Assistant Professor of Energy Governance

The University of Oregon is seeking a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Energy Governance to focus on energy transitions and decarbonization, emphasizing environmental and climate justice. Candidates should have expertise in various methodologies and the potential to enhance the university's strengths in environmental justice and energy governance. Applicants must submit a cover letter, CV, research and teaching statements, a DEI statement, and references. The position is located in Eugene, OR.
Assistant Professor of Energy Governance

Job no: 533953

Work type: Faculty - Tenure Track

Location: Eugene, OR

Categories: Research/Scientific/Grants, Environmental
Studies, Instruction

Department: Environmental Studies

Rank: Assistant Professor

Annual Basis: 9 Month

Application Deadline

December 1, 2024; position open until filled

Required Application Materials

Applicants are invited to submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae,
and three statements that are each 2 pages maximum: (1) a research
statement that describes the candidate's area of inquiry,
methodology, and research relationships and/or collaborations; (2)
a teaching statement; and (3) a diversity, equity and inclusion
(DEI) statement that describes the candidate's understanding of and
potential for participating in remedying past inequities and
exclusions in the area of inquiry and in mentorship, research, and
teaching.

Applicants are also asked to list 3 references who will be
contacted in the case a candidate is shortlisted. At that point,
shortlist candidates will also have the option of submitting a
letter of endorsement from a community collaborator, if
applicable

Position Announcement

The University of Oregon's Environmental Studies Program invites
applications for a transdisciplinary tenure-track Assistant
Professor position in the area of energy transitions and
decarbonization. Successful candidates will have demonstrated
potential to center environmental justice and/or climate justice
and climate solutions in the advancement of knowledge on renewable
energy and energy decarbonization in area(s) including but not
limited to: policy, governance, social movements, land use,
generation and storage, ecological impacts, Indigenous and energy
sovereignty, economics, energy futures, energy justice, the
intersections of settler colonialism, racial capitalism,
militarism, and fossil fuel dependence, and the intersection of
equity and climate resilience.

We encourage applications from candidates who will focus on the
sociocultural, sociotechnical, and material dimensions of energy
systems, who will use methodologies including but not limited to
those from environmental studies and/or Indigenous, race and ethnic
studies, political science, history, anthropology, economics, and
sociology, who have the potential to catalyze existing University
of Oregon strengths such as in environmental justice (e.g. in the
programs Indigenous, Race and Ethnic Studies, Native American and
Indigenous Studies, Center for Environmental Futures, Just Futures
Institute; Sociology; and others), energy governance (e.g. in the
School of Law), solar energy and energy storage (Departments of
Chemistry and Architecture), climate science (Departments of Earth
Sciences and Geography), environmental planning (College of Design
including in Planning Public Policy and Management and in Landscape
Architecture), and/or who have the potential to position graduating
students for leadership in environmental justice and climate
solutions.

To build capacity in climate and environmental justice, we
encourage applications from candidates who will work "alongside"
rather than conduct research "about" marginalized communities, who
draw from their own situated or embodied knowledge or lived
experience, and who have the potential to develop research and
teaching that engages perspectives beyond dominant hegemonic
frameworks. Candidates may center interdisciplinary formations,
epistemologies, or ontologies from historically excluded groups
including but not limited to: Black, Pasifika, Native American,
First Nations, Inuit, Metis, and other Indigenous and Latinx
communities who are at the leading-edge of climate research and
activism, from the multi-national United States, refugee and/or
diasporic communities.

Department or Program Summary

The Environmental Studies Program is part of the College of Arts
and Sciences at the University of Oregon, an Association of
American Universities member and tier-one research institution in
the Pacific Northwest that is ranked "highest research activity" by
the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education.
The Environmental Studies Program offers a doctoral degree program
in Environmental Sciences, Studies, and Policies, a Master of
Environmental Studies, and undergraduate degree programs in
Environmental Studies and Environmental Science. Faculty in the
Environmental Studies program teach research-informed introductory
and subject area courses that include faculty and students from
across the natural sciences, social sciences, humanities, the
School of Law, the College of Design, the School of Journalism and
Communication, and the College of Education.

Minimum Requirements
• Ph.D. or terminal degree in an applicable field.
• Demonstrated potential to carry out research and teaching on
topics in renewable energy and energy decarbonization, as broadly
defined.
• Scholarship and/or teaching that demonstrates potential to
build institutional capacity in the areas of environmental and/or
climate justice.

Preferred Qualifications
• Demonstration of research methods that deliberately embrace
relational principles and ethical/reciprocal
collaborations.
• Demonstrated potential to use transdisciplinary research
methods to develop a robust research program for advancement of
knowledge in the area of energy transitions and decarbonization for
environmental and climate justice and solutions.
• Demonstrated potential to deliver research-informed teaching in
introductory and subject-area courses in environmental and climate
justice and/or topics in energy futures.
• Demonstrated potential to advise doctoral and masters students
in research frameworks and areas of expertise that are beyond
dominant hegemonies, that center interdisciplinary formations from
historically-excluded epistemologies/ontologies, and/or that are
currently underrepresented in the program.
• Demonstrated awareness of inequities and challenges faced by
underrepresented minority students and faculty and track record
(commensurate to career stage) of activities that reduce barriers
in education or research for students and faculty from historically
underrepresented groups.

About the University

The main campus of the University of Oregon is in Eugene, Oregon, a
socially-progressive, bike-friendly, and family-friendly city with
ambitious goals for carbon emissions reduction and for community
well-being. The University of Oregon has an active Native American
Student Union centered at the Many Nations Longhouse.

Land Acknowledgement: The University of Oregon is located within
the traditional homelands of the Southern Kalapuya. Following the
Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855, the Kalapuya people were forcibly
removed to the Coast Reservation in Western Oregon. Today,
descendants are citizens of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
Community of Oregon and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz
Indians of Oregon.

All offers of employment are contingent upon successful
completion of a background check.

The University of Oregon is proud to offer a robust benefits
package to eligible employees, including health insurance,
retirement plans, and paid time off. For more information about
benefits, visit https://hr.uoregon.edu/about-benefits.

The University of Oregon is an equal opportunity, affirmative
action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance
with the ADA. The University encourages all qualified individuals
to apply and does not discriminate on the basis of any protected
status, including veteran and disability status. The University is
committed to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants and
employees with disabilities. To request an accommodation in
connection with the application process, please contact us at
uocareers@uoregon.edu or
541-346-5112.

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national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender
expression, pregnancy (including pregnancy-related conditions),
age, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including
family medical history), ancestry, familial status, citizenship,
service in the uniformed services (as defined in federal and state
law), veteran status, expunged juvenile record, and/or the use of
leave protected by state or federal law in all programs, activities
and employment practices as required by Title IX, other applicable
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