Green Jobs: Issue 16 (20 posts)

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Lecturer in Environmental Process Modelling £37,382 - £44,607 (Grade 8) The School of Contemporary Sciences of the University of Abertay Dundee Scotland wishes to strengthen its research through an appointment of a Lecturer to advance our research in modelling porous media processes. The successful candidate will join the SIMBIOS Centre which hosts a leading multidisciplinary research team combining soil biophysics and biogeochemistry, microbial ecology, ... Read online.

Part-time Lecturer Pool Appointment Duration / End Date: 2013-14 Academic Year Department CAFES-Nat Res Mgmt Env Sci College / Division CAFES-College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Salary Range Salary is commensurate with qualifications, experience, and time base. Pay Plan Academic Year Position Description APPOINTMENTS FROM THE PART-TIME POOL ARE TEMPORARY AND OFTEN MADE JUST PRIOR TO THE START ... Read online.

Postdoctoral Researcher in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES) The Staff Group Rural Development, Environment and Population Studies has a vacancy (1.0 FTE) for a Postdoctoral researcher (18 months) in the field of: Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies (AFES) The Staff Group is engaged in research, teaching, advisory work and institutional capacity building in international development studies. It has recently formed a research program (RP), "Political Economy of Resources, ... Read online.

Weed Science Research Assistant Manipulation of grass weed seed dormancy (Fixed-term appointment) £19,606 - £21,383 Grass weeds in general, and black-grass in particular, are a major concern to UK arable growers as they pose an increasing problem in weed control and effects on crop yields. Recent research at Harper Adams University has identified seaweed extracts that very successfully break dormancy in black-grass seeds under laboratory and glasshouse conditions. ... Read online.

Research Fellow – EEG Signal Processing FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND PHYSICAL SCIENCES   (Ref: 9439) A full-time position for 30 months. Salary up to £30,424 p.a.  (Subject to experience and qualifications) The University of Surrey is one of the top UK universities with an increasing reputation in research and development. A full-time Research Fellow position, sponsored by EPSRC, and in ... Read online.

Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in Water Engineering The position is based in the Hydro-environmental Research Centre (HRC) which is one of the world-leading groups in computer modelling of flow and transport processes in coastal waters, estuaries and rivers. We are seeking to appoint an expert in at least one of the following areas of research: CFD; computational hydraulics or hydrology; hydroinformatics, flood modelling; water quality and sediment ... Read online.

Post-doctoral Research Fellow in Social Science Employing unit: Centre for Agri-Environmental Research (CAER) Start date: 1st September 2013 or as soon as possible thereafter Closing date: 28th June 2013 Interview date: 12th July 2013 Reference number: RS13030 Post type: For EU/UK nationals the Research Fellow position is a full-time role but the post-holder will be given two separate part-time contracts of employment, ... Read online.

Four multidisciplinary PhD studentships in Natural Disasters and Development and Legal and Policy frameworks for Natural Resource Management Applications are invited for four PhD studentships in the UCL ESRC Doctoral Training Centre (DTC) that cross the disciplinary boundaries with the natural sciences. The projects are linked to the following UCL Institutes "Global Health", "Sustainable Resources", "Global Governance" and "Risk Disaster Reduction". UCL is one of the world's leading research universities, dedicated to developing, disseminating and applying original knowledge ... Read online.

PhD Studentship Land surface GPP and land-atmosphere interactions from GOSAT fluorescence NERC-NCEO-funded PhD Studentship at UCL, Department of Geography (Autumn 2013 start) Closing date: 15th June 2013 Supervisors Prof. Philip Lewis, NCEO and Department of Geography, UCL Dr. Caroline Nichol, School of GeoSciences, University of Edinburgh Topic The major constraint on vegetation growth and ultimately land surface carbon is the Gross Primary Production (GPP) of vegetation. Other ... Read online.

