MULTIPLE FACULTY POSITIONS AT EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY, SHANGHAI, CHINA
The Shanghai Key Lab for Urban Ecological Processes and Eco-Restoration (SHUES) at East China Normal University (ECNU), Shanghai, China invite nominations and applications for multiple tenure-track, open-rank faculty positions, beginning September 1st, 2012.
Under a new campus-wide initiative, SHUES has identified urban ecology and urban sustainability as two intertwined areas of strategic emphasis, and believes that the interrelated tasks to understand, plan, design, and manage urban ecosystems cannot be adequately undertaken by any single discipline or profession under one culture, and require a transdisciplinary and multicultural approach. To substantiate this vision, SHUES plans to bring in up to 30 faculty members in the next three years. After a successful recruitment of seven members, it continues to welcome applications for multiple tenure-track, open-rank faculty positions in the following areas.
1. Urban Modeling
SHUES seeks scholars whose research focuses on urban model building and applications. We particularly welcome candidates with interests in urban metabolism, urban ecological modeling, urban hydrology and hydrologic dynamics, pollution modeling, climate change, biodiversity, climatological modeling and urban transportation.
2. Urban Safety
SHUES seeks scholars with expertise in an array of disciplines with a focus on the intersection of urban ecosystems and human safety. Especially welcome are applicants with credentials in urban climatology, civil engineering, environmental engineering, urban ecology, urban geology, urban hydrology and hydro-informatics, coastal zone management, and urban ecological security systems. Of particular interest are candidates who have expertise in land subsidence, urban geological hazards, critical infrastructure protection (CIP), flood prevention, and emergency management.
3. Urban environment and Public Health
SHUES seeks scholars whose expertise in epidemiology, bio-statistics, environmental health, and public health focuses on the intersection of human health and urban environment. Especially welcome are candidates who are interested in the spatial and temporal relationships between urban ecological environment and public health issues.
4. Ecological Engineering
SHUES looks for scholars whose expertise in ecological engineering focuses on the solution of urban environmental issues. Examples include, but are not limited to, bioremediation of heavy metals and Pops from soils, water, industrial effluents and other contaminated environments, remediation and reclamation activities for abandoned sites and facilities, salinization treatment, and bioremediation of coastal area and wetlands.
5. Urban Sustainability Planning and Design
SHUES seeks scholars whose expertise in urban ecological planning and land use planning focuses on urban sustainability. Of particular interest are the applicants who have expertise in green infrastructure, low impact development, sustainable landscape planning and design, solid waste management, sustainable transportation planning, growth management, land use and transportation planning and policy, and have experience in GIS applications to planning, including planning support systems. An AICP or ASLA certificate is desirable but not required.
6. Urban Environmental Economics
SHUES seeks scholars whose expertise in environmental economics or ecological economics focuses on urban and regional environmental issues. Of particular interest are the candidates who have expertise and interests in applying economic principles to the study of regional and national ecological and environmental challenges China faces today as a result of rapid urbanization. Especially welcome are econometrists who are versed in theoretical and methodological approaches and prepared to collaborate with ecological, social, and humanities scholars and professionals.
7. Urban Sociology and Anthropology
SHUES seeks scholars whose expertise in urban sociology and/or urban anthropology focuses on social equity in a rapidly urbanizing environment. Of particular interests are the applicants who have expertise in urbanization, urban poverty, social demography, social and spatial stratification, qualitative and survey methods in sociology and anthropology research.
Basic qualifications include a Ph.D. in a related field by the start date of the appointment; evidence of a high-quality research agenda; a track record of/or potential for excellence in research, scholarship, and teaching; capability of working in a transdisciplinary team; and competence to teach classes in English. SCHOLARS WHOSE NATIVE LANGUAGE IS NOT CHINESE ARE WELCOME AND ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.
Application materials should be submitted electronically to the attention of Ms. Ying Chen at ychen@des.ecnu.edu.cn. A complete application package includes a letter of application addressing applicant’s qualifications for the position; a curriculum vita; a statement outlining current and future research and teaching interests; three to five papers (published or in progress); names, affiliations, and email addresses of five referees. The review will begin upon the completion of each applicant’s application package, and continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled.
The East China Normal University is one of China’s primary national research institutions under the prestigious Project 211 and Project 985 (http://www.ecnu.edu.cn/english/). It offers a competitive compensation and startup package, commensurate with the candidate’s experience and accomplishments.
