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).
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EESG News:
· EESG is excited to announce the 5th Annual Energy Geographies Conference, to be held virtually on Saturday, September 26th, 2026 from 12 PM-4 PM US Eastern Time. This half-day event will include a keynote, thematically organized paper presentations, and a panel discussion.
o Thank you to everyone who submitted abstracts! You will be notified about abstract decisions no later than July 31.
o Deadline for presents to register: Aug 14
o Deadline for audience registration: Sept 25 (day before the conference)
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.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
· Social Sciences Advancement Dialogue Network (SSADN) Call for Abstracts for the Research, Practice & Innovation in Social Sciences 2026 International Online Conference. Conference date: Sept 15 (virtual). Abstract deadline: July 31
· Special Issue of Energy Policy: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition – A European Perspective. Manuscript deadline: Sept 1.
PhD POSITIONS:
· PhD: Understanding the politicization of university knowledge and education. Utrecht University (Utrecht, Netherlands). Deadline: July 27.
· Research Associate – “Geopolitics, Decarbonisation and the Weaponisation of Energy.” Research Institute for Sustainability at GFZ (Potsdam Süd, Germany). Deadline: Aug 2.
· 1-2 PhD students in human/economic geography. Lund University (Lund, Sweden). Deadline: Aug 28.
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS:
· [NEW] Postdoctoral Associate, Center for Sustainability Science and Strategy. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· [NEW] Academy Scholar, The Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Sept 18.
· [NEW] Weatherhead Scholars Program - Moulay Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Environmental Studies. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Oct 8.
· [NEW] 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
FACULTY JOB POSTINGS:
· Teaching Assistant Professor, Environmental, Energy and Land Management. West Virginia University (Morgantown WV, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Instructor/Assistant/Associate Professor, Human Geography/ GIS (One Year Temporary). Worcester State University (Worcester MA, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· [NEW] Assistant/Associate Professor, Landscape-Scale Working Lands Conservation. Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (San Luis Obispo, CA US). Deadline: Aug 24 (priority)
· TT Faculty, Open Rank - Climate Governance/Policy. University of Iowa (Iowa City, IA, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority)
· [NEW] Tenure-Stream Assistant Professor in Geography. Colgate University (Hamilton NY, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).
· [NEW] Assistant Professor - Impacts of Global Environmental Change. University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley CA, US). Deadline: Oct 2
NON-ACADEMIC JOBS:
· [FIXED LINK] Manager / Director, Policy & Government Affairs. Alliance for Climate Transition (job remote within New England). Deadline: Open until filled
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:
· Gallaher, A., Koch, T., Kalies, E.L., Woodbury, P.B., Grodsky, S.M. (2026) Sustainability trade-offs at the nexus of solar energy, agriculture, and biodiversity. Geography and Sustainability, 7(3), 100483. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geosus.2026.100483
· Gallaher, A., Sturchio, M.A., Reynolds, I.J. (2026) Integrating solar energy and conservation to support resilient agricultural landscapes. Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 5(2), e70191. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70181
· [NEW] Weinberg, M., Spangler, K., & Curry, K.D. (2026). Beyond the original contour: Legitimizing transition on eastern Kentucky's mined landscapes. Energy Research & Social Science. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2026.104779.
· ZANCHI M. U., GRANDI S. (2025). Water Grabbing in the Alpine Macroregion and in the Global North. A Taxonomic Framework Based on the Case Study of Ticino-Lombardy Water Management Transboundary Tensions, Journal of Alpine Research, vol 113 (2), https://doi.org/10.4000/15d2s https://journals.openedition.org/rga/15833
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).