Assistant Professor- Sustainability Governance

Position description

Candidate will be responsible to:

– Develop an interdisciplinary scholarly agenda that furthers the University’s commitment to education, capacity for leading research, and reputation as an academic institution through publishing in high-impact journals and obtaining competitive grants. We are open to candidates in the broad field of sustainability governance but have identified research areas of interest that are: 1) equity and inclusion in sustainability governance 2) private governance 3) sustainable water governance and 4) intersections of health and environment in sustainability governance 

– Actively engage in interdisciplinary opportunities within the department, school, and across Rutgers. Many opportunities arise to collaborate the department’s dynamic interdisciplinary group of social scientists and with scholars in other units at the University. There are also many opportunities to engage through in institutes and centers, such as the Rutgers Climate Energy Institute, Institute of Food Nutrition and Health, Eagleton Institute for Politics, he Institute for Research on Women, etc. 

– Contribute to the undergraduate and graduate programs of the Department of Human Ecology and the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences by teaching courses and mentoring students in areas of sustainability governance and environmental policy and in graduate studies in relevant disciplinary and/or interdisciplinary programs. 

– Cooperate in scholarly activities with faculty and students in departments in other Rutgers schools such as Anthropology, Political Science, Philosophy, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, Economics, and History in the School of Arts and Sciences, as well as the; the Edward J. Bloustein School for Planning and Public Policy; t; the School for Communication, Information and Library Studies, and other units at Rutgers. 

Qualifications

Minimum Education and Experience

Qualifications: (1) PhD from an accredited institution in a discipline relevant to the study of the behavioral, social, and political dimensions of sustainability governance (could be Sociology, Political Science, International Relations, Geography, Anthropology, Public Policy or others); (2) evidence of ability to work across disciplines, both within the social sciences and with physical and life scientists working on environmental problems; (3) interest in and ability to effectively teach at undergraduate and graduate levels; (4) experience in grant-funded research and /or in engagement with diverse organizations and publics.

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