STEPS/PrecipNet Graduate Student Opportunity
PrecipNet is an international network for precipitation change research, which has among its goals: (1) to foster interdisciplinary activities among biological, technological, engineering, physical, and social scientists; and (2) to encourage intellectual exchange across research groups that focus on specific regions, ecosystems, communities, processes, or analytical approaches.
The First Annual PrecipNet / STEPS Climate Change Science and Policy Workshop will be held in May 2004. This workshop will provide an opportunity for a number of graduate students from PrecipNet research groups to further investigate the overlapping physical, ecological, political, and societal realms of their climate change research.
The goal is to increase interdisciplinary understanding of global, regional, and local climate change across physical, biotic, political, and societal scales, in order to better communicate the importance of their graduate student thesis research in relation to issues of land management and policy importance.
The Workshop will be an intensive, three day series of lectures and working groups. Participants will emerge with an expanded set of tools that will allow them to better make linkages between their research and concerns of local and regional land managers, the media, and elected decision-makers.
Students from PrecipNet laboratories with ecological research situated on jurisdictions on management, and policy-sensitive-areas (including, but not restricted to, federal, state, tribal, local, or non-profit agencies or organizations) are especially invited to apply.
The STEPS Institute for Innovation in Environmental Research at UCSC has as one of its goals the combination of regional climate modeling with statistical modeling, ecological research, and policy analysis to link academic research with policy needs.
Applications should include: (1) a brief statement about the relevance of the applicant's climate change research to economics, policy, or the societal realm (one paragraph should suffice), (2) a 2-page CV, and (3) a letter of support from the major advisor that endorses the participation of the applicant.
Applications should be sent electronically to Dr. Michael E. Loik at mloik@ucsc.edu by March 12 for consideration for the workshop to be held in May 2004. Questions should be directed to Michael Loik or Dr. Brent M. Haddad at bhaddad@ucsc.edu.
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