EESG Outreach Digest
Maddy Kroot
Hello all!
Here’s the latest Outreach Digest from the Energy and Environment Specialty Group (EESG). Please continue sharing things directly with the listserv and AAG Knowledge Community pages! This digest email is not meant to replace direct postings, and we’ll be pulling from those emails as we put together the digest.
You can also submit items directly by filling out this form or emailing Maddy Kroot (maddy...@wisc.edu).
You can also follow the Energy and Environment Specialty Group on our Bluesky account (@aag-eesg.bluesky.social) or on our website (https://www.eesg.org/home).
EESG News:
· EESG is excited to announce the 5th Annual Energy Geographies Conference, which will be held virtually on Saturday, September 26th, 2026 from 12 PM-4 PM US Eastern Time. This half-day event will include a keynote from Dr. Emily Grubert (University of Notre Dame), thematically organized paper presentations, and a panel discussion. Check out our AWESOME conference program (shout out to the grad reps!) attached to this email, and see the conference website for more information!
o Deadline for audience registration: Sept 25 (day before the conference)
AAG 2027:
Are you organizing a session for AAG 2027? Would you like to request sponsorship by the Energy and Environment Specialty Group? Please complete this sponsorship request form. We especially encourage submission from members of EESG and encourage participation in EESG sponsored events during the AAG. EESG sponsored sessions will be highlighted in EESG communications (like this digest!), and sponsorship improves your session's visibility in the AAG portal.
Note that effective March 31, 2025, the EESG leadership team voted to require all events, gatherings, happenings, or meetings to have a virtual option for participation in order to receive our official sponsorship. Virtual options include (but are not limited to) virtual streaming, hybrid sessions, with or without an option to have the have the event recorded for asynchronous viewing and future engagement. This decision was made to support the EESG's ongoing commitments to climate action, decarbonizing AAG meetings, and improving accessibility of EESG events to those who cannot be physically present.
Further questions about EESG sponsorship of sessions should be directed to the EESG email (aag....@gmail.com) or the current EESG secretary, Maddy Kroot (maddy...@wisc.edu).
Sponsorship requests will be reviewed on a weekly basis. You will hear back via email about your request. Upon email approval of your sponsorship request, you will need to manually add EESG sponsorship to your session within the AAG portal.
(And reminder that early bird registration deadline for AAG 2027 is Sept 10 – it’s early this year!)
AAG News:
· AAG offers a series of honors, awards, and fellowships each year for geographers across a range of career stages. Nominate yourself, a colleague, or your favorite energy geographer! The full list can be found here on the AAG website. Nomination deadline: Sept 30.
Funding Opportunities and awards:
· Eric Wolf Prize for Best Article-Length Paper. From the Political Ecology Society (PESO). Submission deadline: Sept 20.
o The competition involves a feature presentation of the paper during the annual meeting of the Society of Applied Anthropology (either virtual or in person), publication in the Journal of Political Ecology, and a $750 award!
o To be eligible for the competition, authors must be current Master’s or Ph.D. students OR recent Master’s or Ph.D. degree recipients, no more than two years past the completion of their degree. Multiple authored papers are considered as long as the first author meets the above criteria. We cannot accept papers that are already under review at a journal.
o Please anonymize your submission and use the style guidelines provided on the Journal of Political Ecology webpage:
· James R. Anderson Medal of Honor in Applied Geography. From the Applied Geography Specialty Group. Deadline: Oct 1.
· Agents of Change Fellowship. Eligibility: current doctoral student, medical student, postdoctoral scientist, research scientist, assistant professor or an early career practitioner defined as someone working in advocacy, government, research, or private sector for no more than 10 years since their terminal degree. Deadline: Oct 1.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
· Call for abstracts for a special issue on "The feasibility of flexibility: Energy policies, transition metrics, and infrastructures” in Sustainability Science. Paper workshop Nov 30-Dec 1 at Fridtjof Nansen Institute in Oslo. Abstract deadline: Aug 31. Notification by Sept 4. Manuscript deadline: Jan 15.
· Special Issue of Energy Policy: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition – A European Perspective. Manuscript deadline: Sept 1.
