European Nodal Office
European Land-use Institute (ELI)
+49 345 55 26066
Focus on: land management, land use planning and land use policies.
People in This Office
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Germany
Martin-Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Germany
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Germany
ARDI
Ethiopia
Events
June
4
Monday, June 4, 2018 (All day) to Wednesday, June 6, 2018 (All day)
The conference which will be held under the auspices of the International Geographical Union (IGU) is dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Institute of Geography of Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) - the largest world-renowned geographical research organization in Russia. This occasion provides an opportunity to make an overview of the domestic and international trends in geography’s development to analyze the growing impact of scientific research internationalization, the aggravation of global problems, changing theoretical paradigms, radical renewal of research methods and predictions’ validity, as well as to strengthen the integration between social and environmental branches of geography.
June
6
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 (All day) to Friday, June 8, 2018 (All day)
Join a deeply interdisciplinary conference June 6-8, 2018, which aims at exploring the manifold and mutual relationships which are at the basis of the landscape-safety nexus, crosscutting research and practical experiences and policies bridging the landscape and green planning, health, and urban policies fields.
June
6
Wednesday, June 6, 2018 (All day) to Thursday, June 7, 2018 (All day)
This event brings together biodiversity stakeholders from Europe and Central Asia in support of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. The meeting includes the presentation event of the IPBES report on Europe & Central Asia (ECA) on the first morning.
June
14
Thursday, June 14, 2018 (All day) to Friday, June 15, 2018 (All day)
This is an opportunity for PhD students to present their research in the fields of landscape transitions, agricultural landscapes or landscapes of tourism and interact with experienced senior researchers. Takes place in June 2018 in Slovakia.
July
29
Sunday, July 29, 2018 (All day) to Friday, August 3, 2018 (All day)
This summer school will bridge the gap between disciplinary PhD-programs and transdisciplinary (TD) research practice by introducing new TD approaches such as Real World Laboratories and TD methods such as .boundary objects or stakeholder dialogues. Special attention will be given to knowledge integration as this is one of the major cognitive challenges in TD research. Building a strong network and exchanging experiences between you, as young scientists, and leading international senior researchers will be the main focus in lectures, workshops and open spaces.
August
7
Tuesday, August 7, 2018 (All day) to Tuesday, August 14, 2018 (All day)
The Karlsruhe Institute of Technology will run an international Summer School on the topic of ecosystems and land use change during August 2018 located at the Campus Alpin of IMK-IFU (Garmisch-Partenkirchen). The summer school will introduce masters and doctoral students to a wide range of issues related to ecosystem functioning, socio-ecological systems and land use change.
August
15
Wednesday, August 15, 2018 (All day) to Sunday, August 26, 2018 (All day)
NEXT summer school offers a number of highly interactive sessions designed to familiarise the audience with the state of art in the field and analytical tools; this will be followed by supervised group research, and then by presentations of research findings to the school faculty and stakeholders. The target audience are senior MSc and PhD students, postdocs and professionals.
September
16
Sunday, September 16, 2018 (All day) to Wednesday, September 19, 2018 (All day)
Pathways is a conference and training program designed to address the myriad of issues that arise as people and wildlife struggle to coexist in a sustainable and healthy manner. We invite you to join us in this critical wildlife conservation effort. Our mission is to increase professionalism and effectiveness in the human dimensions of fisheries and wildlife management field.
Jobs
Postdoc: Land use/cover changes in a traditional agricultural landscape in Eastern Europe
Bournemouth University
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Sunday, July 1, 2018
Department of Life and Environmental Sciences at Bournemouth University is looking for a post-doctoral candidate to apply for the Marie Sklodowska – Curie Individual Fellowship (MSCA-IF 2018) on the topic of land use/cover changes in a traditional agricultural landscape in Croatia during post-socialism. The candidate will help to develop the MSCA-IF application, together with an experienced supervisory team and a professional bid writer.
Postdoc/science programmer: modelling regional/global terrestrial ecosystem dynamics
Karlruhe Institute of Technology
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Friday, March 30, 2018
Land-use change and climate change impact on ecosystems multiple ways. Yet our modelling skills in how the corresponding biotic, abiotic and social processes interact is still poor. We seek a post-doctoral researcher to improve on some key issues.
