Jobs and fellowships

I had been advertising here several jobs and fellowships but it's probably better to indicate the links where they are available so that people can do their own searches. Therefore I have created two new links sections, on the bottom right. There is a list of sites where you can find information about academic positions in different countries. Some of these sites are better than others. For instance Jobs.ac.uk, for jobs in the UK, and the Era Careers websites for other european countries, tend to be very compreensive. On the other hand Higheredjobs.com, specialized in the US, is much less so, since there are many jobs in our field that aren't advertised there. A good alternative is to go to the AAG website where they have a list of geography departments across the US and do an individual search.

If you know any other good alternatives for job searches, especially in other countries, please let me know so that I can add the links.

Article

The new issue of the IMF magazine 'Finance & Development' is out. As you would expect most of it is about the financial sector and the current crisis. But there is also an interesting article called: 'The Economic Geography of Regional Integration'. You can access it here. It's an interesting read and could probably be very usefull as a teaching material, since it summarizes how trade has affected the concentration of economic activity and vice-versa.

Fellowships

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the Institute for Economic Research on Innovation (IERI)

Faculty of Economics and Finance
Tshwane University of Technology
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/TR028/

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Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Dublin City University Business School

Dublin City University
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/MD515/

Books

Personal Wealth from a Global Perspective
Edited by James B. Davies

This volume looks beyond the distribution of income by examining the assets, debts, and net worth of individuals and households to create a global picture of wealth, its distribution and concentration. Unlike previous studies, this study includes material on a number of transition and developing countries as well as high income OECD countries.

For more details, visit: www.oup.com/uk/catalogue?ci=9780199548897

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Education for All Global Monitoring Report 2009: Overcoming inequality- why governance matters
Co-Published by United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)

Gaping inequalities confront education today. This global report maps the complex and multiple facets of inequality by providing a rich evidence-based assessment of the provision of education globally. Based on specialized commissions, extensive consultations and multiple research sources the report provides an authoritative, comparative reference.

For more details, visit: www.oup.com/uk/catalogue?ci=9780199544196

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Social Economy of the Metropolis: Cognitive-Cultural Capitalism and the Global Resurgence of Cities
Allen J. Scott

This book is about the renaissance of cities in the twenty first century and their increasing role as centers of creative economic activity. Allen Scott is one of the world's foremost thinkers on globalization and the economies of modern cities, and in this book presents a concise introduction to his innovative and insightful perspective.

For more details, visit: www.oup.com/uk/catalogue?ci=9780199549306

Jobs

The University of Houston-Clear Lake invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Geography beginning August 2009.

Online App. Form: https://jobs.uhcl.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=51791

More information about the Geography Program and the University can be found at http://www.uhcl.edu/hsh/geography.


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Columbus State Community College: The department invites applicants to teach various Geography and Interdisciplinary Social & Behavioral courses.

Online App. Form: http://jobs.cscc.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=50364

Publishing for begginers

If you feel that you could use some help with the publication process, here is a book that might suit you.

Publishing in Geography

Also you might want to check this article written by Thom Brooks, with some good advice for graduate students. It's broader than the book above because it doesn't focus on one single discipline.

Job

Post-Doctoral Research Assistant
The Centre for Sustainable Urban and Regional Futures (Surf)
University of Salford
http://www.jobs.ac.uk/jobs/FJ092/

Job announced through: www.jobs.ac.uk

Centre for European Studies, University of Twente (NL)

The Centre for European Studies at the University of Twente hosts a European Summer School, entitled Modes of European Integration, in summer 2009.

The European Summer School offers a week programme for students at the Master’s or PhD level and junior policy makers who are studying or working in: European higher education, European energy policy or European safety governance. The programme offers scientific reflection and discourse on key policy issues in European higher education, European energy, and European safety governance by key European academics and public officials.

Further details for the 2009 European Summer School will be available on the following website from mid-December 2008; www.utwente.nl/cheps

Graduate Teaching Assistantships

Every year the University of Salford offers a number of Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) for suitably qualified candidates wishing to study for a PhD. Applications are now invited for scholarships based in the European Studies Research Institute (ESRI) starting in October 2009. The scholarships are worth £13,290 per annum over three years and are open to UK/EU students.

Subject areas include: EU/European Politics; Middle East politics; Political Parties and Elections; Gender; emocratisation; Political Communication Political theory/Radical analysis/International Political Economy Military/International/Political History; International Relations/IR Theory; Intelligence; Security/Strategic Studies; US Foreign Policy; Translation and Interpreting Studies; Theoretical and Descriptive Linguistics; European Literature and Culture.

For details on how to apply please visit: www.esri.salford.ac.uk