I would be interested in knowing what people think of geo-engineering?
Is it to become the new biofuels?
Chris
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Subject: Edinburgh- Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and soil
carbon storage
Date: Thu, 31 Jul 2008 22:04:55 +0100
From: Daniele Conversi <[log in to unmask]>
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*University of Edinburgh*
*Lecturer in Social policy for biochar and soil carbon storage*
(As part of the Scottish Centre for Carbon Storage)
Biochar and soil carbon storage are newly developing topics which may
have a crucial role in mitigating climate change through alterations to
existing agriculture and forestry systems. You will undertake, and lead,
international quality research to create a centre of world significance
in biological carbon storage and capture from atmosphere. This
compliments our existing strong expertise in powerplant carbon capture
and storage. This post is focused on the social aspects of innovating,
funding and testing new systems in agricultural and forestry practices
worldwide. You will also undertake undergraduate and MSc teaching.
Funding exists for you to specify and recruit one 3 year PDRA, and
several PhD students.
Edinburgh has funding to create 6 new permanent lectureships in carbon
capture. These will link from GeoSciences to Engineering and Chemical
Engineering in the University of Edinburgh and Heriot-Watt University.
In June 2008 the Times Higher rated Edinburgh as in the world top 8 for
Ecology and Environment research, Edinburgh is consistently ranked in
the world top 30 research Universities.
Your particular research expertise is to examine all aspects of the
social setting, systems and behaviour which enable or block the
innovation of biochar systems in rural communities and forestry systems,
to investigate national and world funding mechanisms, and examine the
technical effectiveness of biochar and soil carbon as a long term
mitigation strategy. Adequate funding exists to rapidly establish a
national and world profile in biochar research, by means of conference
attendance, conference hosting, and PhD recruitment.
You will initially be working as part of the UK's largest carbon storage
research group, currently focused on geological storage. There are
unprecedented opportunities to create diverse cross-discipline links in
biologically based carbon storage, within the University and to national
organisations in the local area, such as Scottish Agriculture College,
Centre Ecology Hydrology, and to act as a UK-wide focus of biochar
research activity.
You will have a PhD in social science, soil science, chemistry,
engineering, geosciences, or another relevant subject, and have the
proven and published ability to understand, work with, and lead a
diverse range of academics and stakeholders in the UK and worldwide.
Salary Scale:* £34,793 to £41,545* pa
Vacancy reference:* 3009518jw*
Closing date:* 19 August 2008*
For further particulars_
https://www.jobs.ed.ac.uk/jobs/index.cfm?action=jobdet&jobid=3009518_
and an application pack visit our website (_www.jobs.ed.ac.uk_) or
telephone the recruitment line on
0131 650 2511.
Click here for_ Employer Profile_
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