Social Sciences Jobs

Day: December 10, 2024

2 PhD-level Research Fellowships in Landscape-Scale Restoration

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U.S. Forest Service Research and Development is seeking 2 fellowships for early 2025. Two fellowship opportunities are available with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Forest Service (FS) within the Pacific Northwest Research Station (PNWRS) and the International Institute of Tropical Forestry. It is anticipated that one fellow will be located in the U.S. West and one in the U.S. Southeast. Foreign national candidates may have a mandatory in-person requirement depending on visa status.

The fellows will contribute their social science research skills to understand how project planning and coordination, work prioritization, use of existing science, characteristics of the forestry and natural resources workforce, and other factors. 

Research efforts will focus primarily on projects in western and southeastern states and territories associated with the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Joint Chiefs’ Landscape Restoration Partnership Program.

Further information and details to apply can be found at the link to the position description.

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SEEKCommons Fellowship

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Funded by NSF and run by partners at University of Notre Dame, University of California Davis, University of Michigan, University of Virginia, and The HDF Group.

The goal of the fellowship is to bring graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, and professionals from community-based organizations with new perspectives to socio-environmental research with open technologies.

The fellowship is designed to:

  • Encourage new translational and integrative work involving socio-environmental action research with Open Science practices;
  • Provide a space for Fellows and Network members to collaborate on common research issues, challenges, and solutions.

Application deadline is Dec. 15, 2024.

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Community Engaged Research Assistant

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The West Virginia University Center for Resilient Communities (CRC) is recruiting 4 graduate students (MA/PhD) to begin in Summer 2025.

These positions (funded up to 4 years) will focus on the development of innovative approaches to community-engaged participatory research and promoting educational processes for building more just, equitable, and vibrant communities in Appalachia, the US South and other rural regions of the US.

Applicants are expected to contribute to the CRC’s ongoing areas of research in alternative/community economies, environmental justice, climate action, and food system transformation. 

Experience in social action or efforts to promote community wellbeing or social, economic and environmental justice in rural areas is also highly desired. 

Applicants should please send in one PDF a curriculum vitae and 1-3 samples of writing and/or other evidence of your experience in research or social action to Dr. Bradley Wilson, Executive Director – brwilson@mail.wvu.edu by January 15, 2025 @ 5pm for full consideration. After initial screening, finalists for the position will be asked to interview via Zoom.

Further information and details to apply can be found at the link to the position description.

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GIS/Remote Sensing Technician

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The Kennedy Lab at Oregon State University and the National Park Service – Great Lakes Inventory and Monitoring Network are collaborating to offer a GIS/Remote Sensing Technician position in Ashland, WI starting in Feb 2025. This is a temporary on-site role. This position will assist with the long-term Landscape Dynamics program at the NPS Great Lakes Network office in Ashland, WI. The role of the successful applicant will be to interpret remotely-sensed imagery to label and validate polygons of disturbance in the landscapes in and around national parks of the Great Lakes region, and to manage the data in a GIS geodatabase context.

The Technician will be responsible for collecting, analyzing, and interpreting geographic information to create maps and databases. Daily tasks include processing and managing spatial data, interpreting satellite and air photo imagery to validate land cover and land use changes to support research projects. Duration of the job is 6 months with an hourly rate between $17-23/hour depending on experience.

Qualifications:

  • Proficiency in GIS software, Remote Sensing tools, and Spatial Analysis methods
  • Experience in collecting and interpreting geographic data
  • Knowledge of cartography, database management, and data visualization
  • Bachelor’s degree in Geography, Geomatics, Environmental Science, or related field
  • Experience with ESRI ArcGIS, QGIS, and other geospatial software

The position will be hired through Oregon State University. Apply here.

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