Call for Research Proposals – Living Planet Fellowship 2018
European Space Agency (ESA)
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Thursday, February 22, 2018
With this call the European Space Agency (ESA) plans to support up to 10 Post-Doctoral researchers (supported by ESA with a ceiling price of 99KEuro per 2-years under a co-funding scheme) to carry out a research project at a Host Institution in an eligible ESA Member State.
Ph.D. candidate in historic land cover/use change modeling
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology's Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU)
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Friday, January 12, 2018
The research group on Land Use Change & Climate at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU) located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, in collaboration with the Laboratory for Geoinformation Science and Remote Sensing at Wageningen University, is currently looking for a PhD candidate in historic land cover/use change and aboveground biomass modelling.
Data Scientist in environmental and social data processing and analysis
Stockholm Environment Institute
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Monday, January 1, 2018
SEI is recruiting a highly motivated Data Scientist with a strong research background in environmental and social data processing and analysis, and a strong drive for innovation. The successful candidate will contribute to an exciting and innovative development in global supply chain sustainability – the Transparency for Sustainable Economies (Trase) platform (www.trase.earth).
One Planet Fellowship for African researchers
BNP Paribas Foundation and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Tuesday, December 19, 2017
The BNP Paribas Foundation and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, in partnership with the Agropolis Foundation, and under the auspices of the French ministry of Higher education, Research and Innovation, today announced the creation of One Planet Fellowship, a $15 million 5-year programme.
Senior Manager, Sustainable Supply Chains (Trase)
Global Canopy Programme
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Friday, December 1, 2017
DEADLINE DECEMBER 1! This is a unique opportunity to be at the heart of an international team breaking exciting new ground in the pursuit of more transparent and sustainable supply chains. The role will sit within the Supply Chains programme at Global Canopy in the United Kingdom, and will also work very closely with Trase staff at the Stockholm Environment Institute, and other collaborating organisations worldwide.
15 PhD Positions Available in Global Land-Use Change and Telecoupling
COUPLED European Training Network
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Friday, November 24, 2017
Funded by the European Commission under the Horizon 2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie ITN Programme, the COUPLED network PhD students will be selected for 3-year advanced multidisciplinary research training in Global Land-Use Change and Telecoupling, starting July 2018 or earlier.
Postdoc in Land-Change Analysis
Swiss Federal Institute for Forest, Snow and Landscape Research (WSL)
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Wednesday, November 1, 2017
This postdoc will test for the urban region of Austin, TX (USA) the theoretical model and tools currently designed by the CONCUR team.
Associate Professor of Globalization of Agriculture and Rural Transformation
University of Copenhagen
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Tuesday, October 17, 2017
The purpose of the position is to strengthen and develop ongoing research on the interaction between the globalization of agriculture and socio-economic dynamics in rural areas that are undergoing transformations. The research will have a specific focus on Africa and Asia.
PhD studentship - Resilience and pastoralism: satellite-based decision support system for pastures
University of Sussex
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
The University of Sussex is seeking a PhD candidate to work closely with ForPAc to assess the potential of new earth observation datasets (e.g., Sentinel) to deliver near real-time monitoring and prediction of useful and accessible biomass for pastoralism.
Full Professor in Biodiversity Economics
iDiv and Leipzig University
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
The Faculty of Economics and Management Science of Leipzig University is looking to fill this position as soon as possible.
Post-doc or Ph.D. in LULCC impacts on ecosystems
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, IMK-IFU
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
Within a joint project with CIAT/Nairobi Karlsruhe Institute of Technology seeks a post-doctoral scientist or Ph.D. student to explore how different management practices affect crop yields, soil carbon pools and other ecosystems across Eastern Africa.
Postdoctoral position in Sustainability and leakage in beef & soy supply chains in South America
Chalmers University of Technology
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Sunday, October 15, 2017
This postdoctoral position focuses on understanding the role that agricultural commodity supply chain sustainability initiatives, such as certification schemes, moratoria, voluntary corporate commitments and government regulations, play in reducing the clearance forests and other ecosystems in the tropics.
PhD fellow in geography
University of Copenhagen
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Thursday, October 12, 2017
Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, Faculty of Science at University of Copenhagen is offering a PhD scholarship in geography commencing 01.04.2018 or as soon as possible thereafter to study the spill-over effects of demands for certified tropical products in Europe.
