cc: t.d.davies@uea.ac.uk, Keith Briffa <k.briffa@uea.ac.uk>, Phil Jones <p.jones@uea.ac.uk>
date: Tue, 28 May 2002 09:19:25 -0600
from: Tom Wigley <wigley@ucar.edu>
subject: schell
to: Mike Hulme <m.hulme@uea.ac.uk>

Mike,

Every time I see things like this I cringe ....

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2002 BERLIN CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN DIMENSIONS OF GLOBAL ENVIRONMENTAL
CHANGE
Berlin, 6-7 December 2002
Plenary speakers include Rajendra Pachauri, chair of the
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change; Oran Young, chair of the IHDP
Institutional Dimensions of Global Environmental Change project; and
John Schellnhuber, director of PIK and research director of the Tyndall
Centre for Climate Change Research.
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You know I have no respect for this guy. My position is fully
justifiable;
one just has to look at his background and training, and his publication
and citation records. Quite clearly, he has contributed nothing of value
to
the science. But even a very competent person could not possibly hold
down 
two responsible, full-time jobs like this. Is he being paid only 50% by
both 
institutions? Is he spending 50% of his time at UEA? Has he contributed
anything significant to the research or research initiatives/planning of
the Tyndall Centre?

I ask these questions because of my concerns for UEA, ENV, and the 
Tyndall Centre, as a Professor in ENV, and to let you know that (unless 
I can be convinced otherwise) I intend to raise the issue of the 
continuation of his employment at an ENV Professorial meeting. From what
I 
know, he has not met the contractual obligations of his appointment and 
so could legally be dismissed. At the very least this issue needs to be 
discussed.

Tom.
