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Call for Nominations of Fellows: Assessment of Invasive Alien Species ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, IPBES, is currently seeking fellows to participate in an important assessment addressing the threat that invasive alien species pose to biodiversity, ecosystem services and livelihoods and the global status of impacts of invasive alien species by region and sub-region, taking into account various knowledge and value systems. The Ecological Society of America is assisting the U.S. government in identifying U.S. experts fellows for the assessment. Fellows should have expertise related to the themes and skills required for the chapters of the assessment as set out in its scoping document, available here: https://ipbes.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5da0fed71c7e4399fb28ab549&; id=f10d117fa0&e=495edec582. They should be experts on invasive alien species within one or more of the following disciplines: natural sciences, social sciences or the humanities, be indigenous and local knowledge experts or have expertise in these systems, or be policy experts and practitioners. All nominees should have experience working within interdisciplinary and/or international contexts. Fellow nominees should meet the following criteria: Be in the early stages of their career, indicatively not older than 35 years of age and preferably not more than 5-7 years after having completed their academic degree Be able to make a time commitment of 15 percent of their time over the assessment period, including attending author meeting and training Be able to secure their own funding for the fellowship. Fellows will be selected by the respective management teams, which includes the co-chairs of the assessment and members of the Multidisciplinary Expert Panel. Fellows will be informed of their selection in July, 2019. Deadline for applications to ESA: January 25, 2019 Learn more: http://esa.org/ipbes/call-for-nominations-of-fellows-for-the-assessment-on-alien-invasive-species/
