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Old Dominion University Assistant or Associate Research Professor of Resilience Economics for the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (Non-Tenure Track) in Norfolk, Virginia
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Job Title Assistant or Associate Research Professor of Resilience Economics for the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience (Non-Tenure Track)
Department COASTAL RESILIENCY AUTHORITY
Position Number F1023A1
Job Description
The Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience ( ICAR ) advances the practice of coastal resilience and adaptation by engaging with communities, organizations, and businesses to develop and deploy solutions based on integrated, innovative, and applied research. This position is part of the launch of a unique collaboration with the Chesapeake Bay Foundation ( CBF ).
In support, ODU is hiring a 12-month research professor (associate or assistant rank) with an interest in the economics and financing of coastal and climate resilience and adaptation measures, particularly the use of natural and nature-based infrastructure. The candidate will join a cohort of research faculty that unites the resources of ODU and CBF to assist localities, communities, organizations, and businesses in meeting the Commonwealth of Virginia’s coastal resilience goals. They will join existing ICAR - CBF research faculty in coastal engineering and urban ecology, and an additional faculty member to be hired focusing broadly on green infrastructure. ICAR and CBF identified these areas of need in collaboration with stakeholders to fill critical gaps in innovation and technical assistance to build resilience and support adaptation at the local, regional, and state levels. Expertise on the use of natural and nature-based features is highly desired.
We seek a faculty member who is enthusiastic about applying their knowledge of environmental economics, natural resource economics, or financing to the implementation of resilience and adaptation action in partner communities. Past experience or interests could include natural capital accounting, climate and economic justice, economic modeling, cost-benefit analysis, risk assessment, mobilizing climate financing, capital planning, or other experience relevant to improving coastal resilience. Most importantly, faculty members should be passionate about conducting applied research and the application of economics or financing to assist localities, communities, organizations, and businesses with making measurable progress toward resilience and adaptation goals. This faculty hire will work collaboratively as part of the ICAR research faculty cohort and with other ODU teaching and research faculty, CBF , other ICAR partners, and end users across Virginia to:
Co-produce applied resilience and adaptation research with ODU faculty, ICAR partners, and stakeholders;
Identify innovative opportunities for resilience and adaptation engineered projects reducing natural hazard and climate change risk and assist localities with applying for grants to fund and implement these projects, with a focus on innovations that promote or layer natural and nature-based features grounded in the realities of how to stack financing for resilience projects;
Identify novel ways to calculate the benefits and costs of resilience and adaptation projects and to fund such projects, including valuing equity and natural and nature-based features;
Provide technical assistance and training to localities and organizations focusing on (1) integrating plans and practices to improve resilience and implement climate change adaptation; (2) scoping and designing community-scale resilience and adaptation projects; and (3) communicating the value of natural and nature-based investments to individuals, communities and businesses;
Conduct design charrettes, knowledge exchanges, and engagements in communities on resilience and adaptation;
Translate scientific and technical information for use by stakeholders in funding and implementing applied projects; and,
Document best practices and progress in the scholarly and applied literature.
About ODU : Located in Norfolk, Virginia, Old Dominion University (www.odu.edu) is a state-supported, entrepreneurial-minded Carnegie “R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity” institution with over 24,000 students (of which almost 5,000 are graduate students) and 900 full-time faculty. Norfolk is a culturally rich, historic city and a major international maritime center in Hampton Roads, a metropolitan area of over 1.5 million people. The Hampton Roads region is extremely vulnerable to sea level rise, yet also home to the world’s largest natural deep water port and third largest port on the East Coast, the Atlantic headquarters of NATO , and Naval Station Norfolk, which houses the U.S. Navy and U.S. Fleet Forces Command. This provides faculty with unique opportunities for deep, long-term engagement on resilience and adaptation by living and working as a part of these communities.
About the Institute for Coastal Adaptation & Resilience: ICAR was launched by an interdisciplinary group of faculty in 2018 to leverage over eight years of ODU investment and leadership in coastal adaptation and resilience scholarship. Buoyed by a $3 million endowment by Joan Perry Brock, ICAR hired an executive director in 2021 and embarked on an organization process to build an interdisciplinary center focused on leading fundamental and applied research, education, and engaged partnerships to develop practical solutions to the challenges coastal communities face. In 2023, ICAR is launching a faculty, student, and community partner affiliation program focused on sea level rise and climate science, social science and policy, flooding and built environments, and the health dimensions of coastal resilience. ICAR catalyzes the action needed to build vibrant communities, strong economies, and healthy ecosystems across the Commonwealth of Virginia despite natural hazards and climate change.
About the Chesapeake Bay Foundation: The Chesapeake Bay Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving the Chesapeake Bay, with more than 91,000 members around Virginia. The CBF advocates for effective, science-based solutions to pollution impacting the Bay, its rivers, and its streams. CBF engages on climate resilience and adaptation in recognition that climate change and its resulting impacts could lead to additional pollution loads to the Bay. As Virginia’s localities, organizations, businesses, and people act to implement solutions that reduce climate change risk, CBF seeks to ensure that these actions also benefit the outcome of Virginia’s clean water blueprint (https://www.cbf.org/how-we-save-the-bay/chesapeake-clean-water-blueprint/state-watershed-implementation-plans/virginia/index.html). This ICAR - CBF research faculty cohort will play a critical role in ensuring that fundamental and applied research informs decision-making on climate resilience and adaptation action throughout coastal Virginia. Successful candidates will be able to work across ODU and CBF , as well as the numerous localities, organizations, state agencies, and businesses that partner with ICAR and CBF .
Position Type FullTime
Type of Recruitment General Public
Type of Recruitment General Public
Minimum Qualifications - knowledge, skills, and abilities
The potential for success in research and grant writing
The ability to interact and communicate clearly with internal and external constituencies.
The ability to work in an interdisciplinary cohort and environment with a focus on problem solving.
A demonstrated strong commitment to helping external constituencies with programs, policies, and projects translating science to action and to seeing these efforts through to completion with these partners
Because of the innovative nature of these positions, candidates must be oriented toward collaborative, interdisciplinary research and technical assistance.
To help meet local needs, candidates should have experience or interest in benefit cost analysis, particularly in valuing equity and natural and nature-based features in resilience and adaptation.
Minimum Qualifications - Education or training
Applicants should possess a masters’ degree in Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Economics, Public Administration, or a related field, with significant applied experience in the field.
Minimum Qualifications - Special licenses, registration or certification
Preferred Qualifications
Preference will be given to candidates who have:
Ph.D. in natural resource economics, environmental economics, public administration, or a related field;
Experience in financing adaptation in the public and/or private sector;
A demonstrated record of working with community, government, non-profit, and/or business stakeholders, and building partnerships which align instruction, research, and student success activities to meet current and future needs;
Previous development and/or leadership experience with similar interdisciplinary, administrative, and/or academic initiatives; and/or
Successful record of grant funding supporting community projects.
Conditions of Employment
Location Norfolk, VA
Job Open Date 10/25/2023
Application Review Date 01/08/2024
Open Until Filled Yes
Special Instructions to Applicants / Additional Materials Required
Interested candidates should visit https://jobs.odu.edu/postings/19637 to submit a curriculum vitae, a letter of interest that describes how they would support this vision of community engaged applied research and technical assistance on resilience and adaptation at ODU , unofficial graduate transcripts, and contact information for four references.
For additional information regarding the position, please contact Search Committee Chair Carol Considine, Director of Applied Projects, ICAR (cconsidi@odu.edu). The review of applications will begin January 8, 2024, and the position will remain open until it is filled.
Telework Friendly No
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