[ES_JOBS_NET] assistant professor on biodiversity conservation in Amsterdam

Thu Sep 15 02:06:13 MDT 2022

Dear colleagues,

Please share the following vacancy in your networks, we have extended the deadline for application. We are particularly interested in candidates with a background in biodiversity conservation. Thank you!

The Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam is looking for an Assistant Professor (Tenure track) on land use and biodiversity.
This Assistant Professor will develop a research line within the Environmental Geography department of the Institute for Environmental Studies on the role of land use change in biodiversity conservation. Specifically, the Assistant Professor will analyze and evaluate different ways of implementing the Global Biodiversity Framework of the Convention of Biological Diversity and analyze the benefits and tradeoffs of alternative pathways to implementation. This will include the assessment of biodiversity outcomes and alternative ways of fulfilling global targets by regional and more localized actions. The Assistant Professor will take a spatially explicit, geographic approach to analyzing biodiversity conservation in an integrated, interdisciplinary manner and will search for funding to conduct policy-relevant research with a small group of PhD-students and postdocs.

Your duties

  *   conduct research on assessing biodiversity impacts of changing land use and develop land use strategies towards biodiversity conservation
  *   teaching in general and more specialized environmental science courses as part of our teaching programmes
  *   supervision of Masters and Bachelors theses
  *   work together with the department's staff in the acquisition of external funds for PhD and postdoc projects
  *   (co-) publish scientific papers
REQUIREMENTS

  *   PhD in ecology or a related discipline with a demonstrable expertise in applying state-of-the-art spatially explicit assessment methods
  *   strong track record in using quantitative methods for ecological or land use analysis at different spatial scales
  *   good writing skills
  *   experience in academic teaching (or willingness to acquire it)
  *   strong willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment
  *   Since some of the teaching programs are only provided in Dutch, speaking Dutch or willingness to learn Dutch within a couple of years is required.
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €3,974 (scale 11) and a maximum €5,439 (scale 11), depending on your education and experience. The job profile: is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0.8 FTE.

We offer a tenure track position initially for the duration of five years.  After a successful evaluation at 18 months, permanent employment (tenure) will be granted. A career plan to grow to a higher position will be made and during the track performance will be evaluated.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as:

  *   a maximum of 41 days of annual leave based on full-time employment, 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus, solid pension scheme (ABP), child daycare facilities available on campus, good paid parental leave scheme
About the institute
IVM is a leading environmental research institute that is internationally recognized for its high quality research output in a range of environmental disciplines, as well as for its interdisciplinary work. The mission of the institute is to contribute to sustainable development and care for the environment through scientific research and teaching. IVM aims to do excellent problem-oriented research that is useful to a wide range of stakeholders in the Netherlands and internationally. A unique strength of our research is to understand sustainability problems in their social and economic context. IVM research community works within four departments: Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy Analysis; Environmental Geography; and Water and Climate Risk. IVM is part of the Faculty of Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (www.ivm.vu.nl<http://www.ivm.vu.nl>). This position is based within the Environmental Geography department. The Environmental Geography department conducts interdisciplinary research on the spatial aspects of environmental and social challenges and the solutions sustainable land use can provide to these.
Are you interested in this position? Please apply via the webpage below and upload your curriculum vitae and cover letter ideally until 30/09/2022, but we will also consider later applications:

https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/sectorgelden-biodiv/dg7fsh

Kind regards,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Lep pozdrav,

Žiga

Dr. Žiga Malek
Assistant Professor in Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics, Environmental Geography Group
Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) – Institute for Environmental Studies
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Working days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu | T +31 20 59 85 670 | ziga.malek at vu.nl<mailto:ziga.malek at vu.nl>
Personal links: http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek |https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-6708
Mailing address: De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Visiting address: NU-8A65
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Latest papers:

Malek et al. (2022): Regional disparities in impacts of climate extremes require targeted adaptation of Fairtrade supply chains [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.07.008>]

Schrammeijer et al. (2022): Mapping demand and supply of functional niches of urban green space<https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:kuK5TVdYjLIC> [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109031>]

Negacz et al. (2022): Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture<https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:KUbvn5osdkgC> [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104775>]

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