[ASPA] job announcement: Professor, Geo-Information for Governance

[Kate Lance]

http://www.itc.nl/about_itc/vacancies/2006_010.asp
Professor (m/f) Geo-Information for Governance
 
Please be aware that the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) in The Netherlands currently has a Professor position available in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Geoinformation Management. 
 
The Professor of Geo-Information for Governance focuses on initiating, coordinating and executing research, education and projects in the field of geo-information to support governance in specific contexts. This involves: informatization of public administration and its implications for the governance system, with emphasis on developing countries; geo-information provision and use for policy development; role of information in actor's (public sector, market and civil society) participation in processes of governance; spatial planning and decision support systems. It implies collaborative research at the intersection of Information Systems, Public Administration and International Development
 
Interested candidates should send their application and detailed curriculum vitae and a letter elaborating the motivation for the application before 28 October 2006; interviews are expected for early December 2006.