PhD POSITIONS:
· PhD Research Assistantship: Environmental Justice and Latinx Communities - Mellon Foundation-Funded Research Opportunity. Texas A&M University (College Station, TX US). Letter of interest and materials: Oct 15 to Dr. Wendy Jepson (wje...@tamu.edu).
· [NEW] PhD Student Position on Data Centers and Energy Development in the Southeast. University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Knoxville TN, US). Interested applicants should reach out to Gabe Schwartzman at Gsch...@utk.edu to indicate interest in the position and to ask any questions.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS:
· Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Postdoctoral Research Associate. Clemson University (Clemson SC, US). Deadline: Aug 31.
· Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Integrated Assessment of Data Centers. University of Notre Dame (Notre Dame IN, US). Deadline: Sept 2 (priority).
· Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Sept 18.
· Weatherhead Scholars Program - Moulay Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Environmental Studies. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Oct 8.
· Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability. Cornell University (Ithaca NY, US). Deadline: Oct 20. Informational webinars on Aug 5 and Sept 10.
· High Meadows Environmental Institute Environmental Fellows. Princeton University (Princeton NJ, US). Deadline: Nov 2
· [NEW] Harvard Environmental Fellow. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Dec 1.
· Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellowships. Princeton University (Princeton NJ, US). Deadline: Dec 4.
· Erb Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI, US). Deadline: Dec 13.
FACULTY JOB POSTINGS:
· Assistant Professor of Environmental Science. University of North Carolina-Asheville (Asheville, NC US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Assistant Professor in International Relations / International Political Economy. London School of Economics (London UK). Deadline: Sept 7.
· TT Faculty, Open Rank - Climate Governance/Policy. University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority)
· Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Bowdoin College (Brunswick ME, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).
· Assistant Professor of Teaching of Urban Planning. University of California-Los Angeles (Los Angeles CA, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority)
· Tenure-Stream Assistant Professor in Geography. Colgate University (Hamilton NY, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).
· Assistant Professor - Impacts of Global Environmental Change. University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley CA, US). Deadline: Oct 2
· [NEW] Assistant Professor - Energy and Resources Group. University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley CA, US). Deadline: Oct 12.
· [NEW] Tenure-Track & Tenured Faculty Positions in Urban Design, Environmental Planning or Real Estate Infrastructure Finance. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Oct 12 (priority)
· [NEW] Associate or Full Professor, Climate Justice and Energy Policy. Occidental College (Los Angeles CA, US). Deadline: Oct 16 (priority)
· Assistant Professor in Environmental Social Sciences. Stanford University (Stanford CA, US). Deadline: Nov 1.
Interesting in looking for non-academic jobs? Check out these resources and sign up for alerts based your own interests and qualifications! (Know of other job boards or listservs we should add? Let us know!)
· Ed’s Clean Energy & Sustainability Jobs List
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
This section of the EESG Outreach Digest showcases recent publications by EESG members or generally of interest to the membership. Click here to submit recent publications. For the debut of this section, we are considering “recent” to include any publications published since the beginning of 2025. A link to the Google Sheet of recent publications can be found here and on the EESG website.
Note: Publications marked [NEW] have been submitted to the EESG’s publications list since its last installment.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
· [NEW] Ceresa, G. C., Martellozzo, F., Clò, S., & Lombardi, S. (2026). Beyond top-down and bottom-up: Hybrid governance in renewable energy communities in Italy. Energy Research & Social Science, 139, 104904. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.104904
· [NEW] Engstrӧm, J., Mossa, J., & Praskievicz, S. (2026). The Past, Present and Future of Dams in the Southeastern US. Environmental Management, 76(9), 287.
What is this email?
The Energy and Environment Specialty Group sends out a digest email every two weeks with events or opportunities we think might be of interest to the specialty group. This email is not meant to be an exhaustive list or to replace regular messaging on the EESG listserv, but as a way to compile information and resources together in one place.
How do I send emails to the EESG listservs?
The EESG operates two listservs: the EESG Knowledge Community (for members with active AAG memberships) and the EESG Google Group (open to anyone regardless of AAG membership status). For more information on how to join or send emails to these listservs, please see these instructions on the EESG website. To submit items to the Outreach Digest, please fill out this form or email Maddy Kroot (maddy...@wisc.edu).