AERUS 2019

12^th Annual Midwest Graduate Student Summit

April 13-14, 2019

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA

https://sites.google.com/view/aerus-2019/

16th PRSCO Summer Institute 

July 25-26, 2019, Bangkok, Thailand 

http://www.th-rsai.org/prsco-2019/

15th Indonesian Regional Science Association (IRSA) International Conference

July 22-23, 2019

Banda Aceh, Aceh, Indonesia

http://aceh2019.irsa.or.id

The Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time tenure stream appointment in Urban Public Policy and Governance. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will commence July 1, 2019. Applicants must have must have a Ph.D. in Geography, Planning, Urban Studies, or a cognate discipline at the time of appointment or shortly thereafter. Applicants will have a research focus in one or more of the following areas: urban public policy, local government institutions and policy-making, municipal finance, and city and regional planning and governance. Candidates must have a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching, and be able to communicate effectively as an undergraduate and graduate teacher. The successful candidate will be expected to conduct innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, externally funded research program. The successful candidate must have an emerging record of scholarly accomplishment and provide evidence of excellence in research, as demonstrated by publications in leading academic journals and/or with leading academic presses, or forthcoming publications meeting high international standards, presentations at significant conferences, awards and accolades for work in the field, and strong endorsements by referees of high international standing. They also must demonstrate excellence in teaching and emerging excellence as a graduate supervisor through teaching accomplishments, the teaching dossier including a teaching statement, teaching materials including sample course syllabi, and the teaching evaluations submitted as part of the application, as well as strong letters of reference. Demonstrated commitment to experiential learning is an asset. The successful candidate will be expected to teach large introductory and senior undergraduate courses in the City Governance Concentration of the interdisciplinary City Studies programs in the Department of Human Geography. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. For more information about the Department of Human Geography, please visit http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/geography/ The appointment is in the Department of Human Geography at UTSC. The successful candidate also will become a member of the Tri-campus graduate department best suited to their area of scholarly focus, and will teach and supervise graduate students in that department. The University of Toronto Scarborough is a research-intensive institution with an interdisciplinary commitment, a multicultural student body, and a modern campus. The University offers the opportunity to conduct research, teach and live in one of the most diverse cities in the world. The University also offers opportunities to work in a range of collaborative programs and centers of research. All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking https://utoronto.taleo.net/…/jobdetail.ftl;jsessionid=MUbRh…

Applications must include a cover letter, a current curriculum vitae, a research statement outlining current and future research interests, up to three representative publications; a teaching dossier (including a teaching statement, sample course syllabi and other course materials, and teaching evaluations). Applicants must also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly by the referee via email (on letterhead and signed) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the closing date. All application materials, including reference letter, must be received by the closing date of January 29 2019. Submission guidelines can be found at: http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. If you have questions about this position, please contact Sue-Ann Hicks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority

The Department of Human Geography at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) invites applications for a full-time, tenure stream appointment in the area of Quantitative Social Science and GIS. The appointment will be at the rank of Assistant Professor and will commence on July 1, 2019. Applicants must have a Ph.D in Geography or a related field at the time of appointment or shortly thereafter. Candidates must also have a demonstrated record of excellence in research and teaching and be able to communicate effectively as an undergraduate and graduate teacher. The successful candidate will be expected to pursue innovative and independent research at the highest international level and to establish an outstanding, competitive, and externally funded research program. Candidates must provide evidence of research excellence as demonstrated by a record of publications in top-ranked and field relevant journals or forthcoming publications meeting high international standards, the submitted research statement, presentations at significant conferences, awards and accolades, and strong endorsements from referees of high standing. Evidence of excellence in teaching will be provided through teaching accomplishments, the teaching dossier, a statement of teaching philosophy, sample course syllabi, and the teaching evaluations submitted as part of the application, as well as strong letters of reference. The Department maintains research and teaching focuses in urban, social-cultural, and environmental geography as part of a broader commitment to research excellence within the social sciences at UTSC.

