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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING
SCHOOL FOR RESOURCE AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES
DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY
HALIFAX, NS B3H 4R2

POSTING DATE: July 18, 2014
APPLICATION DEADLINE: July 28, 2014
POSITION: Part-time Academic

DEPARTMENT/LOCATION: School for Resource and Environmental Studies (SRES)

RATE OF PAY: According to the CUPE Agreement

WORK ASSIGNMENT: The sessional instructor will teach Economics for Resource and Environmental Management (ENVI 5031) during the 2014-15 fall term. The calendar entry is as follows: “This class is designed as a one term introduction to economics for graduate students who do not have any or limited undergraduate economics training. However, it is also suitable for students with prior economics training who are interested in exploring the environment-economy relationship further. The class begins with a brief but intense guided tour of economics. We then focus on key topics in environmental economics, including among others: the sustainable economy; theory of market failure, public goods and externalities; environmentalist critiques of economic thinking; environmental and natural resource accounting; economic valuation of the environment; time in economic/environmental analysis. The final part of the class explores the theory and practice of a new discipline which bette! r integrates environmental and economic analysis; namely the field of ecological economics. The class is open to students in other parts of the University who are interested in economy and environment.

The course is scheduled for 3 hours per week to be held on Fridays, 1130-1430 hr, September through December 2014. In recent years, this course has attracted ~40 students drawn from various programs.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION: PhD and/or Masters with equivalent experience in related discipline.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION, PLEASE APPLY IN WRITING (COVER LETTER AND CV) BY THE DEADLINE TO:

Dr. Peter Tyedmers, Director
School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University
Kenneth C. Rowe Management Bldg
6100 University Avenue, Suite 5010
P. O. Box 15000
Halifax NS B3H 4R2
Email : Brenda.Smart@dal.ca
Fax : (902) 494-3728

All offers of employment as a part-time academic are conditional upon sufficient student enrolment in the course and approval by the University.

Dalhousie University is an Employment Equity/Affirmative Action employer. The University encourages applications from qualified Aboriginal peoples, people with a disability, racially visible persons and women.