PhD Positions in forest economics and wildlife management modeling in Norway

Dear All,

There are two interesting PhD Positions available in forest economics and wildlife management modeling at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. 

 

PhD position in Wildlife Management

 The project aims at developing wildlife population models to be used in a larger context of ecological, economical and societal impacts of alternative land management policies under a changing climate. The candidate will compile information on wildlife ecology and management and build models for future management of wildlife resources. Specifically, the candidate will compile existing data on demographic drivers and management of large herbivores in Scandinavia (i.e. moose, red deer, roe deer, wild boar) as a basis to map interacting, direct and indirect pathways between climate change and population demography. The candidate will also assess climate-mediated changes of herbivore browsing impacts on biodiversity and forestry. The findings will be incorporated in spatial wildlife population models to be used to assess the impacts of different management options under different climate scenarios. The candidate will work in close collaboration with the project’s multi-disciplinary and international team.

The candidate will be supervised by Associate professor Simen Pedersen (HINN, main supervisor), Professor Barbara Zimmermann (HINN), Researcher Cecilie Dyngeland (HINN), and Researcher Oskar Franklin (IIASA, Austria)

Questions about the position or work environment can be directed to associate professor Simen Pedersen, e-mail: simen.pedersen@inn.no

Link for full info and application:​  PhD position in Wildlife Management

PhD position in Forest and Natural Resource Economics

The central aim of the Ph.D. fellowship is to advance and apply state-of-the-art models of the Norwegian forest sector. These include an equilibrium model of forest growth and yields, timber supply and owner attitudes, biodiversity, industrial processing and consumption of wood products and trade as well as greenhouse gas fluxes. The project is to be used in the evaluation of economic and environmental dimensions of the forest sector in response to select public policy interventions.

The candidate will be supervised by associate professor Hanne Sjølie (HINN), prof. Francisco Aguilar (HINN), Dr. Oskar Franklin (IIASA) and Dr. Cecilie Dyngeland (HINN). 

Questions about the position may be addressed to Hanne Sjølie, hanne.sjolie@inn.no​

Link for full info and application:​ ​ PhD position in Forest and Natural Resource Economics