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PART-TIME ACADEMIC POSTING

SCHOOL FOR RESOURCE AND

  ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY

HALIFAX, NS B3H 4R2

POSTING DATE:  May 30, 2022

APPLICATION DEADLINE:  June 13, 2022

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 during the 2022/23 fall term.  The calendar entry is as follows: This course 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 course 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; and time in economic/environmental analysis. The final part of the class explores the theory and practice of a new discipline which better integrates environmental and economic analysis; namely the field of “ecological economics”. The course 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, 14:35-17:25, September through December 2022. In recent years, this course has attracted 30-40 students drawn from various graduate programs.

REQUIREMENTS OF THE POSITION:  PhD or equivalent experience in related discipline.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN THIS POSITION, PLEASE APPLY ONLINE BY JUNE 13, 2022, AT https://dal.peopleadmin.ca/postings/10320  

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 committed to fostering a collegial culture grounded in diversity and inclusiveness. The university encourages applications from Indigenous persons, persons with a disability, racially visible persons, women, persons of a minority sexual orientation and/or gender identity, and all candidates who would contribute to the diversity of our community. For more information, please visit https://www.dal.ca/hiringfordiversity.