Two PhD-positions in plant-insect interaction ecology at Lund University

Hi,

 

Please spread info about these positions to interested and interesting potential applicants.

Best Wishes,

Øystein and Magne

 

PhD positions in the evolutionary ecology of plant-insect interactions

Two PhD positions are currently available in the Evolutionary Ecology of Plant-Insect Interactions research group (EEPII) at Lund University (https://www.biology.lu.se/research/research-groups/evolutionary-ecology-of-plant-insect-interactions).

Research within the EEPII strives to understand the evolutionary forces driving diversification and adaptation in species interactions among plants and plant-feeding insects. We combine genomic, evolutionary and ecological studies to ask and answer questions about the distribution, diversification and conservation of biodiversity within and among species, and in particular how these patterns and processes are affected by the interaction between plants and insects. Our research bridges the gap between zoology and botany by integrating studies of animal- and plant biodiversity.

Position 1: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:302793/

Position 2: https://lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:302607/

Deadline for both positions is the 10. January 2020.

Both projects focus on the evolution of fragrance-based pollination systems, are focused on well-established empirical systems (Position 1: Arabis alpina + Lithophragma bolanderi, Position 2: Dalechampia), and will combine field and greenhouse work with macroevolutionary analyses. We strongly encourage interested candidates to apply for both positions. Please note that this requires two separate applications.

Informal inquiries are welcome to Dr. Magne Friberg (magne.friberg@biol.lu.se) and Dr. Øystein Opedal (oystein.opedal@biol.lu.se).

 

 

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Magne Friberg

Associate Senior Lecturer

Lund University

Department of Biology, Biodiversity Unit

 

Address:

Lund University

Ecology Building, Biodiversity Unit

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund

SWEDEN

 

Office phone: +46 46 22289 68

Cell phone: +46 73 529 33 73

 

magne.friberg@biol.lu.se

 

http://www.biology.lu.se/research/research-groups/evolutionary-ecology-of-plant-insect-interactions

 

www.magnefriberg.com

 

 

FW: Position in ecology/biology at the Department of Environment and Development, NMBU, Norway

We are looking for a young, promising ecologist at the Department of Environment and Development, Noragric, NMBU. The position is intended to replace Professor Ian Bryceson's and his position in applied ecology here at Noragric. (He has been working with marine fisheries in East Africa and other coastal areas for 40 years).. We enjoy an extensive network in this area. Professor Ian Bryceson ( 936 67 541) will continue as an emeritus professor here…(https://www.nmbu.no/ans/ian.bryceson)

Noragric has a wide global network in the field of environment and development studies. At present we have two ecologists and 6-7 agronomists working at Noragric in addition to social scientists and a number of interdisciplinary scientists working across and together in the field of environment and development studies.

I hope this could be of interest and please feel free to call me, (Head of Environmental governance research cluster) or any other (Ian fi).

I enclose the advertisement link below..


Associate professor in Applied Ecology The Faculty of Landscape and Society, the Department of International Environment and Development Studies (Noragric) seeks an Associate Professor with substantial research and teaching experience in ecology and proven ability to work with issues of relevance to environmental governance.as https://www.jobbnorge.no/en/available-jobs/job/177553/associate-professor-in-applied-ecology

Best regards

Paul Vedeld

Professor Paul Vedeld
Environment and development studies
Head of Environmental Governance Research Group (ENGOV)


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Phone: cellphone 0047 9097 5257
Office: 0047 67231311

Postal address: NORAGRIC, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Box 5003 1432 Ås Norway

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cv: https://www.nmbu.no/ans/pal.vedeld

http://scholar.google.no/citations?user=A_fZv1wAAAAJ&hl=no

http://scholar.google.no/citations?user=A_fZv1wAAAAJ&hl=no

Research interests: Environmental governance, politics, planning and management, legitimacy of governance and participation, environmental resources and local livelihoods and dependence; protected areas policies and politics, agricultural, resource and development economics: peasant household economics; production, poverty and environmental issues, theories in and for interdisciplinarity
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Regards

