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From: Teel,Tara
PhD position on mapping ecosystem service tradeoffs
The Mediterranean Institute for Biodiversity and Ecology (IMBE,
Aix-Marseille University, Aix-en-Provence, France), in its Research Group
"Macroecology and Biogeography of Global Change (MacroBio)
<http://www.imbe.fr/eq-1-2-macroecologie-et,58.html?lang=en> " has a
36-months PhD position open for applications. The position is funded by the
European Commission through the FP7 Research Project OPERAs and affiliated
to the French National Scientific Research Centre (CNRS).
The topic is the broad-scale spatial mapping and quantification of ecosystem
service trade-offs following from management of agro-ecosystems in the
Mediterranean basin. The context of the research includes the environment
(climate, land use) as well as trends in societal demands for services.
Based on scientific literature, spatial databases and the outputs from a
process-based ecosystem model, the candidate will analyze, quantify and map
ecosystem service trade-offs. Service valuation and indicator representation
methods will be developed with the IMBE team. The approach is
pan-Mediterranean: a significant part of the work will therefore consist of
helping to reduce gaps in data and knowledge for the sum of countries around
the Mediterranean basin.
The research group works in close interaction with international programs
such as Future Earth (through its project ecoSERVICES) and science-policy
interfaces such as IPBES.
The successful candidate will have completed a Masters degree (or
equivalent) in one of the environmental sciences, have experience in the
handling of spatial data from databases, literature and models, have
knowledge of existing concepts of ecosystem services, and be able to place
results in the context of the Mediterranean basin (this includes the
European, as well as North African and Eastern countries). The working
language is English, appropriate skills in French or another of the
Mediterranean languages will be an advantage.
The position will be filled when a suitable candidate has been identified.
To apply for this position, please send a letter of application,
demonstrating your ability to understand the task, and your CV as soon as
possible, but before the 31st of January 2013, by e-mail to Ms. Gabriela
Boéri ([log in to unmask]). For any questions about the task, working
conditions, or the OPERAs project, please contact Professor Wolfgang Cramer
([log in to unmask]).
Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Cramer
Institut Méditerranéen de Biodiversité et d’Ecologie marine et continentale
(IMBE)
Aix-Marseille Université, CNRS, IRD, Univ. Avignon, Technopôle
Arbois-Méditerranée
Bât. Villemin – BP 80, F-13545 Aix-en-Provence cedex 04, France
Tel. +33-4-42-90-84-86, http://www.imbe.fr/wolfgang-cramer, ResearcherID:
B-8221-2008 <http://www.researcherid.com/rid/B-8221-2008>
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