PhD- and Postdoc positions available at NCoE NorMER
8 PhD- and 4 Postdoc positions are now available at the Top-level Research Initiative's Nordic Centre of Excellence NorMER. Research areas are: Ecology, Evolutionary biology and Economy.
NorMER is a new Nordic Centre of Excellence funded by the Top-Level Research Initiative (TRI). NorMER consists of 45 researchers from 10 research units situated within all of the Nordic territories: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Aaland, Denmark, Faroes, Greenland and Iceland.
This collaborative project combines the expertise of internationally recognized research teams to implement a multidisciplinary research strategy to explore the biological, economic, and societal consequences of global climate change on fisheries resources in the Nordic region, with a primary focus on the Atlantic cod.
NorMER will achieve this through a unique program of primary research, for which the members will collaborate in training a total of 15 new PhD students (8 announced in 2011, 7 in 2012) and 5 Postdocs (4 announced in 2011, 1 in 2012) through joint projects that integrate biology, economics, industry and policy.
All 12 positions are announced here: http://www.vacancies.normer.org/.
Applicants from all countries are encouraged to apply, and NorMER also encourages all candidates to apply for more than one position, if possible.
Application deadline: 30th March 2011.
Expected start date: 1st August 2011
For questions about the network, please contact normer-post@bio.uio.no
