Postdoctoral Position in Ethnographic and Qualitative Visual Research on Climate Change in the Himalayas University of Guelph in Canada

Aarhus University in Denmark is inviting applications for a 2-year full-time postdoctoral position in Anthropology within the DFF-funded project “Beyond the Hoof: How Cattle Production shaped landscapes and anthropological knowledge of the Kalahari Desert.” The project is led by associate professor Pierre du Plessis and is based at the Department of Anthropology, School of Culture and Society, Faculty of Arts . The post is located at Aarhus University, Moesgaard Allé 20, 8270 Højbjerg, Denmark ....

Concordia University’s Department of Geography, Planning and Environment is offering a fully funded Master’s position as part of the project “Electrifying Concordia: A Living Lab on Sustainable and Community-Driven Decarbonization.” This research opportunity focuses on exploring synergies between climate action and Indigenous Directions Action Plans, with a strong emphasis on environmental sustainability, campus community decarbonization, and student-informed action plans. The project aims to un...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada, within the MESH Lab in the Faculty of Forestry. The project focuses on quantifying the impacts of forest harvesting and retention on watershed-scale ecosystem services , with related work in ecosystem service modelling , land use change modelling , and freshwater biodiversity . The post highlights a nature-based solutions project involving Tree Canada, ECCC, NRCan, and Ontario MNR, and mentions tools and methods s...

PhD position at the University of Zurich , Department of Geography, in the Political Geography Group on Pastoralist Futures: Land Transformation in East Africa's Drylands . The project examines the longue durée of pastoralist land transformation at the intersection of climate change , state intervention, capitalist practices, land-use and land-cover change, property regimes, and pastoralist agency. The dissertation will focus on pastoralist territories in Southern Ethiopia and Northern Kenya . T...

PhD opportunity in aquatic ecology , limnology , and biogeochemistry at Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR) , Canada. Dr. Morgan Botrel is recruiting a PhD student for a project on the ecology and biogeochemistry of lake littoral zones in eastern Québec, with a particular focus on submerged aquatic vegetation (SAV) and charophytes . The selected student will lead three field seasons in lakes across the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions, with a possible additional season on Anticosti Isla...