmental change. Related research interests might include but are not limited to human risk perceptions and decision-making, human use of natural resources, human use and management of working lands, human/environment feedbacks, political ecology, and environmental justice. The Ph.D. or an equivalent terminal degree in a related field is required (e.g., human ecology, environmental studies, environmental anthropology, rural or environmental sociology, political science, environmental psychology, sustainability, etc.)

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