Paul Vedeld


Professor Paul Vedeld
Environment and development studies
Head of Environmental Governance Research Group (ENGOV)

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Phone: cellphone 0047 9097 5257
Office: 0047 67231311

Postal address: NORAGRIC, Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Box 5003 1432 Ås Norway

email: palve@nmbu.no<mailto:palve@nmbu.no>

cv: https://www.nmbu.no/ans/pal.vedeld

http://scholar.google.no/citations?user=A_fZv1wAAAAJ&hl=no

website; http://www.engopa.no/

Research interests: Environmental governance, politics, planning and management, legitimacy of governance and participation, environmental resources and local livelihoods and dependence; protected areas policies and politics, agricultural, resource and development economics: peasant household economics; production, poverty and environmental issues, theories in and for interdisciplinarity
Recent publications
Ognjen Žurovec * and Pål Olav Vedeld 2019. Rural Livelihoods and Climate Change Adaptation in Laggard Transitional Economies: A Case from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Sustainability Published: 1 November 2019. MPDI.

Mary Nantongo, Arild Vatn, Paul Vedeld 2019; All that glitters is not gold; Power and participation in processes and structures of implementing REDD+ in Kondoa, Tanzania. Forest Policy and Economics . 100 (2019) 44–54 1389-9341. Elsevier.

Mrimi, D. J., Nyahongo, J. W., Vedeld, P. O., Massawe, B. H., & Jjunju, C. N. (2019). Spatial distribution of heavy metals in soil with distance from Tazama pipeline through the Mikumi National Park, Tanzania. Journal of Soil Science and Environmental Management, 10(5), 75-81.

Carol Aboda, P. Vedeld et al . P.Byakagaba, F.Mugagga, G. Nabanoga 2019. Socio-economic risks of displacement and resettlement of local people - a case of construction of the oil refinery in Kabaale and the Kaiso-tonya road in Uganda. Journal of Refugee Studies. 2019.

J.G. Petursson and P. Vedeld 2018. Lost in the woods! A political economy of the 1998 forest sector reform in Uganda. (Jon Geir Petursson (University of Iceland and Iceland Ministry of Environment) et al.) in Conservation and Development in Uganda (ed. Sandbrook et al 2018). Routledge. London.

Devotha b. Mosha, Paul Vedeld, Josiah Katani, George. C. Kajembe and Andrew Tarimo 2018. Contribution of paddy production to household income in farmer-managed irrigation scheme communities in Iringa rural and Kilombero districts, Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Studies ISSN 2166-0379 2018, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Nigel Dudley,1,2….. Pål Olav Vedeld et al 2018. Priorities for protected area research. Parks Volume 24 May 1. 2018: The international Journal for Protected areas and conservation.
Leif Tore Trædal and Pål Vedeld 2018. Cultivating forests: The role of forest land in household livelihood adaptive strategies in the Bac Kan Province of northern Vietnam Land Use Policy (in press)

Arild Vatn George, Kajembe, dos Santos Silayo and Pål Vedeld 2017: REDD in Tanzania. CCIAM Governance structures for REDD+ – experiences from Tanzania. Book chapter accepted in Kulindwa, K. 2016 (ed) : Lessons and Implications for REDD+. Implementation experiences from Tanzania. E & D Vision Publishing.

Jon Geir Petursson and Paul Vedeld. 2017. Rhetoric and Reality In Protected Area Governance: Institutional Change Under Different Conservation Discourses In Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda. (Ecological Economics. (131)166-177. Elsevier.

Leif Tore Trædal and Pål Vedeld 2017 : Moving beyond the poverty-environment nexus in REDD+ in Vietnam: Exploring livelihoods, land use and environmental policy discourses in the Lam Dong Province. (Forests 2017, 8(2), 39. MDPI AG.)

Belachew Gizachew; Rasmus Astrup; Pål Vedeld; Eliakimu Zahabu; Lalisa A Duguma 2017 "REDD+ in Africa: Contexts and Challenges" (Natural Resources Forum, A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal (accepted December 2016).

