Join Fr. Anthony next to his back porch in Hartwell GA as he talks with Professor Carrie Frost, PhD about clericalism, ritual, and the risks and benefits of lay hesychasm. There were some audio problems with the YouTube livestream; our editor (Doug) made the best of it for the podcast version. Enjoy the show!

Aim/Purpose: The aim is to explore the informing flows framework as interactions within a PhD education practicing a work-integrated learning approach in order to reveal both the perspectives of industrial PhD students and of industry. Background: An under-researched field of university-industry collaboration is explored revealing both the perspectives of industrial PhD students and of industry. Methodology: Qualitative methods were applied including interviews and document studies. In total ten semi-structured interviews in two steps were conducted. The empirical context is a Swedish PhD program in informatics with a specialization in work-integrated learning. Contribution: By broadening the concept of work-integrated learning, this paper contributes empirical results on benefits and challenges in university-industry collaboration focusing on industrial PhD students and industry by applying the informing flows framework. Findings: Findings expose novel insights for industry as well as academia. The industrial PhD students are key stakeholders and embody the informing flows between practice and university and between practice and research. They are spanning boundaries between university and industry generating continuous opportunities for validation and testing of empirical results and models in industry. This may enable increased research quality and short-lag dissemination of research results as well as strengthened organizational legitimacy. Recommendation for Researchers: Academia is recommended to recognize the value of the industrial PhD students’ pre-understanding of the industry context in the spirit of work-integrated learning approach. The conditions for informing flows between research and practice need to continuously be maintained to enable short-term societal impact of research for both academia and industry. For practitioners: This explorative study show that it is vital for practice to recognize that challenges do exist and need to be considered to strengthen industrial PhD pro-grams as well as university-industry collaborations. Additionally, it is of importance to formalize a continuously dissemination of research in the industries. Future Research: Future international and/or transdisciplinary research within this field is encouraged to include larger samples covering other universities and a mix of industrial contexts or comparing industrial PhD students in different phases of their PhD education.

The Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE, Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France), in its Research Group "Macroecology and Biogeography of Global Change (MacroBio)" has a 36-months PhD position open for applications. The position is funded by the European Commission through the FP7 Research Project OPERAs and affiliated to the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS).

The topic is the broad-scale spatial mapping and quantification of ecosystem service trade-offs following from management of agro-ecosystems in the Mediterranean basin. The context of the research includes the environment (climate, land use) as well as trends in societal demands for services. Based on scientific literature, spatial databases and the outputs from a process-based ecosystem model, the candidate will analyze, quantify and map ecosystem service trade-offs. Service valuation and indicator representation methods will be developed with the IMBE team. The approach is pan-Mediterranean: a significant part of the work will therefore consist of helping to reduce gaps in data and knowledge for the sum of countries around the Mediterranean basin. 

The research group works in close interaction with international programs such as Future Earth (through its project ecoSERVICES) and science-policy interfaces such as IPBES.

The successful candidate will have completed a Masters degree (or equivalent) in one of the environmental sciences, have experience in the handling of spatial data from databases, literature and models, have knowledge of existing concepts of ecosystem services, and be able to place results in the context of the Mediterranean basin (this includes the European, as well as North African and Eastern countries). The working language is English, appropriate skills in French or another of the Mediterranean languages will be an advantage.

The position will be filled when a suitable candidate has been identified. To apply for this position, please send a letter of application, demonstrating your ability to understand the task, and your CV as soon as possible, but before the 31st of January 2013, by e-mail to Ms. Gabriela Boéri (Gabriela.Boeri@imbe.fr). For any questions about the task, working conditions, or the OPERAs project, please contact Professor Wolfgang Cramer (Wolfgang.Cramer@imbe.fr).

The Heinz-Nixdorf-Chair for Distributed Information Systems at the Friedrich Schiller University of Jena (Germany) invites applications for a fully funded PhD student position in Biodiversity Data Visualization for the data management project of the Biodiversity Exploratories (BE) Priority Program.

Deadline for application: 2nd, May 2014

Start date: June 2014 or later

What this is about

The data management project provides the platform for data storage and information exchange for the projects of the DFG Priority Program "Biodiversity Exploratories". Examples of the thematic focus of the projects include botany, forestry, soil, animal, fluxes, modeling, and remote sensing. This diversity is reflected in the format, structure, and semantics of their data which we manage.