Applications are invited from social scientists with research contributions based on geographic information science and potentially combined with spatial statistics, computational approaches, or other quantitative methods. The successful candidate will demonstrate excellence in data collection and verification, data analysis, modelling, visualization, and/or computational methods using geographic information. Candidates with research interests across the social sciences are welcome, but candidates must conduct research with an emphasis on urban, health, population, social, or economic geography. We seek candidates who value influencing policy, public opinion, and decision-making processes via outreach and research partnerships. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. The candidate’s undergraduate appointment will be at the University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC), a research-intensive institution with an interdisciplinary commitment, a multicultural student body, and a modern campus. The University offers the opportunity to conduct research, teach and live in Toronto, one of the most diverse and opportunity-rich cities in the world. The University also offers opportunities to work in a range of collaborative programs and centers of research. Applicants may in particular be interested in opportunities to engage with industry and researchers in one of the fastest growing tech-clusters in the world. For more information about the Department of Human Geography at UTSC please visit our home page: http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/geography/. The successful candidate will teach core undergraduate courses in the Minor Program in Geographic Information Science in the Department of Human Geography They also will be a member of the Tri-campus Graduate Department of Geography and Planning, and will engage in graduate teaching, supervision, and service in that Department. UTSC is strongly committed to maintaining a research-intensive home for its faculty and students. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a program of research that furthers the academic mission of the Department of Human Geography at UTSC. Competitive research funding is available both internally and through Canada's SSHRC and other research funding organizations (http://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/). All qualified candidates are invited to apply online by clicking https://utoronto.taleo.net/careersecti…/10050/jobdetail.ftl… Applications should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, a research statement outlining current and future research interests, up to three representative publications and a teaching dossier (including a statement of teaching philosophy, sample course syllabi, and teaching evaluations). Applicants must also arrange to have three letters of reference sent directly by the referee via email (on letterhead and signed) to This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by the closing date. All application materials including the reference letters must be received, by the closing date, January 28, 2019. Submission guidelines can be found at http://uoft.me/how-to-apply. We recommend combining attached documents into one or two files in PDF/MS Word format. If you have any questions about this position, please contact Sue-Ann Hicks at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. The University of Toronto is strongly committed to diversity within its community and especially welcomes applications from racialized persons / persons of colour, women, Indigenous / Aboriginal People of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas. As part of your application, you will be asked to complete a brief Diversity Survey. This survey is voluntary. Any information directly related to you is confidential and cannot be accessed by search committees or human resources staff. Results will be aggregated for institutional planning purposes. For more information, please see http://uoft.me/UP.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.

Program Description

In this interdisciplinary M.Sc. in Urban Strategies (MUS) program, students will acquire fundamental knowledge about contemporary urban transformation and the necessary skills and tools for developing and implementing urban projects of various scales, scopes, and specificities. The program is open to students from any academic discipline and professional background who are interested in urban issues and potential solutions.

Throughout the one-year program, students will learn urban development theories and methods through case studies from Southeast Asia and beyond. In addition to required classes that focus on basic knowledge and skills, students will select their concentrations from four topics: Urban Development and Mobility, Urban Living and Livelihoods, Urban Regeneration, and Urban Security and Resilience. Students will also write their theses based on the selected concentration.

Our basic pedagogical philosophy is student-centric and interactive. Our program combines interactive lectures and studio-based classrooms where students are encouraged to share and demonstrate concepts and ideas. The learning processes are facilitated by our faculty members who have extensive experience in teaching, research, consultancy, and advocacy in Thailand and overseas. The studios use real cases in Bangkok and other cities in Thailand, so as to promote in-depth exploration of urban issues and solutions. Specific skills indispensable for developing urban projects are also emphasized, including data analytics, institutional analysis, strategic foresight, city branding and marketing, finance, and project management. For their theses, students are encouraged to work collaboratively in actual projects with partner organizations in Thailand or other countries of interest. Through such collaboration, students gain first-hand experience of applying the knowledge and skills learned in class to real-world cases.

Studying urban issues and strategies in Bangkok offers a unique learning and living experience. Bangkok, or for that matter other cities in Thailand, is a living laboratory for exploring contemporary urban issues and solutions. From transit-oriented development projects and flood management efforts to community-based housing development and formalization of informal activities, students will live and learn in a real and dynamic platform where they gain insights into how social, economic, and political institutions actually shape urban transformation. As a regional hub for international development agencies, the city also offers uniquely international exposure while learning local specificities that could provide global lessons.

More information at: http://www.cuurp.org/courses-apply/msc-urban-strategies/

Dear Colleagues and Friends,
 
We are opening a 2-year Post Doc position in the ANET Lab Budapest.
 
The future colleague will work on a project entitled "The Role of Geography in the Complex Diffusion of Innovation"  under the supervision of Balázs Lengyel. In this interdisciplinary research, motivated by the increasing urban-rural divide in Western societies, we aim to understand how topologies of large social networks influence adoption dynamics on local scales. To achieve this goal, we analyze data revealed from various sources including social media websites, cell-phone communication, patent and scientific publication databases and reveal empirical features of spatial diffusion. Further, we develop models of dynamic adoption in networks, which reflect on the role of social connections within towns and across locations, in order to forecast adoption in specific places and over the life-cycle of technologies.
 
ANET Lab is an interdisciplinary group at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and aims to uncover how urbanization and the structure of social networks are interrelated. We build our research projects on large data bases and intend to answer the questions how social networks form in geographical space, how the structure of social networks explain economic and technological progress in cities and how dynamic learning and spreading processes happen in spatial social networks. For more information, see our website at http://anet.krtk.mta.hu.
 
Please, find the call details on this link.
 
Application deadline: January 30, 2019. Starting date: February 4, 2019 or upon agreement. 
 
With best regards,
Balazs