Date

Multiple Positions Available

  1. Nordic Centre for Spatial Development (Nordregio) seeks Director
    Stockholm, Sweden

  2. Alfred Wegener Institute seeks Postdoctoral Candidates
    Glaciology
    Bremerhaven, Germany

  3. University of Alaska Fairbanks seek Graduate Fellowship Candidates
    Community-based Marine Conservation and Traditional Knowledge
    Fairbanks, Alaska

  4. Arctic Institute of North America seeks Executive Director
    University of Calgary
    Calgary, Alberta, Canda

  1. Nordic Centre for Spatial Development (Nordregio) seeks Director
    Stockholm, Sweden

The Nordic Center for Spatial Development (Nordregio) seeks a new
director. The appointment is a four-year term and is renewable once. The
current director's contract ends 31 January 2013. The position is
located in Stockholm, Sweden.

Nordregio is an international Nordic research institute supporting
strategic research to produce relevant information for decision-makers
at the international, national, and regional levels. The director is
responsible for day-to-day operations of the institute including
administration, communication,and human resources. The director serves
as secretary to the Board and is responsible for ensuring that its
decisions are implemented.

Qualifications of the ideal candidate include a PhD in a relevant
discipline, experience in directing a research institute, highly
effective communication skills, knowledge of Nordic and European public
policies and policy development, experience in managing funding from
national and international research programs, international experience
and a well-developed contact network, and mastery of English and a
Scandinavian language. Knowledge of Finnish, Icelandic, or other
European languages is an advantage.

Please send applications via email to: nordregio [at] nordregio.se.

Application deadline: Wednesday, 2 May 2012.

For further information about Nordregio, please see:
http://www.nordregio [at] nordregio.se.

For further information about the director position, including the full
job announcement, please see: http://tinyurl.com/NordregioDirector.

For questions, please contact:
Sverker Lindblad
Phone: +46 70 544 8438

Ole Damsgaard
Phone: +46 70 233 6665

Jacob Boetius
Phone: +46 8 463 5400

  1. Alfred Wegener Institute seeks Postdoctoral Candidates
    Glaciology
    Bremerhaven, Germany

The Geosciences division of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and
Marine Research seeks candidates for a postdoctoral position in
glaciology. The position is temporary and limited to five years with an
optional one-year extension. The earliest starting date of this position
is 1 June 2012. It is based in Bremerhaven, Germany.

This postdoctoral position is offered within the HGF young investigators
group entitled "The effect of deformation mechanisms for ice sheet
dynamics," which aims to improve understanding of dynamic processes of
polar ice sheets with respect to the prognosis of sea level evolution.
The overall project goal is to develop a physically based flow law for
ice derived from the micro-physical processes observed via
microstructure investigations.

The successful candidate will focus on establishing a deeper
understanding of the micro-mechanical processes in polar ice through the
development of a new theory of evolution of observed ice
microstructures. This involves extracting information from experimental
observations to derive appropriate mathematical expressions for the
theory. For that purpose many experimental results of the young
investigators group are available, concerning deformation mechanisms in
ice by means of microstructural measurements and numerical simulations.

The successful candidate should have a PhD in the field of physics,
mathematics, materials science, mechanical engineering, geosciences, or
related discipline. Knowledge of thermodynamics, continuum mechanics,
and materials science are required. Previous experience in ice sheet
modeling is an asset. Interdisciplinary collaboration especially with
geophysicists, physicists, and modelers is expected. The candidate
should have excellent English language skills.

Application deadline: Friday, 4 May 2012.

For further information about this position, including application
instructions, please see: http://tinyurl.com/GlaciologyPostdoctoralAWI.

For further information about the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and
Marine research, please see: http://www.awi.de.

For questions, please contact Ilka Weikusat
Email: Ilka.Weikusat [at] awi.de
Phone: +49 4831 1968

  1. University of Alaska seeks Graduate Fellowship Candidates
    Community-based Marine Conservation and Traditional Knowledge
    Fairbanks, Alaska

The University of Alaska, in collaboration with the Bristol Bay Native
Association, seeks candidates for a graduate fellowship in a project
entitled "Building Capacity for Community-based Marine Mammal Management
in Bristol Bay." The fellowship position of research assistant will
start in the fall of 2012. It is funded for two years and is based in
Fairbanks, Alaska.

The project will document ways in which marine mammal ecology and
harvesting patterns among hunters in two Bristol Bay communities and one
Alaska Peninsula community have changed through time. Documentation and
analysis will be achieved through a traditional ecological knowledge
project using in-depth qualitative interviews emphasizing historical
patterns of subsistence use and marine mammal distributions in addition
to real-time boat surveys and GIS technology to map important
contemporary marine mammal habitat features and subsistence sites.

The successful candidate will assist in multiple facets of the project
including interview protocol design, coordinating with village research
assistants, compiling and analyzing data, and in-depth traditional
knowledge interviews.

A PhD or Master's student in the social sciences or an applied
conservation field is preferred, although promising students in other
fields will be considered. Experience with GIS is preferred, as is
experience in working in Alaska Native villages and local knowledge of
the Bristol Bay region.

To qualify for the assistantship, which covers graduate tuition and a
living stipend plus health insurance and limited benefits, applicants
must be a current graduate student at UAF or be accepted into a UAF
graduate program. Application deadline for the graduate program is
Friday, 1 June 2012.

The position is open until filled.

To apply, please send a cover letter indicating your interest and
experience, a two-page curriculum vitae, and the names of two references
to:

Chanda Meek
Email: clmeek [at] alaska.edu
Postal Mail: P.O. Box 756420, Fairbanks, AK 99775

  1. Arctic Institute of North America seeks Executive Director
    University of Calgary
    Calgary, Alberta, Canda

The Arctic Institute of North American (AINA) seeks candidates for the
position of Executive Director. The position is for a renewable
five-year term beginning 1 September 2012, or at a mutually agreeable
date. The position is cross appointed to the faculty at the University
of Calgary in Alberta, Canada.

The ideal candidate will be a leading scholar with a research focus in
one or more fields of northern inquiry and an understanding of current
policy issues, will hold a PhD, and will possess the aptitude to
develop, lead, and deliver multi-disciplinary educational and research
programs. Preference will be given to candidates with strong connections
with academia, government, industry, and particularly with northern
communities and their aboriginal and non-aboriginal governments.

Review of applications will begin Tuesday, 15 May 2012, and will
continue until the position is filled.

For further information, including a full job description and
application instructions, please see: http://www.arctic.ucalgary.ca/.

For questions, please contact:
M. Anne Katzenberg
Email: vpr [at] ucalgary.ca

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