Call for papers: Historical Climatology in the Context of Human and Environmental History of the South-Eastern Europe, the Carpathian Basin and the Eastern Alps

The journal Economic and Ecohistory opened the call for papers for its 2020 special issue Historical Climatology in the Context of Human and Environmental History of the South-Eastern Europe, the Carpathian Basin and the Eastern Alps. All potential authors should contact the editors of the plan to contribute by early October 2019, the …

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S4C communications poll

In order to improve our communications within the network, we have created a short internet poll.  Would you be so kind and fill it in? It will take about 5-6 minutes.   Please find the poll here. Thanks for your contribution!

IPBES Global Assessment Summary for Policymakers available online

The loss of species, ecosystems and genetic diversity is already a global and generational threat to human well-being. Protecting the invaluable contributions of nature to people will be the defining challenge of decades to come. Policies, efforts and actions – at every level – will only succeed, however, when based …

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Call for two PhD positions in remote sensing and spatial modelling

A call for two positions for doctoral researchers in the Institute of  Geography and Spatial Management at the Faculty of Geography and Geology at the Jagiellonian University is planned to be opened within the scope of remote sensing and spatial modelling within National Science Centre project (OPUS 15 scheme): Trajectories, …

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Call for post-doc position

RECTOR of the Jagiellonian University announces the competition for the post of POSTDOCTORAL RESEARCHER in the Institute of Geography and Spatial Management at the Faculty of Geography and Geology within the scope of geographic information science and technology (remote sensing and spatial modelling) within National Science Center project (OPUS 15 …

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Impacts of the Energy Transition on Nature, Landscape and People – workshop during the International Mountain Conference

Mountain systems are well positioned to contribute significantly to the energy transition. Since more than a century, mountains have provided flexible, low-carbon hydropower and energy storage. With the increasing need to decarbonize the world’s economies, mountains – having above-average potentials for wind and solar power – are shifting into the …

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