Preparing Ph.D. Graduates for
Climate-Change Careers
The Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research (DISCCRS, pronounced discourse), connects natural and social scientists engaged in research related to climate change, impacts and solutions. The goal is to broaden perspectives and establish a collegial peer network to address climate challenges at the interface of science and society.
DISCCRS includes this website with a searchable database of Ph.D. dissertation abstracts, along with resources concerning early career development and climate change, impacts, and solutions. Ph.D. graduates who register their Ph.D. dissertations are automatically added to the DISCCRS news, a weekly electronic newsletter with time-sensitive information. Annual DISCCRS symposia bring together a select group of early career scientists interested in working across traditional disciplinary boundaries. Click here to meet the DISCCRS III Symposium Scholars and here to read the symposium report. http://www.disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_III_Symposium_Report.pdf
The DISCCRS IV Symposium will be held in the Tonto National Forest outside Phoenix, Arizona -- participants will provide oral and poster presentations in plenary format, hone interdisciplinary communication and team skills, and discuss emerging research, societal and professional issues with each other and with established researchers invited to serve as mentors. Participation will be limited to 34 early career scholars identified by an interdisciplinary committee of research scientists based on review of submitted applications.
DISCCRS III Participants at Volcano, Hawaii (September, 2007)
DISCCRS III Symposium Report -
http://disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_III_Symposium_Report.pdf
Meet the DISCCRS III Symposium Scholars -
http://disccrs.org/reports/DISCCRS_III_Symposium_Scholars.pdf
DISCCRS, Dissertations Initiative for the Advancement of Climate Change Research, brings together graduates across the entire spectrum of natural- and social-science fields relevant to climate change/impacts.
This site provides access to the following resources:
- Career/Professional Development Resources: This link provides an annotated list of resources developed for and by the symposium participants. It includes practical advice for establishing interdisciplinary careers, finding jobs, navigating promotion and tenure, developing research proposals and other aspects of early-career development.
- Search the Ph.D. Dissertation Registry: The international compilation highlights the accomplishments of registered graduates and provides a concise overview of emerging climate change research. More than 1000 dissertations from 50 countries are currently registered. You can search the full text of all abstracts, or search abstracts by year.
- Ph.D. Registration Form: Ph.D. graduates are invited to register a one-page abstract of their Ph.D. dissertation using this interactive form. Only those who have completed their Ph.D. may register. Once registered, your dissertation abstract wil become publicly available in the abstract database within a week or two.
- Symposium Application Instructions: DISCCRS includes annual symposia designed to foster interdisciplinary understanding, communication, career-development and networking. Participation is by application with review by a committee of established professionals. Travel subsidies are available for the selected applicants.
- Program Reports: Demographic information is collected as part of the registration process and is used to characterize the graduate population. This link archives the program reports.
- Past Symposia: Considering applying to the next DISCCRS Symposium? Check out the descriptions, participant lists, mentors and other details about past symposia here.
U.S. National Science Foundation
GEO/EAR Education and Human Resources Program,
GEO/ATM Climate and Large Scale Dynamics Program, and
SBE/BCS Environmental Social and Behavioral Sciences Activities
Collaborative Grants
EAR-0435728 to Whitman College, C.S. Weiler PI, and
EAR-0435719 to University of Oregon, R.B. Mitchell PI.
AAG Association of American Geographers
AERE Association of Environmental and Resource Economics
AGU American Geophysical Union
AMS American Meteorological Society
ASLO American Society of Limnology and Oceanography
ESA Ecological Society of America
ESS-ISA Environmental Studies Section of the International Studies Association
STEP/APSA Science, Technology and Environmental Politics (STEP) section of the American Political Science Association
TOS The Oceanograpy Society
USSEE U.S. Society for Ecological Economics
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