Department of Planning, Policy, and Design
Position: Assistant or Associate Professor
The Department of Planning, Policy, and Design at UC Irvine invites applications from exceptional scholars at the assistant or early associate level with demonstrated ability for intellectual leadership in the following areas:
• The relationship between empirical research (either qualitative or quantitative) and normative dimensions of public policy.
• Policy innovation and change, particularly in an urban setting with complex governance arrangements involving different levels and sectors.
• Policy and program evaluation involving a range of approaches and focusing on challenging policy issues such as vulnerable communities, sustainability, resilience, social change, and globalization.
Candidates should have a distinguished record of publication and an enthusiasm to engage with students at the PhD, Master’s and undergraduate levels. The topical area of focus is open, but candidates who bolster existing department strengths are preferred. Department faculty members have topical research strengths that include design-behavior research, environmental sustainability, housing, inequality and economic opportunity, international development, land use, human security, public health, public management, regional governance, transportation, water policy, and urban design.
The Department of Planning, Policy and Design is in the multi-disciplinary School of Social Ecology and has 17 full-time faculty members representing the disciplines of political science, urban planning, public policy, health policy, architecture, environmental health, geography, regional science, economics, and law. The department offers an undergraduate major in Urban Studies, a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree and a Ph.D. degree in Planning, Policy, and Design. We are also partnering with other units at UC Irvine to offer a Master of Public Policy degree. The successful candidate should be able to contribute to these degree programs.
For full consideration, candidates should apply by December 15, 2008. The position will remain open until filled. The start date may be negotiable, but we anticipate that the successful candidate will start by July 1, 2009. Candidates should apply online at the link below and submit a cover letter, c.v., three letters of reference, publications or writing samples, and a brief statement of teaching interests and capabilities. For more information, please contact the search committee chair, Martha S. Feldman at
feldmanm@uci.edu. Please visit the following site to apply:
http://socialecology.uci.edu/employment/
UC Irvine, with approximately 27,000 students, is a member of the American Association of Universities and consistently ranks among the top fifteen public universities in the U.S. The campus is located five miles from the Pacific Ocean and forty miles south of Los Angeles, in the heart of the diverse Southern California metropolis.
UC Irvine is an equal opportunity employer committed to excellence through diversity and strongly encourages applications from all qualified applicants, including women and minorities. UC Irvine is responsive to the needs of dual career couples, is dedicated to work-life balance through an array of family-friendly policies, and is the recipient of an NSF ADVANCE Award for gender equity.
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Gordon Kingsley
School of Public Policy
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA 30332-0345