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Recruitment for International Postdoctoral Research Fellows in 2011
Release date：2011/1/6 Source： ccap
Recruitment for International Postdoctoral Research Fellows in 2011
International Ecosystem Management Partnership
Chinese Ecosystem Research Network, Chinese Academy of Sciences
International Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP) is co-sponsored by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), and aims to promote research and management of ecosystem and biodiversity and their integration into emerging emphasis on green economy in developing countries. The mandates of IEMP include: supporting developing countries for decision-making on ecosystem management through monitoring and assessment; enhancing knowledge and information sharing and awareness raising; promoting technology transfer and demonstration for ecological engineering and eco-industry development; through the above initiatives and associated training programme, IEMP will increase the ecosystem management capacity of policy makers, scientists and practitioners in developing countries, such as managing ecosystems as carbon sources or sinks. IEMP is currently hosted in CERN (Chinese Ecosystem Research Network) , Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
IEMP will provide support to capacity building for African countries, including related training activities on ecosystem management and biodiversity etc; field survey and desk study on global ecosystem management, monitoring and research capacity.
Four postdoctoral research fellow vacancy in IEMP are open for application now, with its research fields in Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment, Ecosystem Service Valuation, Knowledge Hub for the Ecosystem Management. For more details, please see the attached table. All the recruited post doctors are invited to join the work of IEMP full time for two years, including study tour at aboard and fully involved in the projects, who be paid and supported according to the CAS policies. Major working place will be in Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China.
The preferred candidate will minimum has a PhD degree or equivalent doctorate in relevant discipline, fluent English, good communication skill, team work attitude. Candidate with following background will be preferred: (1) experiences in long term ecological research networks (LTER), (2) strong capacity in economics, or (3) work or study experiences in China.
Documents for application：
1．An application letter and your CV；
2．List of published paper and 1-3 representative papers in PDF format；
3．Contact information of two nominators including your supervisor for PhD degree.
Deadline for application：February 20, 2010
Contract Person：Ms Wang Guoqin
Address：11 A Datun Road, Chaoyang District,Beijing, 100101 China
CERN, Institute of Geographical Sciences and Natural Resources Research
Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Tel（Fax）：86-10-64889031
E-mail：[email protected]
Brief Introduction to Supervisors
Postdoctoral Research Fellow Recruitment Plan for 2011
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Research field
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Major tasks
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Professional background
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Supervisor
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Vacancy
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Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment
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Analysis on the global ecosystem monitoring status and need gap; propose a ecosystem monitoring index system for stations and network; start ecosystem monitoring station building and management.
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Related to Ecology, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System
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Jian LIU
Xiubo YU
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2
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Ecosystem Service Evaluation
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Study on the method for ecosystem service evaluation; survey and summarize ecosystem management approaches and methods globally; drafting policy report
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Related to Ecology, Economics, Environmental Economics and Physical Geographic.
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Linxiu ZHANG
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1
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Knowledge Hub for the Ecosystem Management
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Study on the global ecosystem database and the best practices for ecosystem management; establish framework for global ecosystem knowledge hub and internet-based service system.
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Related to Ecology, Physical Geographic, Remote Sensing, Geographic Information System, Database Language.
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Bingfang WU
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1
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Brief Introduction to Supervisors
Dr. Jian Liu is the Director of UNEP International Ecosystem Management Partnership (IEMP) since July 2010. Prior to this appointment, he served as the Chief of UNEP Climate Change Adaptation Unitsince January 2008 and the Deputy Secretary of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since June 2005. His earlier posts include Deputy Director General of the Bureau of Resources and Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Director of the Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), and Manager of Environment Program of the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD).
Dr. Xiubo Yu is the Coordinator of IEMP Monitoring and Capacity Building Programme (Part time). He is also the Secretary General of the Scientific Committee of Chinese Ecosystem Research Network (CERN), and associate professor in Institute of Geographic Sciences and Natural Resources Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has 20 years’ experience in integrated river basin management (IRBM), and eco-environment economics and policies, as well as long term ecological monitoring & research and capacity development including serving as Director of Freshwater and Marine Programme of WWF China.
Dr. Linxiu Zhang is the Coordinator of IEMP Science for Policy Programme (Part time). She is Professor of economics and deputy director of the Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy (CCAP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. She obtained her PhD from University of Reading in England. For the last 26 years, most of her research concentrates on policy relevant studies on agricultural and rural development in China, including public investment in agriculture and its impact on growth, poverty and inequality, poverty and environmental dynamics, and integrated resource management at community level, community governance and public goods investments, the New Cooperative Medical System, the economics of education.
Dr. Bingfang Wu is the Coordinator of the IEMP Integrated Knowledge Management Programme (Part time). He is a professor of water resources and remote sensing application, and director of division for Agriculture and Ecology in the Institute of Remote Sensing Application, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He also serves as director of the ‘Information Center of Ecological and Environmental Monitoring Network for the Three Gorges Project’. He got his PhD degree in Tsinghua University, also has 4-years work experiences in Eurosense Belfotop N.V. Belgium in Brussels. He has published more than 100 papers. His research interests include the remote sensing applications in ecosystem management and climate change adaptation.