MSc Transport Planning scholarships available This vocational Masters programme is designed for students from a wide range of backgrounds and equips them for a professional career. Transport Planners play a key role in business and in society, by ensuring that transport systems are efficient, equitable, safe and environmentally sound. To do so they need to understand the core principles, techniques and concepts which underpin the ... Read online.

Assistant Professor in Agrarian, Food and Environmental Studies The approach of the AFES research and teaching is built on its innovative interpretation of conflicts and governance related to contestations over wealth and power based on and around the interconnected agrarian and environmental political economies. Building on this integrated vision, the group members analyze conflicts over nature, environment and resources as well as critically investigating governance structures that aim ... Read online.

Postdoc position in ecology of salamander habitat adaptation (3 years) Postdoc position University of Bielefeld, Department of Animal Behaviour, Unit Molecular Ecology and Behaviour, Germany Application deadline: June 14th 2013   We are looking for a highly motivated postdoc to ... Read online.

PhD position in ecological genomics of salamanders PhD position in ecological genomics of salamanders University of Bielefeld, Department of Animal Behaviour, Unit Molecular Ecology and Behaviour, Germany Application deadline: July 12th 2013 In a continuously changing world, the adaptation to ... Read online.

Tropical Marine Conservation Biology Lecturer CIEE Research Station Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean Application deadline: 7 June 2013 Start date: 12 August 2013 End date: 11 July 2014 Contract period: 11 months (12 August 2013 through 11 July 2014) with a total of 6 weeks off between programs Compensation: US$30,000 plus RT airfare The CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation program in Bonaire is a study ... Read online.

Coral Reef Ecology Lecturer CIEE Research Station Bonaire, Dutch Caribbean Application deadline: 7 June 2013 Start date: 12 August 2013 End date: 11 July 2014 Contract period: 11 months (12 August 2013 through 11 July 2014) with a total of 6 weeks off between programs Compensation: US$30,000 plus RT airfare The CIEE Tropical Marine Ecology and Conservation program in Bonaire is a study ... Read online.

Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Ref: 2995 Applications are invited for a postdoctoral fellowship for up to 24 months to work with Professor Mat Evans on a NERC-funded project to evaluate atmospheric composition with an Earth System Mode perspective. This position forms part of a wider project (with another post) with Drs Dominick Spracklen and Steve Arnold at the University of Leeds. Earth ... Read online.

Research Fellow in Theoretical Mineral Physics We are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow in Theoretical Mineral Physics to work on a project funded by the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC). The project is aimed at elucidating the structure and composition of large low shear velocity provinces, which are the largest features observed in the lower mantle. You will perform first principles calculations to determine ... Read online.

Early Stage Researcher Hydrodynamic Transport at Ecologically Critical Heterogeneous Interfaces ENG011R College / University Administration: College of Physical Sciences Position Type: Full-time University Grade Structure: Salary: £32,570 Plus Mobility Allowance Job Summary: This post is based within the School of Engineering and is a part of the Marie Curie Initial Training Network "Hydrodynamic Transport at Ecologically Critical Heterogeneous Interfaces" (HYTECH). The candidate will be required ... Read online.

NERC/ESRC/DFiD PhD studentship How are values of ecosystem services constructed and transformed over time? We are inviting applications for this NERC/ESRC/DFiD Ecosystem Services and Poverty Alleviation PhD studentship to commence 1 September 2013. This studentship will be based in the Environment and Sustainability Institute (ESI), (Cornwall Campus, near Falmouth). This student is part of the ESPA-funded Sustainable Poverty Alleviation from Coastal Ecosystem Services (SPACES) project, an interdisciplinary international collaboration between Stockholm Resilience ... Read online.

Postdoctoral fellowship in Environmental Law – Nagoya Protocol The Faculty of Law wishes to appoint a postdoctoral fellow on the application of the Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and Benefit Sharing in research on GMOs under environmental change for three years from October 1st, 2013, or as soon as possible thereafter. The post is integrated with the interdisciplinary research programme "Plants for a Changing World". ... Read online.

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