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Senior Research Fellow on Water and Resilient Communities

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience Salary: £47,334 – £59,058 per annum Click here for Job Description and Person Specification Ref No: REQ002889 Coventry University is investing in research excellence. Our journey continues with additional investment of £100 million in research, with … Continue reading

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Senior Research Fellow in Gender, Food and Resilient Communities

Centre for Agroecology, Water and Resilience Salary: £47,334 – £59,058 per annum Click here for Job Description and Person Specification Ref No: REQ002890 Coventry University is investing in research excellence. Our journey continues with additional investment of £100 million in research, with … Continue reading

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Water Policy Dialogues in BC

We invite you to join us at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) for our next  Lunchtime Dialogue… Water Policy Dialogues in BC Monday October 27, 12:15 – 1:30pm Room 150, West Mall Annex 1933 West Mall, UBC We live in … Continue reading

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WaterCity 2040: new program by Waterlution

WaterCity 2040 is a 3-city multi-stakeholder scenario planning initiative. Launching in September 2014 and running for 9 months in Vancouver, Calgary and Toronto, this initiative will bring together community and decision makers to: Collaborate, envision and design plausible futures Identify … Continue reading

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Job Opportunity – Global Water Initiative: Water Smart Agriculture Technical Advisor

The position of ‘Technical Advisor – Water Smart Agriculture’ will expand the capacity and effectiveness of GWI’s work on global-level policy and advocacy. The Technical Advisor will support implementation of the GWI advocacy strategy in close collaboration and with direction from … Continue reading

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Innovative Urban Solutions to the Global Water Crisis: New free, online course on Harvard/MIT Edx

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Learn about innovative urban solutions to the global water crisis, with inspiring real-life examples from architects, engineers, planners, ecologists, and artists. This free, 6-week course will be offered on edX, the non-profit, open source online learning platform founded by Harvard and … Continue reading

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Colloquium on Multi-Scalar Water Governance

Join us for a discussion of the theoretical and practical implications of a multi-scalar perspective for water governance. Dr Emma Norman (Northwest Indian College), Dr Jon O’Riordan (POLIS; SCARP, UBC), and Dr Leonora Angeles (SCARP, UBC) will present their perspectives on key … Continue reading

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Employment Opportunity – Research Assistant IRES 2014-5

he UNESCO Chair in Community-based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education and partners have an exciting research opportunity for an MA/MSc student based at the Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability (IRES) at the University of British Columbia commencing … Continue reading

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Okanagan Water & Biodiversity Forum

We invite the submission of session proposals and abstracts for the Okanagan Water & Biodiversity Forum in Kelowna, hosted by The University of British Columbia’s Okanagan Institute for Biodiversity, Resilience, and Ecosystem Services (BRAES) and the Okanagan Basin Water Board (OBWB) more information about the event … Continue reading

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[IPEC] Vacancy PhD position: ‘Hydropower development in th e context of climate change’, Wageningen University

Vacancy PhD position: ‘Hydropower development in the context of climate change: Exploring conflicts and fostering cooperation across scales and boundaries in the Eastern Himalayas’ Wageningen University (Wageningen, The Netherlands) invites applications for a PhD candidate to do scientific research in the framework … Continue reading

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