PhD & Postdoctoral Positions in Ecology, University of Potsdam, Germany (2015)

The DFG-funded Research Training Group RTG 2118 ‘Integrating Biodiversity Research
with Movement Ecology in Dynamic Agricultural Landscapes [BioMove]’ (Speaker: Prof. Dr. Florian Jeltsch) at the University of Potsdam (UP), the Freie Universität Berlin (FU), the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW, Berlin), and the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF, Müncheberg) offers several positions:

At the University of Potsdam
7 doctoral candidates (PhD)
26 hours per week (65%) for three years

1 postdoctoral researcher (PostDoc)
40 hours per week (100%) for two years.

The salary scale is in accordance with the German public service 13 TV-L (area east). Contracts are time-limited according to the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (WissZeitVG).

At the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (IZW), Berlin
2 doctoral candidates
The doctoral positions are initially limited to two years, with the possibility of extension to a maximum of three years. Salary is according to TVöD (65% for doctoral students).

At the Freie Universität Berlin
1 doctoral candidate
Salary is according to TV-L FU E13 (65%), 3-year contract.

At the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) Müncheberg
1 doctoral candidate
26 hours per week (65%) for three years

The salary is in accordance with the German public service 13 TV-L (area east). Contracts are time-limited according to the Academic Fixed-Term Contract Law (WissZeitVG). beginning on October 1st, 2015. The scientific disciplines involved in the RTG are movement ecology, biodiversity research, behavioural and evolutionary ecology, conservation biology, ecological modelling, and related topics.
The research projects of the RTG strategically combine empirical, experimental and modelling approaches based in one common study area (AgroScapeLab-Quillow, north-eastern Brandenburg, Germany) to test a unifying set of hypotheses on the linkage of movement ecology and biodiversity research. The postdoctoral researcher is expected to play a leading role in model-based synthesis and theory advancement.

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