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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NOMINATIONS FOR Awards:

·       2025 Eric Wolf Prize from the Political Ecology Society (PESO). Electronic submissions and further queries should be sent to Dr. Elisabeth Moolenaar (docto...@gmail.com). Deadline: September 15.

 

CALLS FOR PAPERS:

·       Energy Poverty and Justice in Sustainable Energy Transitions. Special Issue in Cambridge Prisms: Energy Transitions. Deadline for submission: Nov 17.

 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY:

·       Institute of Human Geography Research Grant. Institute of Human Geography and the journal Human Geography. Deadline: Sept 15.

 

WORKSHOPS, TALKS, AND MORE!

·       Utility Disconnections Community of Scholars – Workshop. Hosted by the Energy Justice Lab, a research collaboration between Indiana University (IU) and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn). Workshop dates: June 4-5 2026, University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia PA, US). Application deadline: Sept 22.

·       CAPED (Collectif de recherche Action Politique et Democratie) Inernational Conference: Places of Struggle, Struggle for Places. Conference: April 9-10, 2026. University of Montreal and INRS (Institut national de le recherche scientifique), Montreal, Canada. Abstract deadline: Sept 15. Notification of acceptance: end of October. Full paper submission deadline: February 2026. (Note: English language conference)

·       Political Ecology Society (PESO) Annual Meeting. Political Ecology Society (PESO) and the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA). Albuquerque, NM, March 17-21, 2026, with some virtual/hybrid options. Early Bird registration deadline: Oct 15

·       Environmental Justice Conference: Where Do We Grow from Here? Center for Environmental Justice, Colorado State University (Fort Collins CO, US). Conference: April 13-14, 2026, virtually and in-person at Colorado State University. Submissions (papers, sessions, panels, etc.) due Oct 20.

 

POSTDOCTORAL POSITIONS:

·       Research Assistant Professor (Post Doctoral Chapter Scientist). Hunter College (New York City, NY US). Deadline: Open until filled.

·       Urban Energy Transitions & Sustainability. Tohoku University (Sendai, Japan) in collaboration with the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. Deadline: Sept 30 (negotiable start date as soon as possible after Oct 1, 2025).

·       Postdoctoral Fellow in Community Engaged Environmental Scholarship. University of Louisville (Louisville KY, US). Deadline: Open until filled (earliest possible start date Oct 1, 2025).

·       Weatherhead Scholars Program - Moulay Hicham Alaoui Postdoctoral Fellowship in Climate and Environmental Studies. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Oct 15

·       Cornell Atkinson Postdoctoral Fellowship in Sustainability. Cornell University (Ithaca NY, US). Deadline: Oct 20.

·       High Meadows Environmental Institute Environmental Fellows. Princeton University (Princeton NJ, US). Deadline: Oct 31

·       University of Michigan Presidential Postdoctoral Fellowship Program. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI, US). Deadline: Nov 1.

·       Harvard Environmental Fellow. Harvard University (Cambridge MA, US). Deadline: Dec 1 (5pm Eastern).

·       Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow. Princeton University (Trenton NJ, US). Deadline: Dec 12.

·       Erb Institute Postdoctoral Fellowship. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI, US). Deadline: Dec 14.

 

FACULTY JOB POSTINGS:

·       Lecturer or Assistant Teaching Professor in Environmental Sciences. North Carolina State University (Raleigh NC, US). Deadline: Open until filled.

·       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 Environmental History. New Mexico State University (Las Cruces NM, US). Deadline: Aug 31.

·       Assistant Professor of Geography, Environment, Sustainability, and Environmental Studies. University of Richmond (Richmond VA, US). Deadline: Sept 1 (priority)

·       Professor in the Practice of Collaborative Solutions. Yale University (New Haven CT, US). Deadline: Sept 2 (priority).

·       Assistant Professor in Science and Technology Studies (STS) and Anthropological Methods. Harvey Mudd College (Claremont, CA US). Deadline: Sept 2.

·       Associate Senior Lecturer/Assistant Professor in Environmental Communication with focus on Agrarian Change. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (Uppsala, Sweden). Deadline: Sept 15.

·       Assistant Professor in Science, Environment, and Risk Communication. Cornell University (Ithaca NY, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).

·       Assistant/Associate/Full Professor - Climate Equity and Environmental Justice. University of California-Berkeley (Berkeley CA, US). Deadline: Sept 15.

·       Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) - Political Science: American Politics/Geography/Public Policy. DePaul University (Chicago IL, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).

·       Tenure-track Asst/Assoc Prof position in STS. Carnegie Mellon University (Pittsburgh, PA US). Deadline: Sept 15.

·       Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Bowdoin College (Brunswick ME, US). Deadline: Sept 15 (priority).

·       Assistant Professor of Geography & Sustainability. University of Tennessee-Knoxville (Knoxville TN, US). Deadline: Sept 15.

·       Assistant or Associate Professor - Coastal Social Sciences. East Carolina University (Greenville NC, US). Deadline: Sept 19 (priority).

·       Environmental Social Sciences Tenure Track Position. Sarah Lawrence University (Bronxville NY, US). Deadline: Sept 26 (priority).

·       Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Davidson College (Davidson NC, US). Deadline: Sept 30 (priority).

·       Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Design Studies. University of Wisconsin-Madison (Madison WI, US). Deadline: Oct 1 (priority).

·       Assistant Professor, Environmental Hazards. University of South Carolina (Columbia SC, US). Deadline: Oct 1 (priority)

·       Associate Professor or Professor and Director of the Hazards Vulnerability and Resilience Institute. University of South Carolina (Columbia SC, US). Deadline: Oct 1 (priority).

·       Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Bryn Mawr College (Bryn Mawr PA, US). Deadline: Oct 15.

·       Professor Position in Human Geography. University of Fribourg (Fribourg, Switzerland). Deadline: Oct 15

·       Assistant or Associate Professor - Energy and Resources Group. University of California Berkeley (Berkeley CA, US). Deadline: Oct 15

·       Assistant Professor Of Geography. Vassar College (Poughkeepsie, NY US). Deadline: Oct 20 (priority).

·       Chair, Department of Geography & Spatial Sciences. University of Delaware (Newark DE, US). Deadline: Oct 22 (priority)

·       Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron Visiting Professor in the Environment and the Humanities. Princeton University (Princeton NJ, US). Deadline: Oct 31

·       Tenure-Track Assistant Professor - Technology, Society, and Power. University of Michigan (Ann Arbor MI, US). Deadline: Nov 1.

·       Assistant Professor - Environmental Science. Texas Woman's University (Denton, TX US). Deadline: Dec 1.

 

EDITOR POSITIONS:

·       Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Sustainability (environmental social science). Deadline to apply: Aug 22

 

 

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.