Jobs & Appointments

In a nutshell, the position is about modeling viticultural landscapes as social-ecological systems, with winegrowers taking decisions that affect biodiversity and ecosystem services.

The DFG-funded Research Training Group RTG 2118 ‘Integrating Biodiversity Research with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes [BioMove]’ (Speaker: Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch) at the University of Potsdam (UP), the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW, Berlin), and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF, Müncheberg) offers several positions:

Summary: The Carter Lab in the Human-Environment Systems Center at Boise State University invites applications for the position of Postdoctoral Research Assistant. The postdoc will synthesize human behaviors and land use, animal behaviors and ecology, and policy scenarios in the design and application of an agent-based model. The focus will be on the conceptual and methodological aspects of the model design and the application to the conservation of the globally-endangered tiger (Panthera […]

The Department of Plant Ecology and Conservation Biology at University of Potsdam is currently advertising fully funded PostDoc positions (3 years) in modelling in biodiversity research: - 1 PostDoc: Spatially-explicit modeling of rapid transitions in community dynamics - 1 PostDoc: Modelling the resilience of coupled plant-soil community dynamics Deadline for application: Jan 27 !!

Institutions: The James Hutton Institute (JHI) & Centre for Policy Modelling, Manchester Metropolitan University (CPM) JHI PhD Supervisor: Dr G Polhill, JH Co-Supervisor: Dr A Girmona CPM/MMU PhD Director of Studies: Dr Bruce Edmonds Application Deadline: 15 January 2013 Funding Availability: Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only) Context In a landscape managed by multiple owners varying from homeowners and non-agricultural businesses through to estates and agri- […]

POSTDOCTORAL POSITION (Nov 2010 – Oct 2011) Looking for a SOCIAL SCIENTIST WITH SOCIAL SIMULATION BACKGROUND, INTERESTED IN SUPPORTING AND RESEARCHING PARTICIPATORY DEVELOPMENT OF ROLE PLAYING GAMES AND COMPANION MODELS. The Research Institution El Colegio de la Frontera Sur is a non-Profit, government funded, Mexican academic institution with 5 campuses on the southern border of Mexico. It integrates long-term research, Masters/PhD teaching, and participatory outreach through a host of […]

Position description: A 2-year post-doctoral research fellowship is available as part of a project to simulate ecological and hydrological dynamics under the influence of climate change using Covey Hill, located in southern Québec, as the focus of investigation. Covey Hill is home to several species of stream salamanders, including the Allegheny Mountain Dusky salamander and Spring salamander, both of which are considered to be species at risk in Québec. The hill is also an important […]