Mapping the different types of forest of the Congo Basin by high resolution satellite remote sensing
Université catholique de Louvain
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Saturday, September 30, 2017
The successful applicants for this position with the Université catholique de Louvain will be in charge of the necessary satellite remote sensing development and of the production of national forest maps for the 10 countries of the Congo Basin (Central Africa).
PhD fellowship: Natural habitat change detection with Sentinel-1&2 remote sensing for biodiversity monitoring
Université catholique de Louvain
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Saturday, September 30, 2017
In the context of the European Research Infrastructure Consortium for biodiversity and ecosystems (Lifewatch), an interdisciplinary team coordinated by UCL in partnership with ULg (biodiversity and landscape unit) provides tailor-made geographic database of the natural habitats in order 1) to contribute to biodiversity information in Wallonia and 2) to reinforce the excellence of European biodiversity research.
3 postdoc research positions on indigenous communities, land use and tropical deforestation (INCLUDE)
University of Bern (Switzerland) and University of Reading (UK)
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Friday, August 18, 2017
Openings are available for 3 post-doctoral research positions Switzerland and the United Kingdom as part of the ERC Consolidator Grant funded project “Indigenous Communities, Land Use and Tropical Deforestation” (INCLUDE).
Tenure-track Assistant Professor in Human Geography with a specialization in rural-urban transformations in the Global South
University of Copenhagen, Faculty of Science, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management
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Wednesday, July 12, 2017
A tenure track in human geography with a specialization in development and rural-urban transformations in the Global South is open at the Section for Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. The successful candidate will be attached to the research group Environment and Society in Developing Countries.
Postdocs in land-use change modelling and ecosystem/biodiversity modelling
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU)
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Friday, June 30, 2017
The Helmholtz Association is providing long-term investment for a Research Group on Land Use Change at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology’s Campus Alpin (IMK-IFU) located in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. The Research Group aims to advance knowledge of the causes and consequences of change in socio-ecological systems from local to global scales and is currently recruiting two postdoctoral researchers.
Postdoc in quantitative global scale analysis of resource-use driven human-environmental feedbacks
UFZ Leipzig
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Monday, June 12, 2017
UFZ Leipzig seeks a motivated, innovative, broadly thinking scholar whose research focus is on the quantitative analysis of resource-use driven human-environmental feedbacks on the global scale with sound underpinning through regional case studies. Research areas could include natural resource management, including questions surrounding biodiversity conservation, water, forests, energy, etc.), food systems, food security, subsistence and livelihoods, socio-economic material and energy flows; tele-connections in the global land system.
Doctoral fellowships in land governance
German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv)
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017
iDiv, the German Center for Integrative Biodiversity Research Halle-Jena-Leipzig, invites applications to 10 PhD positions for candidates having a strong background in biodiversity research and deep interest in interdisciplinary studies.
Postdoc on farmer organisations and the resilience and sustainability of small farms
University of Sussex
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Friday, April 21, 2017
Applications are invited for a Research Fellowship to work on an interdisciplinary project entitled “Farmer organisations and the resilience and sustainability of small farms”. The project will investigate the viability and potential of farmer organisations as ways to promote sustainable practices for, and build the resilience of small farm-based commercial enterprises in a context of rural—urban and international migration, agricultural feminisation, and the aspirations of rural youth.
Professor in Remote Sensing of the Environment
University of Copenhagen
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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
A professorship in Remote Sensing of the Environment is open at the Section for Geography, Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
PhD positions on human-wildlife conflicts in ag landscapes
Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e.V.
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Friday, March 31, 2017
In the framework of the "Biodiversity, Ecology and Management in National Parks and Biosphere Reserves" BEN-program which is funded by the Marianne and Dr. Fritz Walter Fischer foundation, a junior research group will be established at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research to addresses "Human-wildlife conflicts in agricultural landscapes of UNESCO-Biosphere Reserves".
Postdoc: Pathways to Sustainable Agriculture in Europe
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
The postdoc is appointed within the FACCE-JPI (NWO) funded project VITAL (www.vital.environmentalgeography.nl). VITAL explores how land use and agricultural systems can become more sustainable while allowing high production, i.e. sustainable intensification.