European Nodal Office
European Land-use Institute (ELI)
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
Events
March
12
Monday, March 12, 2018 (All day) to Friday, March 16, 2018 (All day)
The aim of the conference is to present recent advances in landscape research to enhance the development of sustainable agricultural land use and landscape strategies. The particular objective is to bring together key findings from relevant disciplinary and interdisciplinary approaches as well as from basic and application-oriented research.
Jobs
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)
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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)
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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)
Apply by:
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)
Apply by:
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
Apply by:
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.
Apply by:
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.