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USSEE Notice of Membership Meeting

Wednesday June 22 4PM Eastern

The USSEE Board of Directors invites you to a meeting of the membership, to be held as part of our 12th Conference. Come hear an update on USSEE activities and plans and share your ideas for how our society can further its mission!

Anyone who is a current member of USSEE (primary or secondary regional society affiliation with ISEE) is welcome to attend. We encourage you to take full advantage of your membership by registering and attending the entire conference. However, conference registration is not required to attend the members meeting.

A Zoom link will be sent to all current members in the days prior to the meeting.

Job Postings

Michigan Sea Grant Director and Tenured Faculty Position at the University of Michigan

The University of Michigan is seeking an associate or full professor to lead the Michigan Sea Grant (MISG) program into its next decade of excellence. This is a full-time, 12-month tenured faculty position with a 50% administrative effort as Director. The candidate will teach a reduced course load, in line with the administrative duties of the position. This position will be housed in the School for Environment and Sustainability (SEAS) and will coordinate closely with Michigan State University in managing the MISG program. We are open to faculty from a range of disciplines and areas of expertise. This can include disciplines within the natural sciences, social sciences, or coupled natural-human systems. We are especially interested in faculty with demonstrated research expertise in the ecosystems of the Great Lakes, broadly construed.

Teaching Fellow in Ecological Economics

Sustainability Research Institute (SRI) is an internationally leading centre for research and teaching in the environmental social sciences. The School of Earth and Environment has a highly successful suite of teaching programmes on sustainability, at undergraduate and postgraduate levels, including very successful BSc Sustainability and Environmental Management, BA Environment and Business, and MSc Ecological Economics programmes.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and self-motivated environmental social scientist, with a focus on ecological economics, to join our team contributing to teaching at the highest level. We are particularly interested in recruiting a colleague who is comfortable using a wide range of teaching styles (online, lectures, large and small group teaching, and project supervision) and who has a passion for pedagogical innovation. This is a permanent post that provides long-term opportunities for career progression in an exciting higher education teaching and scholarship role. You will contribute to teaching seminars, workshops, field trips, and lectures at the Undergraduate and Master’s levels. An ability to teach ecological economics, quantitative methods and supervise dissertations on sustainability topics is essential.

Upcoming Events

Deforestation-free Trade

Preparatory workshop for a special issue of the journal Ecological Economics

22 June 2022 13:00 – 17:00 CET (UTC +1)
Online
Social: #DeforestationFreeTrade

Registration is open.

Ecological Economics for all Summer Crash Course 2022

7- 8, 11-12 July 2022
12 – 3 p.m. ET

This short course is intended for students, teachers, academics, practitioners, activists, and any human being interested in transforming the economy to the sustainable, just, and efficient path needed to address social and climate crises.

In this decade of action, our hope is to leverage systems thinking and biophysical and social realities to inform the social ecological paradigm shift in economics. For more information visit the website.

Upcoming Regional Events

USSEE 2022 12th Conference

20-24 June 2022

The majority of the conference, including paper and panel presentations, will be held online, June 20-24, 2022. Some sessions and workshops may be held as hybrid in-person/online events. Please share this information widely with colleagues and other interested parties.

Other Events

The 14th International Communal Studies Association (ICSA) Conference

14-16 July 2022

A conference for the community curious and committed scholar alike.

The ISEE Journal, Ecological Economics

The journal is concerned with extending and integrating the understanding of the interfaces and interplay between "nature’s household" (ecosystems) and "humanity’s household" (the economy). Ecological economics is an interdisciplinary field defined by a set of concrete problems or challenges related to governing economic activity in a way that promotes human well-being, sustainability, and justice. The journal thus emphasizes critical work that draws on and integrates elements of ecological science, economics, and the analysis of values, behaviors, cultural practices, institutional structures, and societal dynamics. The journal is transdisciplinary in spirit and methodologically open, drawing on the insights offered by a variety of intellectual traditions, and appealing to a diverse readership.