Vedeld, P. 2017. "Something that the NGOs do? Notes on participation governance with examples from the environment and development policy field. Working paper 50, Noragric.

Cavanagh, C.J. and A. Chemarum, P. Vedeld, and J.G. Petursson. (2017). Old wine, new bottles? Investigating the differential adoption of 'climate-smart' agricultural practices in western Kenya. Journal of Rural Studies 56: 114-123.

New book; Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture . 2017 Editors: Lal, R., Kraybill, D., Hansen, D.O., Singh, B.R., Mosogoya, T., Eik, L.O. (Eds.)
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319412368
New book; Kulindwa, K. 2016 (ed) : Lessons and Implications for REDD+. Implementation experiences from Tanzania. E & D Vision Publishing. http://bit.ly/2iPylox http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=240963

J.G. Petursson and P. Vedeld 2018. Lost in the woods! A political economy of the 1998 forest sector reform in Uganda. (Jon Geir Petursson (University of Iceland and Iceland Ministry of Environment) et al.) in Conservation and Development in Uganda (ed. Sandbrook et al 2018). Routledge. London.

Devotha b. Mosha, Paul Vedeld, Josiah Katani, George. C. Kajembe and Andrew Tarimo 2018. Contribution of paddy production to household income in farmer-managed irrigation scheme communities in Iringa rural and Kilombero districts, Tanzania. Journal of Agricultural Studies ISSN 2166-0379 2018, Vol. 6, No. 2.

Nigel Dudley,1,2….. Pål Olav Vedeld et al 2018. Priorities for protected area research. Parks Volume 24 May 1. 2018: The international Journal for Protected areas and conservation.
Leif Tore Trædal and Pål Vedeld 2018. Cultivating forests: The role of forest land in household livelihood adaptive strategies in the Bac Kan Province of northern Vietnam Land Use Policy (in press)

Arild Vatn George, Kajembe, dos Santos Silayo and Pål Vedeld 2017: REDD in Tanzania. CCIAM Governance structures for REDD+ – experiences from Tanzania. Book chapter accepted in Kulindwa, K. 2016 (ed) : Lessons and Implications for REDD+. Implementation experiences from Tanzania. E & D Vision Publishing.

Jon Geir Petursson and Paul Vedeld. 2017. Rhetoric and Reality In Protected Area Governance: Institutional Change Under Different Conservation Discourses In Mount Elgon National Park, Uganda. (Ecological Economics. (131)166-177. Elsevier.

Leif Tore Trædal and Pål Vedeld 2017 : Moving beyond the poverty-environment nexus in REDD+ in Vietnam: Exploring livelihoods, land use and environmental policy discourses in the Lam Dong Province. (Forests 2017, 8(2), 39. MDPI AG.)

Belachew Gizachew; Rasmus Astrup; Pål Vedeld; Eliakimu Zahabu; Lalisa A Duguma 2017 "REDD+ in Africa: Contexts and Challenges" (Natural Resources Forum, A United Nations Sustainable Development Journal (accepted December 2016).

Vedeld, P. 2017. "Something that the NGOs do? Notes on participation governance with examples from the environment and development policy field. Working paper 50, Noragric.

Cavanagh, C.J. and A. Chemarum, P. Vedeld, and J.G. Petursson. (2017). Old wine, new bottles? Investigating the differential adoption of 'climate-smart' agricultural practices in western Kenya. Journal of Rural Studies 56: 114-123.

New book; Climate Change and Multi-Dimensional Sustainability in African Agriculture Climate Change and Sustainability in Agriculture . 2017 Editors: Lal, R., Kraybill, D., Hansen, D.O., Singh, B.R., Mosogoya, T., Eik, L.O. (Eds.)
http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319412368
New book; Kulindwa, K. 2016 (ed) : Lessons and Implications for REDD+. Implementation experiences from Tanzania. E & D Vision Publishing. http://bit.ly/2iPylox http://www.marymartin.com/web/selectedIndex?mEntry=240963

Oikos list: Researcher in avian malaria

Researcher in avian malaria

Uppsala University, Department of Ecology and Genetics

Uppsala University is an international research university focused on the development of science and education. Our most important assets are all the individuals who with their curiosity and their dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden's most exciting work places. Uppsala University has 40,000 students, 7,000 employees and a turnover of SEK 6,5 billion. 

