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.
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Funding Opportunities and awards:
· Energy Geographies Research Group (EnGRG) Postgraduate Paper Competition. Do not need to be a member of EnGRG to apply. Applications due May 1.
· Energy Geographies Research Group (EnGRG) Activism Award. Eligibility is UK-based. Applications due May 7.
CALL FOR PAPERS:
· Open panels at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Social Study of Science (4S) Conference (Toronto, Canada, Oct 7-10 2026). Abstract deadline: April 30. Notification of acceptance by May 29. Early bird registration: June 1 – July 3. Click here to see a list of all open panel calls. Some sessions being organized by members of the EESG:
o Infrastructure-building as World-building: Assembling Electrical Modernity
o The Social Acceptance of What? Exploring the Technoscientific and Spatial Politics of Decarbonization Projects.
o Taking Back Technopower: STS and strategic interventions for the fight against technofascism
· Special Issue of Politics and Governance - Geopolitics of Energy: Turbulence, Trade, and Transition. Abstract deadline: June 15
· Special Issue of Energy Policy: The Geopolitics of the Energy Transition – A European Perspective. Manuscript deadline: Sept 1.
WORKSHOPS, TALKS, AND MORE!
· 2026 RGS-IBG Energy Geographies Webinar Series:
o Dr Noemi Gonda, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, “Energy justice and democratic deficits: The energy transition under far-right governance.” Wednesday April 29. Register to attend here: Noemi Gonda Webinar
o Manon Burbidge, The University of Manchester, “Exploring the impacts of non-energy spheres of governance upon energy deprivation outcomes for refugees living in England.” Thursday May 7. Register to attend here: Manon Burbidge Webinar
o Dr Joanna Allan, Northumbria University, “Saharan Winds: Energy Systems and Aeolian Imaginaries in Western Sahara.” Monday May 11. Register to attend here: Joanna Allan Webinar
o Prof Matthew Cotton, Teeside University, “'Backcasting', intergenerational justice and place-based transitions.” Monday May 18. Register to attend here: Matthew Cotton Webinar
o Dr Stuti Haldar, Lund University, “A human-centric approach to energy justice: Embedding agency and capabilities in transitions discourse.” Tuesday May 26. Register to attend here: Stuti Haldar Webinar
· Workers on the Frontline of the Transition - new TULE (Trade Unions and Labour Environmentalism) Shopfloor Series. Second online talk: May 11 at 9 am EST. Click here to register. See the March 9 email on the EESG listserv from Nicole Kleinheisterkamp González for more details!
POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS:
· Postdoctoral Associate - Natural Resources and Environment. Cornell University (Ithaca NY, US). Deadline: Open until filled
· Postdoctoral Scholar. Tufts University (Medford MA, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Post-Doctoral Scholar Position: Social & Policy Dimensions of Grid-Scale Battery Siting. Oregon State University (Corvallis OR, US). Deadline: open until filled
· Postdoctoral Research Fellow. University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Institute on the Environment Postdoctoral Fellowship. University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (Minneapolis MN, US). Deadline: Apr 29.
· Postdoctoral Fellowship. The New School (New York City, NY US). Deadline: May 1
· Post Doctoral Fellow in Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Buildout. Emory University (Atlanta GA, US). Deadline: May 30
· High Meadows Environmental Institute Environmental Fellows. Princeton University (Princeton NJ, US). Deadline: Nov 2
FACULTY JOB POSTINGS:
· Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of MSCEP (Masters of Science in Climate and Energy Policy). University of Chicago (Chicago IL, US). Deadline: open until filled.
· Assistant Professor of Human Development (Environmental Justice). California State University-Long Beach (Long Beach CA, US). Deadline: Open until filled
· Assistant/Associate Professor - School of Environment, Geography, and Sustainability - Tenure Track. Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo MI, US). Deadline: Open until filled
· Assistant Professor of Instruction / Undergraduate Program Coordinator. Texas State University (San Marcos, TX US). Deadline: open until filled
· Environmental Sciences Faculty and Assistant Director. Bard College (Annandale-On-Hudson NY, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· Tenure-Track, Assistant Professor of Geoscience; Sustainability. University of North Alabama (Florence AL, US). Deadline: Open until filled.
· [NEW] Open-Rank Professor of Instruction/Professor of Practice Series- College of Sciences, Biology, Health & The Environment. University of Texas at San Antonio (San Antonio, TX US). Deadline: open until filled
· [NEW] Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Amherst College (Amherst MA, US). Deadline: May 4 (priority).
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.