Justin Hollander on C-SPAN's Washington Journal discussing the problem of abandoned industrial sites
10/29/2009 10:36:00 AM
UEP Assistant Professor Justin Hollander appeared on C-SPAN's Washington Journal to answer questions about his new book, Polluted & Dangerous: America's Worst Abandoned Properties and What Can Be Done About Them.
Click here to access the video on C-SPAN.org.
Senior Faculty Position/Chair in Urban Planning and Policy, 2009-2010
10/28/2009 12:58:00 PM
We are seeking a distinguished scholar in urban planning and policy. This is a senior faculty position at the associate or full professor level. The successful candidate will be expected to serve as department chair, beginning Fall 2010. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior scholar to play a leadership role in a strong department dedicated to educating “practical visionaries.” The candidate’s specialization may be in any of a number of sub-fields of planning and policy. Interest and expertise in international or comparative planning or social policy would be desirable. A standard teaching load for tenure-line faculty in this graduate department is three courses per year, plus thesis advising; however, the department chair receives one course release plus other benefits.
Qualifications -- We are seeking an internationally renowned scholar with an outstanding research and publishing record in an area of urban planning and policy. Preference will be given to candidates with a track record of achievement in departmental management. Exemplary teaching and advising is required and professional planning experience, especially overseas, is desirable, as well as AICP or other planning or policy certification.
The Department -- We are an engaged community of students, alumni, scholars, staff and practitioners. Our goal is to educate a new generation of leaders, who will contribute to the development of more just and sustainable communities. A key step toward this is making our institutions more responsive to child, adult and ultimately community wellbeing by helping them understand, empathize with and respond to the social, economic and environmental needs of individuals and communities. We offer two graduate programs in public policy and planning. Our master of arts (M.A.) degree in urban and environmental policy and planning is accredited by the Planning Accreditation Board. Our master of public policy (M.P.P) degree is a mid-career degree for those with substantial professional experience. Both degrees, and our many combined degrees, equip public-spirited individuals for rewarding careers in government, nonprofit organizations, citizen advocacy groups and the private sector. For fuller details, see the UEP website http://ase.tufts.edu/uep/.
To apply -- Please send a letter of application, CV, and names of three references to: Professor Julian Agyeman, Search Committee, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155. Review of applications will begin on November 7, 2009 and will continue until the position is filled. Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Lecturer in Urban Planning Spring 2010
10/28/2009 12:56:00 PM
The Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning is seeking a qualified candidate to teach two courses: (1) Regional Planning: Tools and Techniques, and (2) Qualitative Skills for Policy and Planning, during the Spring term of 2010. A Ph.D. is preferred and some previous experience in college-level teaching is required. The Regional Planning course is designed to cover the tools and techniques used in planning and public policy to address a wide range of issues where regionalism works, including land use and development, transportation, energy, waste, and natural resources. The Qualitative Skills course introduces students to a suite of practical skills for planning and public policy, including field research, photography, focus groups, interviewing, content analysis, and online community building. Faculty members are hired as part-time lecturers for the given semester that they will teach.
To be considered for this teaching position, please send CV and relevant materials to:
Professor Julian Agyeman, Chair, Department of Urban and Environmental Policy and Planning, Tufts University, 97 Talbot Avenue, Medford, MA 02155. Review of applications begins immediately and continues until the position is filled.
Tufts University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to increasing the diversity of our faculty. Members of underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Professor Agyeman's books "Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada" (UBC Press) and "Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union" (MIT Press) published
10/28/2009 12:54:00 PM
In 'Speaking for Ourselves: Environmental Justice in Canada' (http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299172596), Agyeman and his co-editors argue that environmental justice as a concept has evolved over the past two decades to offer new, challenging directions for social movements, public policy, and public planning. Researchers worldwide now position social equity as a building block for sustainability. Yet the relationship between social equity and the environmental aspects of sustainability has been little considered in Canada, particularly in studies and discussions focused primarily on the environment.
Speaking for Ourselves draws together scholars and activists -- Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal, established and new -- who bring equity issues to the forefront by considering environmental justice in specifically Canadian cases and contexts and from a variety of perspectives, including those of First Nations and women. The contributors expand notions of justice and the concepts involved in environmental justice beyond their European origins and limits to demonstrate new ways of working toward environmental sustainability and social justice.
In 'Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union' (http://mitpress.mit.edu/catalog/item/default.asp?ttype=2&tid=11804), Agyeman and Ogneva Himmelberger argue that The legacy of environmental catastrophe in the states of the former Soviet Union includes desertification, pollution, and the toxic aftermath of industrial accidents, the most notorious of which was the Chernobyl disaster of 1986. The book examines the development of environmental activism in Russia and the former Soviet republics in response to these problems and its effect on policy and planning. It also shows that because of increasing economic, ethnic, and social inequality in the former Soviet states, debates over environmental justice are beginning to come to the fore. The book explores the varying environmental, social, political, and economic circumstances of these countries—which range from the Western-style democracies of the Baltic states to the totalitarian regimes of Central Asia—and how they affect the ecological, environmental, and public health.
Among the topics covered are environmentalism in Russia (including the progressive nature of its laws on environmental protection, which are undermined by the instability of the legal environment and a failure to implement laws); the effect of oil wealth on Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan; the role of nationalism in Latvian environmentalism; the struggle of Russia's indigenous peoples for environmental justice; public participation in Estonia's environmental movement; and lack of access to natural capital in Tajikistan. Environmental Justice and Sustainability in the Former Soviet Union makes clear that although fragile transition economies, varying degrees of democratization, and a focus on national security can stymie progress toward "just sustainability," the diverse states of the former Soviet Union are making some progress toward sustainability and environmental justice.