A position as a researcher in avian malaria is available at the Department of Ecology and Genetics, animal ecology.

The Department of Ecology and Genetics is an international environment with staff and students from all over the world. Our research spans from evolutionary ecology and genetics to studies of ecosystems. For more information, see www.ieg.uu.se.

Institutionen för ekologi och genetik - Institutionen för ekologi och genetik - Uppsala universitet www.ieg.uu.se Institutionen för ekologi och genetik

Project description: Vector borne diseases are a major threat to human, domesticated and wildlife populations. Many vectors are bloodsucking insects that rely on olfactory cues for finding their meal. These olfactory cues can be manipulated by the pathogen to ensure transmission. We will use avian malaria to study the chemical ecology of vector borne pathogen transmission. First, we will investigate how particular malaria strains and the birds' MHC genes determine odour profiles. Second, we will use a combination of blood-feeding behavioural tests and RNAseq to reveal the genetic basis to variation in vector responses to host odour profiles. We predict that specific avian malaria strains affect their vectors such that they avoid hosts with MHC genes that would allow the host to defend themselves. Our results will also lead to predictions of specific combinations of genotype frequencies of hosts, pathogens and vectors that promote pathogen transfer resulting in more infected individuals in the population. These predictions will be tested using data from geographically separated populations. We also predict that the pathogen strains that are most efficiently transmitted between hosts also are the most virulent ones. Our findings will be relevant in the general context of predicting and preventing the spread of vector borne pathogens. Our

results will in particular contribute to improved general guidelines for predictions of the likelihood and consequences of pathogen range expansion.

Duties: Analyze and publish already available data, perform experiments in the field and contribute to the future development of the project.  

Qualifications required: A doctoral degree, or a foreign degree equivalent to a doctoral degree, in ecology and/or evolution. Previous experiences with analyses of genomic data are required. Candidates must be able to express themselves fluently in spoken as well as written English. In ranking eligible candidates, special importance will be given to scientific skills. In the assessment of scientific merits, especially analytic skills and the ability to formulate sharp hypothesis and outline logic arguments and balanced interpretations will be highly valued.

Qualifications desired: Earlier experiences of field work on birds are desired.

Position: The position is a full-time, temporary position until 2020-12-31.

Salary: Individual salary.

Starting date: 2020-01-01, or as agreed.

Application: The application should include 1) a letter of intent describing yourself, your research interests and why you want this position, 2) your CV, 3) a short description of your education, 4) a copy of your doctoral degree and course grades, 5) the names and contact information to at least two reference persons (e-mail address and phone no.), 6) a copy of your master thesis and 7) publications produced. The application should be written in English.

Uppsala University aims for gender balance and diversity in all activities in order to achieve a higher quality at all levels of the organization. We therefore welcome applicants of any gender and with different birth background, functionality and life experience.

For further information about the position please contact: Professor, Anna Qvarnström, anna.qvarnstrom@ebc.uu.se, +46 18 471 64 06.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than by 6 December 2019. UFV-PA 2019/3840.

 

Position as the head of division of coastal research, SLU

Hej!

Jag vill bara informera er om tjänsten som Kustlabs avdelningschef är fortfarande vakant och nu utlyst på nytt https://www.slu.se/om-slu/lediga-tjanster/?rmpage=job&rmjob=2883&rmlang=SE . Sista ansökningsdatum är 29/11. Sök gärna eller sprid info vidare till potentiella sökande. Avdelningschef är ett uppdrag på 5 år med en tillsvidareanställning som forskare eller forskningsledare.

 

I just want to inform you that an announcement of the position as head of division, Kustlab, is out again https://www.slu.se/om-slu/lediga-tjanster/?rmpage=job&rmjob=2883&rmlang=SE. Deadline for applications is 29/11. If possible, apply or send information to potential candidates. Head of the division is a 5-year commission with a permanent position as scientist or research leader.

