Academia Assistant, Associate or Full Professor in Environmental Economics
Job Description
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa (UHM) is undertaking a strategic inter-disciplinary initiative focused on marine coastal sustainability. With the support of the UHM Chancellor Virginia Hinshaw, the initiative seeks a team of five tenure-track faculty (four [4] Assistant-level and one [1] Associate/Full-level) in complementary disciplines who can significantly contribute to this strategic effort. The initiative is aimed at synergizing inter-disciplinary research, teaching and outreach that address important aspects of island life, and thereby strives to maintain the qualities of life that make Hawai‘i unique.
The term “sustainability” describes a longstanding ethic involving peoples’ relationships with the environment and the current generation’s responsibilities to future generations. Implicit is responsibility to address today’s issues, needs and aspirations while ensuring the capacity of our descendents to provide for their future. While Hawai‘i’s people are faced with special challenges associated with their geographic isolation, fragile ecosystems, limited space and natural resources, they are fortunate to have a wide range of renewable energy opportunities, and a cultural tradition of living within the capacity of their island habitats and ecosystems to meet their needs. UHM is committed to developing the knowledge and the human resources that will allow our State and Nation to address the opportunities presented by the responsibility to live sustainably within our marine coastal ecosystem.
The University of Hawai‘i at Manoa seeks applications from interested and qualified candidates for five (5) new tenure-track faculty positions; four (4) at the Assistant level (R-3/I-3) and one (1) at the Associate (R-4/I-4) or Full level (R-5/I-5), with the more senior position to be assigned to a specific unit on the basis of the applicant pool. The level of State support will be equivalent to nine (9) months per year, with the remaining three (3) months to be raised through extramural funds. Appointments are made in partnering disciplinary units at 0.75 FTE and in the University of Hawai‘i at Manoa’s Sea Grant College Program at 0.25 FTE.
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