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Opportunities in Sustainability
14 February 2020
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Dear colleagues,
Welcome to our first February installment of "Opportunities in Sustainability" - our twice-monthly email round-up of relevant opportunities from and within the sustainability community delivered straight to your inbox!
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Best regards,
The START team
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Job and fellowship opportunities
- Deadline Today! Senior Research Officer, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London, UK) Deadline: 14 February
- MRV Specialist, Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) (Dhaka, Bangladesh) Deadline: 16 February
- Program Manager (WASH), African Initiatives for Relief and Development (Ituri, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo) Deadline: 19 February
- (Senior) Environmental and Social Development Specialist, The World Bank (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: 20 February
- JSPS–UNU Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme 2020 (Water for Sustainable Development), United Nations University (UNU) (Tokyo, Japan) Deadline: 21 February
- Land and Water Officer (Soil Partnership), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome, Italy) Deadline: 21 February
- Land and Water Officer (Soil Awareness Raising), United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) (Rome, Italy) Deadline: 21 February
- Research Coordinator, Shahidi wa Maji/Accountability for Water Partnership (Morogor, Tanzania) Deadline: 21 February
- Director, Shahidi wa Maji (Morogoro, Tanzania) Deadline: 21 February
- Research Coordinator, KEWASNET/Accountability for Water Partnership (Nairobi, Kenya) Deadline: 21 February
- Research Coordinator, Accountability for Water Partnership (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) Deadline: 21 February
- Project Leader, PAS PNA Project, Climate Analytics Inc. (Lome, Togo) Deadline: 23 February
- Programme Director, Climate and Sustainability, Overseas Development Institute (ODI) (London, UK) Deadline: 28 February
- Senior Professorship in Water Governance and Policy (Water Institute), University of Waterloo (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Deadline: 28 February
- Director, Biodiversity, Apiculture and Climate Change, Keystone Foundation (Kotagiri, India) Deadline: 1 March
- International Climate Protection Fellowships, Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (Germany) Deadline: 1 March
- Postdoctoral Opportunity: FRQ-IIASA postdoctoral program for postdoctoral students from Québec, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 18 March
- Postdoctoral Opportunity: Peter E. De Jánosi Postdoctoral Fellowship for application of systems analysis to policy and management issues, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
- Postdoctoral Opportunity: The Peking University (PKU) – IIASA Postdoctoral Program for early-career postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
- Postdoctoral Opportunity: IIASA-Israel Program for post-doc and mid-career researchers member of or affiliated to an academic or research institution in Israel, The International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) Deadline: 13 April
- Call for Applications: UN Global Climate Action Award, Deadline: 30 April
- Director (Water Stewardship & Policy), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
- Program Coordinator (Water Program), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: ASAP
- Consultant - Lead Trainer (Flood Management), World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) (Remote) Deadline: ASAP
- Postdoctoral Opportunity: Postdoctoral Research Position on the Climate-Water-Energy Nexus of the Greater Mekong Sub-region, Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) (Singapore) Deadline: ASAP
- Africa Regional Senior Manager (Urban Water Resilience), World Resources Institute (WRI) (Addis Ababa or Nairobi, Various) Deadline: ASAP
- Project Manager, SouthSouthNorth (SSN) (Cape Town, South Africa) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
- Program Officer, Climate Risk Management and Resilience, World Wildlife Foundation (WWF) (Washington, DC, USA) Deadline: Until Suitable Applicant is Found
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Training opportunities, online courses, and graduate programs
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Calls for abstracts and applications
- Call for Participants: Climate change Wikipedia edit-a-thon, (New Delhi, India, 1 May) Deadline: 24 February
- Call for Abstracts: 2020 G.O.R.I.L.L.A. Conference (Kampala, Uganda, 28-30 May) Deadline: 29 February (Extended)
- Call for Abstracts: Coastal Hazards in Africa 2020 (Durban, Sourth Africa, 28-29 October) Deadline: 29 February
- Call for Applications: 12th Cycle of the Dubai International Best Practices Award for Sustainable Development, Deadline: 30 April
- Call for Papers: Global Conference on Environment and Sustainability (Kathmandu, Nepal, 22-24 November) Deadline: 15 May
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Upcoming conferences and events
- Soil Science Conference of Malaysia (SOILS 2020) (Johor Bharu, Malaysia) 7-9 April
- Adaptation Futures 2020 (New Delhi, India) 27-30 April
- FRIAR 2020: 7th International Conference on Flood and Urban Water Management (Valencia, Spain) 11-13 May
- Human Health and the Ocean in a Changing World (Monaco) 11-13 May
- RISE AFRICA 2020 (Cape Town, South Africa) 25-26 May
- 2020 G.O.R.I.L.L.A. Conference (Kampala, Uganda) 28-30 May
- 13th World Congress of the RSAI (Marrakech, Morocco) 2-5 June
- Dresden Nexus Conference (Dresden, Germany) 3-5 June
- Sustainability Research and Innovation 2020 (Brisbane, Australia) 14-17 June
- G-STIC 2020 (Brussels, Belgium) 27-29 October
- Coastal Hazards in Africa 2020 (Durban, Sourth Africa) 28-29 October
- Global Conference on Environment and Sustainability (Kathmandu, Nepal) 22-24 November
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