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Applications are open for a PhD studentship in uncertainty quantification for UK landscape models. *Title:* Shaping the future of the UK’s landscapes – building a decision support system for sustainability *Location:* University of Edinburgh *Deadline:* 9 January 2020 This project will develop a decision-support system to guide UK land use to a sustainable future by scaling a model of ecosystem processes and earth observation data into a national integrated system. The landscapes of the UK serve varied functions – e.g. supporting farmers’ yields, forestry, biodiversity and recreation. For the future, there are several major questions. What should determine the nature of our landscapes in coming decades? How can landscapes be resilient to climate change and be supported sustainably? There are major challenges to building a system that can inform us in detail about these questions but there are also major opportunities with new data infrastructure, high resolution earth observation data, and powerful analytical tools and models. Currently, we can analyse and model land use either at national scale at coarse resolution, or at high resolution on a small scale. Fine-scale pattern is important in driving land use decisions, but a national system is critical for policy makers. The challenge here is to develop tools and algorithms that can scale between field and UK, to bridge the scale/resolution trade-off that currently limits decision support. This project is part of the Edinburgh Earth, Ecology and Environment Doctoral Training Partnership (E4 DTP), led by the School of GeoSciences at the University of Edinburgh. For more details see: https://www.ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/how-to-apply/our-projects?item=829 To apply and to see the eligibility criteria, see www.ed.ac.uk/e4-dtp/how-to-apply You may leave the list at any time by sending the command SIGNOFF allstat to [log in to unmask], leaving the subject line blank.