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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Dear colleagues,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">We have a PhD position on ‘SUSTAINABLE LAND USE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR REDUCING EUROPEAN WILDFIRE RISK’ at the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at the VU University Amsterdam,
the Netherlands.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">The PhD student will work in the EU funded project FirEUrisk aimed at developing a holistic, risk-wise strategy for European Wildfire Management. Within this project the PhD student
will work with other partners across Europe to fulfill the project task, both within selected pilot areas, as well as at the pan-European scale.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Within this project the PhD student will assess the range of potential land-use management strategies that can reduce fire risk. These strategies aim to change the vegetation and landscape
structure, and include: a) prescribed burnings; b) silvo-pastoralism; c) mechanical brush-clearing; d) bio economy development and e) vegetation replacement by less flammable species. We will assess the applicability and the performance of various options
to reduce the fire risk in different landscapes and socio-economic contexts, considering the socio-economic challenges and opportunities of adopting a management option, and by assessing the environmental impacts of the management strategies on other landscape
uses to identify synergies and potential conflicts.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">More information and application at:
<a href="https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/fireeurisk/g5rh1a">https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/fireeurisk/g5rh1a</a> (until March 1, 2021)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Met vriendelijke groeten,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Žiga
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#548DD4;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">Dr. Žiga Malek</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#595959;mso-fareast-language:NL">Assistant Professor in Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:3.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#80B931;mso-fareast-language:NL">Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) – Institute for Environmental Studies</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="mailto:z.malek@vu.nl"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#548DD4">z.malek@vu.nl</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#A6A6A6;mso-fareast-language:NL">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="http://www.ivm.vu.nl/"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#4F81BD;background:white">www.ivm.vu.nl</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#4F81BD;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#4F81BD">http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#4F81BD;mso-fareast-language:NL">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#548DD4;mso-fareast-language:NL">VU University – Looking further</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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