Fwd: Postdoc position in ecological-economic modelling; University of Goettingen

[Raquel Ubach]

Hola,
os reenvio esta oferta de postdoc por si es de vuestro interés.
Un abrazo,
Raquel

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Subject: Postdoc position in ecological-economic modelling; University
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The Ecosystem Modelling group at the Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen is offering a
Postdoctoral position in the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 990) Ecological and
socioeconomic functions of tropical lowland rainforest transformation systems (Sumatra,
Indonesia): Landscape-level assessment of ecological and socio-economic
functions of rainforest transformation systems in Sumatra
(Indonesia)

The position will be limited to 2 years with possibility of extension and should be filled as soon as
possible. Salary: Pay grade 100 % TVL 13 of German state-regulated public service salary scale.
Your tasks: The project will focus on the ecological and socio-economic effects of land-use transformation in
lowland Sumatra, Indonesia. The guiding question of the project is: what kind of landscape mosaic do we need so as to balance biodiversity, ecosystem functioning, and economic benefits?

The main goal of the project is to develop and use models integrating ecological and socioeconomic
components to simulate the spatiotemporal dynamics of land uses and individual
households. More precisely, the models should consider lowland forest, jungle rubber (resembling
secondary forest), rubber plantations, and oil palm plantations. Within this project the postdoctoral
researcher will be in charge of developing the ecological part of the project and of the integration of
ecological and economic model components. These latter economic components are currently being
developed by a PhD student.

The project plays a central role in integrating the interdisciplinary research of the CRC 990.
Your profile
? PhD degree and experience in ecological modelling, that is to say in the development,
programming, and analysis of simulation models
? good command of statistics and mathematics
? experience in research into socio-economics, tropical ecology, or biodiversity and ecosystem
functioning are a plus
? willingness to take on a leading role in the collaboration among the interdisciplinary researchers
of the CRC
? proficient in English
The project will be based in G?ttingen, Germany, but short stays in Indonesia are expected.
The University of G?ttingen is an equal opportunities employer and places particular emphasis on
fostering career opportunities for women. Qualified women are therefore strongly encouraged to
apply as they are underrepresented in this field. Disabled persons with equivalent aptitude will be
favoured.

Please send your application electronically as a single pdf containing the usual documents by
April 9, 2012 to kwiegan1*uni-goettingen.de (Prof. Dr. Kerstin Wiegand, Ecosystem Modelling
Group, Georg-August-Universit?t G?ttingen, B?sgenweg 4, 37077 G?ttingen).
If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Kerstin Wiegand (email: kkwiegan1*unigoettingen.
de) or Katrin Meyer (email: kmeyer5*uni-goettingen.de).
We request that you send your application documents as single pdf file. We will dispose the
documents after a holding period of five months.
Information about the Ecosystem Modelling group can be found at
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/EcoMod.html
For Information about the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 990) see:
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/en/310995.html

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Raquel Ubach

GIS and Environmental Analyst

European Topic Center on Spatial Information and Analysis

Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona

+34 93 581 38 68  Direct phone

Skype: raquel_ub