Resident Lecturer in Environmental Policy & Socioeconomics

The SFS Centre for Wildlife Management Studies in Kimana, Kenya seeks an enthusiastic, team-oriented individual to serve as part of a residential team of faculty and staff that delivers an interdisciplinary, hands-on learning experience to students spending a semester or summer abroad.

Location:
The SFS Centre for Wildlife Management Studies in Kimana, Kenya

Reports to:
Centre Director, supported by SFS Dean

Start Date:
1 September 2011

Course Overview:
As one of three disciplinary courses taught, the Environmental Policy and Socioeconomic Values course is designed at a third-year university level to explore the social, cultural, economic and political context of the relationship between people and wildlife. The theoretical underpinnings draw on principles from human ecology, ecological anthropology, micro-and macroeconomics, development theory, philosophy and law. To understand present and future wildlife management in Tanzania, this course examines influences of traditional attitudes, national land tenure regimes and policy framework, international influences, economic conditions, natural resource potentials and constraints, and regulation on human-wildlife interactions.The course also introduces students to socioeconomic field research methods (such as participatory resource assessment and social surveys), data collection, data analysis, and scientific writing.The successful candidate will work closely with the lecturers in Wildlife Management and Wildlife Ecology to deliver an interdisciplinary program through education and research in a field setting. Each lecturer is expected to provide high quality, inquiry-based teaching and will lead students in Directed Research projects defined in the Centre’s research plan.

Minimum Qualifications:
■Kenyan work authorization required
■Ph.D. and university-level teaching experience in Environmental Policy, Socioeconomics, Anthropology, Environmental/ Ecological Economics, Rural Development/ Planning, or related field
■Field research experience, preferably related to environmental policy, rural livelihood, rural community-based land planning and management, among other related topics; use of both qualitative and quantitative social science research methods including ethnography, surveys and interviews, and valuation
■University-level teaching experience in Environmental Policy, Socioeconomics, Anthropology, Environmental Economics, or related field
■Good track record of research publications
■Demonstrated commitment to environmental issues

TO APPLY:
Fill out brief online application at http://fieldstudies.catsone.com/careers/index.php?m=portal&a=details&jobOrderID=390057