Category: job opportunities

The Faculty of Environmental and Forest Sciences at the Agricultural University of Iceland (LbhÍ) is seeking applicants to fill a full-time tenure-track position as Assistant Professor in the field of environmental sciences.

We are looking for a dynamic scholar with a PhD in plant ecology, ecosystem ecology, soil ecology, environmental sciences or related fields, a strong publication record and experience in securing research funds and teaching.

Deadline for applications is August 10, 2020.

You can find more information and how to apply here and on the website of the Agricultural University of Iceland:
http://www.lbhi.is/lektor_i_umhverfisfraedum

If you are interested, please get in touch with Isabel C Barrio.

The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI) in Tromsø, Norway invites applications for a permanent research position in terrestrial community ecology. The focus of the position is on statistical modelling of ecosystem/community dynamics and will have some research effort directed to the intersection between marine and terrestrial systems. The work will be based on field-based research and environmental monitoring in Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard.
The application deadline is 15 November 2019.

More information about this position and how to apply can be found in the following link:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/177128/researcher-terrestrial-community-ecology

We are excited to announce a PhD position available at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Trondheim) Department of Natural History. Please share with potential applicants!

The project will study the functional and phylogenetic basis of trophic interactions at large spatial scales. The position has a start date of August 2019 and application deadline of 10^th April. Applications are welcome from candidates with a master degree in biology focussing on ecology, biodiversity or related fields (including those who expect to have completed their degree before August 2019).

More information regarding the position and how to apply can be found in the following link:

https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/167096/phd-position-in-ecology-and-spatial-phylogenetics

Please contact James Speed for further information.

Vacancy: University of South-Eastern Norway

The Faculty of Technology, Natural Sciences and Maritime Sciences has a vacant permanent position as Professor/ Associate Professor in Vegetation Ecology from 01.08.2019.

The position is attached to the Department of Natural Sciences and Environmental Health and reports to the Head of Department. The place of employment is Bø in Telemark, a small town in beautiful surroundings, within two hours travel of Oslo.

https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/163776/professor-associate-professor-in-vegetation-ecology

Robert Björk is looking for a PhD student to join his team at the University of Gothenburg to work within the project ‘Importance of trophic interactions for mycorrhizal dynamics across the Arctic’ funded by the Swedish Research Council. 

The project will use long-term herbivore exclusion experiments at multiple sites across the Arctic to assess how herbivory affects soil fungal communities and the role of ericoid and ectomycorrhizal shrubs in ecosystem carbon dynamics in the Arctic.

You can read more about the project and how to apply here.

Deadline for applications is February 28, 2019.

The Arctic Interactions (ArcI) research community at the University of Oulu is offering five tenure track positions.

Deadline for applications is February 28, 2019.

You can find more information about the ArcI tenure track programme on their web and in the pdf attached. If you have any questions, please contact Jeff Welker.

There are two open positions for Assistant Professor at the Agricultural University of Iceland in Environmental Sciences and Agricultural Sciences. 

Deadline for applications is January 21, 2019. 

The information so far is only in Icelandic, but the English version should come up soon. If you are interested, please be in touch with Isabel C Barrio.

Isabel C Barrio is planning on applying for funding for HN-related activities in the next call of the Icelandic Research Fund. Deadline for these applications will be in June 2019, but it is worth thinking ahead! Some of the types of grants include PhD and postdoc funding. If you are in a position to apply for these grants and you would be interested in developing a HN-related project in Iceland (or know somebody who might be), please get in touch with Isabel.