 

Friendly regards

 

Ann-Britt Florin
Tf avdelningschef

Docent i ekologi

Sveriges lantbruksuniversitet
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Institutionen för akvatiska resurser (SLU Aqua)
Kustlaboratoriet
Skolgatan 6, 742 42 Öregrund
Telefon: 010-478 41 22, mobil: 076-126 80 62
ann-britt.florin@slu.se  www.slu.se/akvatiskaresurser
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Vår vision: Starka fiskbestånd i friska vatten.

P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

Vår vision: Starka fiskbestånd i friska vatten.

P Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail

 

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Evolution in Sweden 2020 - registration now open (deadline 30 Nov)

Dear all, here is a friendly reminder that registration for Evolution in Sweden 2020 is open, deadline for registration and abstract submission is the 30^th of November. Please don't wait until the last minute.

 

Best wishes,

Pierre

 

 

 

 

Evolution in Sweden 2020 is organized by University of Gothenburg
 
Venue: Tjärnö Marine Laboratory, 15-16 January 2020

Registration is now open, please sign up! 
(Deadline for registration is 30 November)

 

More information and registration: https://cemeb.science.gu.se/evolution-in-sweden-2020

Invited keynote speakers: 
Victoria Sork, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of California Los Angeles, USA 
Stephen Palumbi, Hopkins Marine Station, Stanford University, USA

Transport Göteborg-Tjärnö will be arranged.
Reduced prize for students (master and PhD stud)

Hope to see you in January in Tjärnö!!


The organizing team
Pierre De Wit, Ellika Faust, Marina Panova, Marlene Jahnke, Allison Perrigo, Kerstin Johannesson and Eva Marie Rödström

 

 

 

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Pierre De Wit, Docent
University of Gothenburg, Department of Marine Sciences - Tjärnö

Hättebäcksvägen 7

452 96 Strömstad
Sweden

 

Phone: +46 31 786 9550

http://marine.gu.se/english/about-us/staff?languageId=100001&userId=xdewpi

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Eva Marie Rödström
Research Coordinator
The Linnaeus Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology (CeMEB)
www.cemeb.science.gu.se

Department of Marine Sciences
Tjärnö Marine Laboratory 
University of Gothenburg
SE 452 96 STRÖMSTAD
Sweden

eva.marie.rodstrom@gu.se
skype: emxrod
zoom - personal meeting ID: https://gu-se.zoom.us/j/4587447347
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Oikos list: PhD position in tropical ecophysiology

Dear colleagues,

 

We announce a PhD position in tropical ecophysiology:

 

https://www.gu.se/english/about_the_university/job-opportunities/vacancies-details/?id=4870

 

Field work will be conducted at multi-species plantations established along an elevation gradient in Rwanda, Africa. Experimental water (irrigation and/or rainout shelters) and nutrient treatments are applied at each site along the gradient. The PhD employment is at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

 

Please feel free to apply or to distribute the announcement to potential candidates. Deadline to apply is January 20^th.

 

My best wishes,

 

Johan Uddling.

 

 

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Professor in Plant Ecophysiology

University of Gothenburg

Dept of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Phone: +46 (0)70-388 1357

Group web page: https://airoplant.com/

Publications: https://scholar.google.se/citations?user=wHEdxesAAAAJ&hl=sv&oi=ao

 

FW: Post doc on insects and bioenergy-wood

Hello/hej,
 
There is now a post doc position available - 2 years - at the department of Ecology, SLU, Uppsala. It is on insect biodiversity and how it might be affected by forest fuel harvest.

Find more information here:

Swedish: https://www.slu.se/om-slu/lediga-tjanster/ - Postdoktor i naturvårdsbiologi/skogsentomologi

English: https://www.slu.se/en/about-slu/jobs-vacancies/ - Post doc in Conservation Biology/Forest entomology

I am most happy if you can forward this in suitable net-works!
 
Mats Jonsell, mats.jonsell@slu.se

 

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