Tasks in this project will be centered on the investigation and development of novel visualization methods and user-friendly tools for exploration, search and discovery, quality assurance and integration of the heterogeneous, large volume biodiversity data.  Overall, the study should contribute to the science of visualization for big-data-driven biodiversity research.

More information on the requirements, conditions and how to apply find in the official job offer attached below.

The Faculty of Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) at the University of Twente has recently launched an investment programme to strengthen its international academic fields. For 11 pioneering-multidisciplinairy projects a PhD-position is made available, three of them already are filled in. The Department of Natural Resources (NRS) specialises in advanced spatial and temporal analysis and technique development for the environment as well as sustainable agriculture.

Job Description: 

For more information visit the official job offer.

Catina Latham, PhD, will succeed Brenda Battle as UChicago Medicine's Senior Vice President for Community Health Transformation and Chief Equity Officer

The Grain Foods Foundation has announced the addition of Stephen Lindemann, PhD, to its Scientific Advisory Board. 

Leroy F. Searle, PhD, is an expert in English and comparative literature as a professor emeritus of over 50 years

Jack D. Simons is recognized for his expertise as an associate professor with Mercy College

Dr. Barbara Morrell channels years of expertise into her work with St. Joseph's University

Heather L. Prince is recognized for her expertise as a research criminologist with RTI International

Courtney M. Porter, PhD, is honored for her expertise in behavioral and social sciences and juvenile justice

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Dr. Pranay Misra lends years of expertise to his work in communication media technology industry.

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Dr. Witt lends years of varied experience to his work with Toxicologic Pathology Associates, Inc.

Renan Bueno Sper is recognized for his expertise as a senior scientist in translational research and gene editing.

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Richard Ahrenkstarting years of experience into his work with Lakewood Semiconductors

Rima Yousef Salah, PhD, former Assistant Secretary-General of the United Nations

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Gerald C. Wood, PhD, recognized for 40 years teaching film studies, writing, and editing books

Niloy Mukherjee, PhD is the Vice President of Process Technology at Kepler Computing, Inc.

Dr. van de Pol has thrived as an optometry educator and clinical researcher for more than 15 years

Puran S. Bora is recognized for his expertise as a professor and director of the angiogenesis program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Harvey and Bernice Jones Eye Institute

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Miki M. Patterson, PhD channels years of expertise into her work with 3M

Kathleen M. Dirschel, PhD, is distinguished for her longevity in nursing, curriculum development and education

Vicrela B. Staridolsky, RN, PhD, NE-BC, CJCP, CPPS, is the senior director of regulatory and accreditation compliance at ScionHealth

S. Raschid Muller, PhD, is the Director of Cybersecurity Operations at the U.S. Department of the Interior

Keeper L. Sharkey, PhD, celebrated for more than 15 years of success in her industry.

Mayyada Al Hammoshi, PhD, celebrates more than 20 years of experience in cybersecurity

Dr. Roberto Eduardo Gibraltarik is honored for his multifaceted contributions to education and literature

Yang Li, PhD, is a recognized expert in automation and sensor technologies, with a particular focus on their application in robotics.

Michael J. Ventrice, PhD, serves as a senior quantitative meteorologist at DRW

Dr. Shahrnaz Azizi lends years of expertise to her work with Intel Corporation

Veronique Michaud, PhD, is honored for her contributions as the president and co-founder of GalenusRx

Stephen Pham, PhD, recognized as Senior Vice President, Product Development at Avalyn Pharma Inc.

Tushar Mukherjee, PhD, lends years of expertise to drug delivery research and development

Pannie Trifillis, PhD, is an expert consulting clinical-stage biotech companies on optimizing commercialization of therapies for patients living with rare diseases

Charu Yerneni, PhD, is a distinguished expert in pharmaceutical analysis with more than a decade of experience

Dr. Marcus F. Abboud is a founder and managing partner at Loocid LLC

Mourad Bushra Takla, PhD, recognized as a distinguished fellow at Verizon

Olumide Kayode, PhD, machine learning and data scientist

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Nathan Toohey serves as an expert in geotechnical engineering for mine tailing storage facilities

Frank C. Druse III, PhD, shared his professional achievements and industry expertise in GQ magazine