[ES_JOBS_NET] 2 TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSORS IN LAND SYSTEM SCIENCE IN AMSTERDAM

[Malek, Z.]

Dear Colleagues,

Are you the interdisciplinary scientist that will address the large societal challenge to achieve sustainable land use? Please apply at the Institute for Environmental Studies at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We search 2 tenure track candidates with the ambition to develop interdisciplinary research and teaching in the field of Human-Environment Interactions and Land System Science. The tenure track candidates will become part of the Environmental Geography department at the Institute of Environmental Studies (IVM) of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. While all candidates with an excellent track record in the field are invited to apply, candidates with the following expertise are specifically invited to apply: food systems analysis in relation to land use, integration of social processes into quantitative land system analysis and the relations between land system science and biodiversity conservation ambitions. Expertise in one of these fields would have most added value to the research group.

Your duties

  *   the candidates are expected to show academic leadership, maintain a high publication output, and raise competitive research funding
  *   the candidates are expected to apply for external project funding for PhD students and postdocs working on projects around his/her field of expertise
  *   the successful candidates have a research interest in one (and preferably more) of the following themes: Land use change, Food systems, Human-environment systems, Modelling (like Bayesian network models, Agent-based models or Spatial models), Land use decision making and Land governance, Biodiversity analysis and Conservation biology
  *   the successful candidates will teach and coordinate courses in existing teaching programmes and/or develop new courses to strengthen the institute sustainability science profile
  *   the candidates are expected to have strong methodological skills with a focus on quantitative approaches or on linking qualitative and quantitative approaches

REQUIREMENTS

  *   a PhD degree in geography, ecology or environmental science with evidence of strong methodological skills
  *   experience in academic teaching and a strong motivation to teach students interdisciplinary methods and supervise students in doing societal relevant research in thesis projects
  *   have the ability to work in collaboration with others
  *   have strong oral and written communication skills in English

APPLICATION
Are you interested in this position? Please apply via https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/tenure-track-eg/uqo2sl until November 29, 2020. On the website you can also receive additional information.

Applications received by e-mail will not be processed.

Vacancy questions
If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, you may contact:

Name: Peter Verburg
Position: Head Department Environmental Geography
E-mail: peter.verburg at vu.nl<mailto:peter.verburg at vu.nl>


Kind regards,
Met vriendelijke groeten,

Žiga


Dr. Žiga Malek
Assistant Professor in Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics

Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) - Institute for Environmental Studies
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T +31 20 59 85 670 | z.malek at vu.nl<mailto:z.malek at vu.nl>
ADDRESS: De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
ROOM: NU-8A65
www.ivm.vu.nl<http://www.ivm.vu.nl/>
http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek

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