Funded PhD positions in Forest Breeding, Mathematics, and Human Geography Natural Resources Institute Finland in Finland

The University of Eastern Finland is seeking a Doctoral Researcher for a four-year position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Doctoral Programme for Advancing Forest-Based Bioeconomy (DP-FOBI). Based at the Joensuu campus, this opportunity focuses on developing a multisource-data approach for canopy composition characterization and habitat mapping in boreal and mountain birch forests near the northern treeline. The research will utilize drone-based, airborne, and satellite data, w...

The University of Eastern Finland is offering a four-year Doctoral Researcher position within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions COFUND Doctoral Programme for Advancing Forest-Based Bioeconomy (DP-FOBI). Based at the Joensuu campus, this opportunity focuses on coupling artificial intelligence and simulation-optimization for numeric forest management planning. The research project analyzes forest inventory data from two time points to detect and characterize harvesting practices across a large la...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Eastern Finland in Finland for research on dead wood dynamics and forest biodiversity . This is a four-year doctoral researcher position with a strong ecology/forestry focus. The project topic suggests work in biodiversity, forest ecosystems, decomposition processes, and related environmental science or biology methods. Funding: fully funded doctoral researcher position for four years. Eligibility: the post is explicitly for a PhD-level researche...

PhD opportunity at the University of Helsinki in Ecological Networks and Biodiversity Conservation . The successful candidate will join the ANEW project , which investigates how ecological interactions reorganize under global change and how this knowledge can support biodiversity conservation. The project combines ecological networks , large biodiversity and trait datasets , quantitative analyses in R , spatial analyses , and fieldwork across Europe . It also offers international collaboration a...

Three postdoctoral researcher positions are open at the University of Helsinki in salmonid fish ecological and evolutionary genomics . The projects focus on: - effects of management and ecosystem-related changes on salmon life-history phenotypes and genotypes - assessing sex-specific natural selection effects at key life-history loci due to anthropogenic and environmental factors - pink salmon genetics and the genetic basis of successful invasion This is a strong fit for researchers with interes...