The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) are currently looking for a PhD researcher to join the team, focusing on completing a dissertation within the research project ‘WetNetBB’. The specific emphasis of the dissertation is on designing and evaluating policy interventions to facilitate the rewetting of peatlands. The research will utilize behavioral economic theory and quantitative methods to gain insights into farmers’ behavior concerning paludiculture adoption and to evaluate tailored policy interventions aimed at supporting peatland rewetting. [Read more…] about PhD position at ZALF: policy instrument design for climate change mitigation in agriculture
Vacancies
The MSCA Doctoral Network MEDiverSEAty is currently recruiting PhD candidates
10 PhD positions are currently open at MEDiverSEAty: In quest of the human dimensions of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity. The deadline for application is 31 May 2024.
The scientific research objectives of MEDiverSEAty are to develop a common theoretical framework of Mediterranean Marine Biodiversity Conservation which integrates human and biological dimensions and implications, to foster the crucial role of human dimensions in the protection and conservation of Marine Biodiversity and to make Biodiversity the focus of Mediterranean Ocean Literacy.
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Urban Forest Ecosystem Services Postdoctoral Fellowship
Research Project: The US Forest Service (USFS) Pacific Southwest Research Station in Riverside California, USA is seeking a Post Doc Research Fellow to explore how urban forests and their ecosystem services and disservices affect human wellbeing, particularly in disadvantaged communities. To do this, the research fellow will use quantitative geospatial, statistical, or econometric techniques to analyze diverse environmental, economic, and socio-ecological data sets. This Fellow will be part of a transdisciplinary team of USFS researchers, environmental-based organizations, and local universities and governments from the Greater Los Angeles, CA area.
Closing Date: May 24, 2024 [Read more…] about Urban Forest Ecosystem Services Postdoctoral Fellowship
Vacancy: Environmental economist at ELD/CIFOR-ICRAF
The Economics of Land Degradation Initiative (ELD) secretariat, in cooperation with the the Center for International Forestry Research and World Agroforestry (CIFOR-ICRAF), are looking for an Environmental Economist to join their team and Working Group as an Integrated Expert at the ICRAF headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya. This vacancy entails working at ICRAF supporting ELD processes and facilitating synergies between the ELD and ICRAF agendas. For further details please refer to this link.
PhD position at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF)
The University of Eastern Finland is looking for a highly motivated and skilled PhD researcher to join the project The Nordic Borealization Network (NordBorN) funded by NordForsk’s University Cooperation call. The successful PhD applicant will work with multiple scale (from drones to satellite) remote sensing of shrub encroachment processes in tundra and treeline dynamics. The candidate is expected to have skills in remote sensing and machine learning. The position entails both office work and field work. The PhD researcher will be based at the Joensuu campus of the University of Eastern Finland, at the department of Geography and historicalstudies, and will work closely together with Timo Kumpula and Miguel Villoslada and other members of Digital Geosciences research group. The deadline for applications is April 15, 2024 and the position will start as soon as possible after May 15, 2024. [Read more…] about PhD position at the University of Eastern Finland (UEF)