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Landscape Functions and People - Strategic Approaches for Climate Smart, Sustainable and Productive Landscapes

Date: 
18/11/2013
Excerpt: 
The Wageningen UR Centre for Development Innovation is offering a course on "Strategic Approaches for Climate Smart, Sustainable and Productive Landscapes" taking place from 18-29 November, 2013 in Bangkok, Thailand.

EU Adaptation Strategy: Strengthening Europe's Preparedness Against Natural and Man-made Disasters

Date: 
16/04/2013
Excerpt: 
The European Commission presented a package advancing action on climate change adaptation on 16 April, 2013. The package includes the EU strategy on adaptation to climate change and a Green Paper on insurance in the context of natural and man-made disasters.
policies

Post-doc/Senior Researcher in Development of an Index for Climate Change Resilient Development

Date: 
02/04/2013
Excerpt: 
The ideal candidate should have a Ph.D. in Economics or Social Science or a minimum of 5 years of research experience in Economics or Social Science after the first degree giving access to doctoral studies. Expertise is requested in conducting applied and/or econometric research using both analytical and numerical methods...
  • Geographical focus: Italy
funding

An Integrated Modelling Platform for Agro-economic Commodity and Policy Analysis (iMAP) - A Look Back and the Way Forward

Date: 
26/03/2013
Excerpt: 
This report describes the rationale and performance of the integrated Modelling Platform for Agroeconomic Commodity and Policy Analysis (iMAP), hosted by the European Commission's Joint Research Centre, Institute for Prospective Technological Studies in Seville.
publications

Postdoc Position in Climate Modelling

Date: 
15/02/2013
Excerpt: 
The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) offers a new research position. The successful applicant will be involved in the research on climate change mitigation policies. Applications will be evaluated on an ongoing basis until the position is filled; first assessment of applications mid-February 2013.
funding

Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies

Date: 
04/02/2013
Excerpt: 
The University of Edinburgh is seeking candidates for a full-time, open-ended position as researcher, teacher, and administration in Science, Technology and Innovation Studies Subject Group of the School of Social and Political Science.
funding

Call for Papers: Thematic Issue "Modelling Systemic Change in Coupled Socio-environmental Systems"

Date: 
01/02/2013
Excerpt: 
This thematic issue of Environmental Modelling and Software focuses on modelling systemic change in coupled socio-environmental systems, with an emphasis on how model design is (or should be) aimed at representing the processes and consequences of systemic changes, and how such changes may be governed. ...
events

Post-Graduate Course: The Art of Crop Modelling, Quantifying Crop Growth in Face of Global Food Security and Climate Effects

Date: 
21/12/2012
Excerpt: 
This course teaches the principles of crop growth modelling for early career researchers. Crop models allow to simulate the growth and development of annual and perennials crops, often in interaction with the environment (i.e. soil, nitrogen, water, air). Many different models are available, a recent inventory lead to a total of 250.
training

Challenges for Land System Science

Date: 
17/12/2012
Excerpt: 
While considerable progress has been made in understanding land use change, land system science continues to face a number of grand challenges. The paper discusses these challenges with a focus on empirical land system studies, land system modelling and the analysis of future visions of land system change.
publications

SEEK Workshop on Non-linear Economic Modelling: Theory and Applications

Date: 
13/12/2012
Excerpt: 
The SEEK Workshop on "Non-linear Modelling: Theory and Applications" is organised within the framework of the research programme 'Strengthening Efficiency and Competitiveness in the European Knowledge Economies' (SEEK) and will take place in Mannheim, Germany from 12-13 December, 2012.
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