PhD in agroecological management for crop resilience to multiple stresses Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Sweden

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is recruiting a postdoctoral Research Scientist in tropical ecology to help design and manage a large ecological field experiment in Indonesian oil palm plantations. The project is part of a Research Council of Finland Fellowship and focuses on biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) relationships in tropical agroecosystems. The experiment will manipulate the diversity of understory vegetation in oil palm plantations in Riau, Sumatra, Indonesia , with the...

Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) is recruiting a postdoc in tropical ecology to help design, implement, and manage a biodiversity-ecosystem function (BEF) experiment in Indonesian oil palm plantations . The project is part of a Research Council of Finland Fellowship and focuses on manipulating the diversity of understory vegetation to study how biodiversity affects ecosystem functioning in tropical agricultural systems. The successful candidate will contribute to: (1) determining under...

Agroscope is advertising a fully funded PhD position in Agroecology for Field-Crop Production in Nyon, Switzerland . The project focuses on sustainable agriculture and field-crop systems, with strong links to soil health , plant ecology , soil microbiome , and microbial ecology . The doctoral research examines how reducing soil tillage and herbicide use can improve the sustainability of crop production while maintaining productivity and environmental performance. It is embedded in a long-term fi...

Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) is advertising a postdoctoral position at the Department of Forest Resource Management in Umeå, Sweden . The project, WindyForests , focuses on forest landscape modelling , forest management strategies , biodiversity , ecosystem services , and the interaction between forest planning and wind power development . The successful candidate will use the Heureka decision support system together with simulation and optimisation methods to study conflict...

Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden is recruiting a PhD student for the project BeeViva: Beneficial Yeasts for Healthier Honeybees . The project sits at the intersection of microbiology , genomics , microbial ecology , yeast biology , and bee health , with a strong sustainability angle linked to agriculture and resilient food systems. The research uses a unique collection of more than 2,500 yeast isolates from Swedish honey to investigate how beneficial yeasts may support hon...