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Open position as PhD or Post-Doc: Spatial Models of Land Use Change and Ecosystem Services

Betreuer: Thomas Koellner

The following position is available at the Professorship of Ecological Services (PES), University of Bayreuth to conduct research on land use change and its impact on ecosystem services:

Post-Doc position (100 % A13Z) for 3+3 years or
PhD position (50 % A13Z) for 3 years

The Bayreuth Center of Ecology and Environmental Research (BayCEER) with more than 60
senior researchers and postdocs has a strong research focus on ecosystem functions and services.
Within this centre the goal of the Professorship of Ecological Services (PES) is to understand the
supply and demand for ecosystem services given global change scenarios and to develop respective
decision support tools. Projects are running on regional to global scales to address trade-offs and
synergies between biodiversity, timber/food supply and regulating services.

We are looking for candidates to develop spatial models of land use and ecosystem services in
regional human-environment systems. This research should consider global trade flows and
subsequent leakage of ecosystem service improvements. The position starting earliest March 1,
2018 is initially offered for 3 years and after successful evaluation for another 3 years. It opens the
opportunity to develop an own research and teaching profile (including dissertation or habilitation
at the Faculty of Biology, Chemistry and Geosciences, University of Bayreuth) while working in a
team. Supervision of Master/PhD students and development of new research proposals is expected.
Successful candidates can participate in externally funded projects.

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• 2018_A13-PhD-Postdoc_Uni_Bayreuth.pdf