Social Sciences Jobs

Category: Graduate

Positions available for master’s and PHD students.

Ramsey County Minnesota Planning Internship

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This summer internship program, offered in partnership with the University of Minnesota Center for Transportation Studies, gives undergraduate and graduate students from a variety of degree programs the opportunity to gain experience in a local government setting.

As part of the program, students get the opportunity to bring their unique perspectives, experiences and ideas to departments within the county’s Economic Growth and Community Investment (EGCI) service team, specifically the Community & Economic Development, Public Works, and Housing Stability departments and the county’s Health and Wellness service team, specifically the Food Security/Urban Agriculture team. The internship program offers students three months of experience during the summer, with the potential to extend through the end of the academic year. Students from any college or university may apply.

Undergraduate and/or graduate students with an interest in public policy and planning are encouraged to apply. Seven internship for the summer of 2025 are available. This paid internship program offers students three months of full-time experience during the summer, with the potential to extend through the end of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Applications close on Tuesday, February 11th

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Environmental and Energy Policy Research Assistant

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Caitlyn Sutherlin, a third year PhD student in the EEP program is looking for a research assistant to help with listening to and translating transcripts from Spanish to English. Fluent Spanish skills are required. Special consideration will be given to an individual with familiarity in Central American Spanish.

Work will involve remote work and biweekly meetings. This role will work a total of 30-35 hours at approximately $19 an hour.

To apply, send a summary of your Spanish language skills and background to Caitlyn Sutherlin, csutherl@mtu.edu.

Applications will be reviewed as received. Work will begin as soon as January 2025.

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MS Position – Understanding risk of a fading cryosphere to natural resources in the western U.S.

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Drs. Scott Hotaling (Mountain Watershed Scientist) and Jessica Schad (Natural Resource Sociologist) are recruiting a graduate student to start an MS degree in Fall 2025 at Utah State University (USU) in Logan, UT.

The student will be co-advised by Drs. Hotaling and Schad but their primary affiliation will be within the Climate Change in Mountains Lab.

This project will likely involve both quantitative and qualitative social science work with opportunities for travel. The student will also have opportunities to present the research to academic audiences and agency partners and publish peer-reviewed articles. The project is fully funded for two years with a competitive stipend (includes tuition and health insurance).

Potential applicants should reach out to Scott Hotaling ASAP with questions and/or to organize a meeting to discuss the position further.

Please include a bit of brief background in your message as well as a copy of your CV/resume. 

Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.

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Foxhead Regenerative Agriculture Project Program Director

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FoxRAP, founded in 2021, is a grassroots regenerative agriculture nonprofit based in Green Lake, WI. They are hiring for a part time Farms Program Director with potential for the position to become full time later on. This is a primarily remote position with events in person as needed.

The responsibilities of this position include:

  • Coordinating their growing Upper Fox Food and Farm Network
  • Designing and implementing programming
  • Collaborating with local partners to host or facilitate field days and educational events
  • Building relationships with farmers, farm allies, and community partners
  • Collaborating with other local and regional partners, especially those which are underrepresented in agriculture

Applications for this position will be reviewed on a rolling basis until filled. To apply, please submit a cover letter, resume, and three references to grow@foxheadag.org.

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Student Opportunities at Michigan Sea Grant

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Michigan Sea Grant is excited to announce that applications are now open for three student opportunities:

1. Michigan Sea Grant Environmental Internship

2. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship

3. National Marine Fisheries Service Fellowship 

The internship is open to undergraduate students at institutions in the state of Michigan. The Knauss and NMFS fellowships are available to graduate students at institutions in the state of Michigan. Note that the NMFS fellowship is restricted to PhD students.

More information about all three opportunities is available on the Michigan Sea Grant website. Interested students may reach out to msgfellowships@umich.edu with any questions.

Be on the lookout for an announcement of the Michigan Sea Grant Graduate Research Fellowship in early 2025.

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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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Sustainability Engagement Coordinator at Weber State University

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This position will serve under the direction of the Weber State University’s Sustainability Programs & Engagement Manager and will be responsible for coordination of the Intermountain Sustainability Summit, and the implementation of portions of the Campus Awareness & Engagement, and Community Awareness & Engagement sections of WSU’s Sustainability Plan. This will include coordination of events, and assistance with community-facing programs. The position will also assist with reaching two of WSU’s sustainability goals including maintaining the Sustainability Tracking Assessment & Rating System (STARS) Gold certification, and helping the region strive for carbon neutrality by 2050.

Primary Duties

  • Serve as the primary organizer and coordinator of the Intermountain Sustainability Summit, an event serving regional sustainability professionals and emerging leaders. Duties include co-development of the program, hosting partner coordination meetings, identifying, attracting and coordinating speakers, collaboratively promoting the event region wide, coordinating an internship fair, recruiting and assisting Eco Expo hall exhibitors, managing volunteers, and all logistics (rooms, food, A/V, etc.), as well as managing event registration, and attracting and maintaining ISS sponsors.
  • Assist with management and implementation of community programs, working in collaboration with the SPARC Home for Sustainable Living staff, community partners, local governments, and campus contacts to develop and promote, as well as oversee student and staff volunteers to host related events.
  • Manage the implementation of assigned portions of the Campus and Community Awareness & Engagement sections of the WSU’s Sustainability Plan.
  • Manage WSU’s STARS Community Engagement data collection and reporting.
  • Assist to develop WSU’s ongoing sustainability strategies, and implement applicable strategies to help the university maintain and reach its sustainability related goals.
  • Assist to develop Campus and Community Awareness & Engagement strategic plans and ensure goals are met.
  • Develop and host a WSU sustainability podcast.
  • Coordinate with SPARC director, manager, and ESO office, and student staff to help develop and maintain sustainability-related education/outreach materials including websites, brochures, newsletters, social media, campus signs, etc., and disseminate information about WSU’s sustainability work
  • Manage one to two student interns/workers, and/or an AmeriCorps member, as well as limited-time volunteers.
  • Assist with the coordination of the annual Sustainability Awards event with the Energy and Sustainability Office (ESO) Office.
  • Provide occasional sustainability-related classroom presentations for staff, faculty, students and/or community members.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in fields such as Sustainability, Environmental or Social Science/Studies, Geography, Political Science, Public Policy, Communications, Environmental Education, Public Administration, or closely related field
  • A valid driver’s license

Preferred Qualifications

  • A creative and collaborative problem solver
  • One or more years conference/event planning experience
  • One or more years of experience implementing sustainability education/outreach programs
  • One year of experience managing volunteers or staff
  • Project management experience
  • Updating/creating websites, and/or newsletters experience
  • Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, including but not limited to technical writing, collaboration building, public speaking, and oral presentations
  • Strong organizational and detail oriented skill

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

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