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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">We are looking for a postdoc on land systems and biodiversity at the Institute for Environmental Studies of
the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">This project will synthesize the extent to which land system science based assessment methods are able to impact
on decision making towards implementing sustainability goals. We will use the post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework as a case. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL"><br>
<span style="background:white">Achieving biodiversity targets might create unanticipated negative consequences for human livelihoods, other sustainability dimensions or (indirectly) biodiversity through demands and influences on land use in places distinct
and distant from those where the CBD goals and targets are implemented.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
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<span style="background:white">The postdoc will work with a small core team of land system scientists (Peter Verburg, Erle Ellis and Yves Zinngrebe) while engaging the larger land system science community.</span><br>
<span style="background:white">The succesful candidate is expected to use (some of) the following methodological approaches: 1) Document analysis of relevant CBD decisions and National targets (with focus on the EU and France); 2) Review of previous studies
on unanticipated spillovers of selected Aichi Targets and Biofuel directives, and how land system science based assessments were made to analyze these, and what the policy impact of these studies was; 3) Selection of a set of tools based on the previous steps
that are expected to allow assessment of the GBF implementation with high policy relevance (including value chain analysis (e.g. TRASE), land use modelling (global economic modelling and spatial land use modelling) and environmental and social impact analysis);
3) Employment of the selected set of tools on the analysis of land system consequences of the CBD/GBF; 4) Participation in expert processes and engagement in events relevant for CBD to analyze the potential of the tools and assessments of having policy impact.
A more detailed description of the envisioned project is at: </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://tinyurl.com/br9fezbx"><span lang="EN-US">https://tinyurl.com/br9fezbx</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="background:white">The position is financed as a synthesis effort of the Wyss Academy for Nature. The project will be guided by a group of land system scientists at different institutes worldwide and the postdoc will have the opportunity to make
working visits to those labs. The appointment is hosted at VU Amsterdam and the candidate is expected to spend the majority of time in Amsterdam.</span><br>
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</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">Your duties</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">conduct research and publish peer-reviewed papers<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">provide model-based assessments of alternative ways of implementing progress towards newly agreed biodiversity targets<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">engage with the land system science community and relevant science-policy interaces<o:p></o:p></span></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">provide an outlook for the land system science community on knowledge gaps in assessment methods for analyzing sustainability targets and impacting on decision
making<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">More information and application on:
<a href="https://werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/wyss-fellow/wyfjfh">https://werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/wyss-fellow/wyfjfh</a><span style="color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Kind regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Met vriendelijke groeten,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Lep pozdrav,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Garamond",serif">Žiga <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#548DD4;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL">Dr. Žiga Malek</span><span 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:#70AD47;mso-fareast-language:NL">Assistant Professor in Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics, Environmental Geography Group</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:#70AD47;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL"><img border="0" width="420" height="58" style="width:4.375in;height:.6041in" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D90A4D.50AAA320"></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" style="margin-left:10.5pt;text-indent:-10.5pt"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Working days:</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">
Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu | <b>T</b> +31 20 59 85 670<span style="color:#595959"> |</span>
<span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="mailto:ziga.malek@vu.nl"><span style="color:#0070C0">ziga.malek@vu.nl</span></a></span><span style="color:#A6A6A6">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Personal links:
</span></b><span style="color:#0070C0;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:#0070C0">http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek</span></a></span><span style="mso-fareast-language:NL">
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">|<span style="color:#0070C0"><a href="https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-6708"><span style="color:#0070C0">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-6708</span></a><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Mailing address</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">: De Boelelaan
1111, </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Visiting address</span></b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">: NU-8A65</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-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;color:black;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="http://www.vu.nl/ivm"><span style="color:blue">www.vu.nl/ivm</span></a></span><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue;background:white;mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/zigamalek/" title=""LinkedIn" t "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0077B3;mso-fareast-language:NL;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image002.png@01D90A4D.50AAA320"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ZigaMalek" title=""Twitter" t "><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#0077B3;mso-fareast-language:NL;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D90A4D.50AAA320"></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB"> </span>
<a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&hl=en"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-fareast-language:NL;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="20" height="20" style="width:.2083in;height:.2083in" id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image004.png@01D90A4D.50AAA320"></span></a><span style="mso-fareast-language:NL"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Latest papers:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Malek et al.
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">(2022): Regional disparities in impacts of climate extremes require targeted adaptation of Fairtrade supply chains [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.07.008"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">link</span></a></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"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Schrammeijer et al. (2022):
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:kuK5TVdYjLIC"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Mapping
demand and supply of functional niches of urban green space</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"> [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109031"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">link</span></a></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"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">Negacz et al. (2022):
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:KUbvn5osdkgC"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:black;background:white;text-decoration:none">Saline
soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture</span></a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"> [</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104775"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:blue">link</span></a></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"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Garamond",serif;mso-fareast-language:NL">If this email arrives outside office hours, please do not feel obliged to reply until normal working hours. I have a small toddler that can
impact my working hours when working from home.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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