Cornell postdoc advertised

We seek to hire a post-doctoral researcher to advance a project focused on
destabilization of knowledge claims, science communication, and
organizational strategies in the field of environmental conservation. The
empirical focus of the project is the monarch butterfly and new claims that
challenge a received wisdom that populations of monarchs are rapidly
declining. Other recent data supports the conventional wisdom of declining
populations in the face of increasing threats and challenges. As a
charismatic terrestrial invertebrate, and because of spectacular fidelity
exhibited in its long distance migration (>5000 km) across North America
and its choice of host plant, the monarch enjoys a status as a conservation
icon. As an icon, this butterfly plays a role in public and policy-oriented
communication; it may also serve to structure organizational programming in
both cognitive and strategic terms. We seek to study how individuals and
organizations respond to knowledge claims and counter-claims and engage
with biological science and scientists. The successful candidate will draw
on and contribute to literatures on science studies, science communication,
sociology of science, environmental sociology and/or other related fields.
Interest in reading and interpreting the biological literature relating to
the monarch's ecology would be helpful.

The position has been funded by the Atkinson Center for a Sustainable
Future (<http://www.acsf.cornell.edu/> www.acsf.cornell.edu) to an
interdisciplinary group of Cornell professors (Bruce Lewenstein, Steven
Wolf, and Anurag Agrawal). The position is for one year, but we can imagine
making applications for follow-on funding. Starting date is January 2014.

Please send a single PDF file with cover letter, CV, writing sample, and
names and email addresses of three references to
<mailto:acsf-sbf@cornell.edu> acsf-sbf@cornell.edu.

Review of applications will begin September 1, 2013 and will continue until
the position is filled. This position is located in Ithaca, NY. Cornell
University is an innovative Ivy League university and a great place to
work. Our inclusive community of scholars, students and staff impart an
uncommon sense of larger purpose and contribute creative ideas to further
the university's mission of teaching, discovery and engagement. Diversity
and inclusion have been and continue to be a part of our heritage. Cornell
University is a recognized EEO/AA employer and educator.