Postdoctoral Research Associate in Conservation Science (OECM cluster) University of Kent in United Kingdom

Now open for applications: a funded Masters by Research project on solar farms, biodiversity, threatened species recovery, ecological research, conservation, GIS, and fieldwork . The project asks how solar farms can support biodiversity and contribute to the recovery of threatened species as the UK moves towards Net Zero. The studentship is flexible and can be designed around the successful applicant’s skills and interests. Possible directions include targeted conservation actions, mapping where...

Research Associate in Conservation Science at the University of Kent / LASE University Group, based in the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) . This is a 3-year postdoctoral research position within the E3 Sharing Space for Nature programme, funded by Research England . The project focuses on Other Effective Area-Based Conservation Measures (OECMs) and asks how, where, and under what conditions OECMs deliver ecological and social outcomes. Research themes include conservation s...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in urban forestry, ecology, biodiversity conservation, and nature-based solutions at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh in partnership with the University of Stirling . The project, titled Plants with Purpose: Enhancing the Role of Scotland's Urban Forest for Landscape-scale Nature Recovery , focuses on how Scotland’s urban trees, woodlands, and green infrastructure can support biodiversity, ecological connectivity, and large-scale nature recovery. A key aim is to he...

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...

Professor Marion Pfeifer at Newcastle University announces upcoming recruitment for two postdoc positions and two PhD positions in her research lab. The roles will be part of the new ERC Advanced Grant project TIF-CER , which aims to develop the first predictive theory of how trees embedded in agricultural landscapes regulate climate risk and biodiversity across scales. The project emphasizes replacing assumptions with mechanisms and data, and building a framework that can be transferred across ...