PhD in Spatial Optimization of Land Use in Brazil Utrecht University in Netherlands

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of British Columbia (UBC), based at UBC Point Grey in Vancouver, in the MESH Lab with Dr. Matthew Mitchell. The project focuses on ecology, spatial ecology, conservation biology, climate change, land use change, ecosystem services, GIS, and conservation prioritization across Canada. The student will study how climate change and land use will reshape ecosystem services and where conservation efforts should be prioritized to protect them. This is a funded P...

PhD position in Integrating Trait Diversity into Ecosystem Models at the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW) , Netherlands. This PhD project focuses on plankton trait-based ecology , phytoplankton , lake ecosystem functioning , and ecosystem modelling . The successful candidate will investigate how inter- and intraspecific trait diversity affects biomass, productivity, and functional diversity in plankton communities, and how environmental change alters these processes. The wor...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China , on the project Effects of Biodiversity on Tree Growth Resilience to Compound Extreme Climate Events . The degree is awarded by the University of Liverpool (UK) , and the post is open to applicants worldwide. This project sits at the intersection of Biology , Environmental Science , Geography , Computer Science , and Mathematics , with strong relevance to ecology , forestry and arboriculture , climate change , bi...

Postdoctoral Research Associate opportunity in landscape natural capital accounting and biodiversity reporting within the CircHive project, a Horizon Europe -funded collaboration involving the Centre for Sustainable Forests and Landscapes , the University of Edinburgh Forest and Peatland (FPP) landscape restoration project , and the City of Edinburgh Council . The post holder will work on natural capital and ecosystem accounting , co-developing and testing accounts that can support practical dec...

PhD opportunity at Wetsus / Leiden University in AI-driven soil insight and precision management using weed indicators . This project sits at the intersection of agriculture , environmental science , biology , computer science , and statistics . The research explores how weed plant communities can act as practical bio-indicators of soil status in agricultural fields. By combining proximal sensing , field spectroscopy , GIS , plant trait analysis, soil measurements, and microbiome data, the proje...