University of Alaska Anchorage

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The Institute of Social and Economic Research (ISER) at the University of Alaska Anchorage is seeking applications for Director. For 60 years, ISER has produced research that helps people understand social and economic systems and supports informed public and private decision-making. The institute has a strong, multi-disciplinary group of faculty and research professionals, and is regularly called upon by state and federal legislators and policymakers to examine legislative and regulatory issues. In Alaska and around the circumpolar North, ISER is known for high-quality policy-oriented research in economic development, natural resource management, health, education and fiscal policy. ISER researchers are also fully engaged in Arctic policy research related to climate change and environment, energy, and rural sustainable development.

The ISER Director will coordinate research activities within the institute and with other institutions and agencies, and will supervise a team of 30, including faculty, administrative and research staff, and student researchers. The director will work with institute researchers and staff to shape ISER’s future research agenda in the context of the rapid social, economic, and environmental change Alaska is currently experiencing.

More information and application: https://careers.alaska.edu/en-us/job/517449/iser-director

Applications due: September 24, 2021. Review begins: September 27, 2021. Expected start date: Jan 3, 2022.