Offer Description
Start date/duration
- as soon as possible
- for 2 years
Job profile:
Your responsibilities:
- Independent research in the field of landscape ecology, with a focus on spatial processes, ecological legacies or human–environment interactions, including the publication of high-quality scientific papers in international peer-reviewed journals
Requirements:
- Doctoral degree (PhD) in Ecology, Geography, Landscape Ecology, Remote Sensing, Environmental history or a related discipline
- Strong international publication record and demonstrated experience in scientific publishing
- Research interest in long-term human–environment interactions, historical ecology and/or remote sensing
- Technical affinity and willingness to engage with and quantitative research approaches
- Excellent command of English, both spoken and written
- Basic knowledge of German or willingness to further develop German language skills
- Ability to work in a team, independence and high communicative competence
Application:
We are looking forward to receiving your online application.
The full, legally binding call for application (in German) including the salary can be found here: https://lfuonline.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.details?asg_id_in=15960
The University of Innsbruck is committed to raising the quota of female employees and therefore explicitly welcomes applications from qualified female scientists. In the case of female underrepresentation women with equal qualifications will be given priority.
In accordance with Austrian disability laws qualified people with special requirements are expressly encouraged to apply for jobs. For further information, please contact the Disability Officer for Academic Staff at behindertenvertrauensperson-br1@uibk.ac.at.
Additional Information
Benefits
What the University of Innsbruck offers:
From a company pension scheme, to flexible working hours and child care facilities the University of Innsbruck offers its employees a wide range of benefits which is being continuously extended.
Along with interesting oppurtunities for the participation in job-related and personal further education courses, and the succesful compatibility of career and family, employees can benefit from a large range of courses offered by the University Sports Institute (USI), the language courses offered by the ISI, the University Library and take advantage of the various canteens offering reasonably priced food.
A summary of the benefits for University employees can be found here: http://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen/
Additional comments
The University of Innsbruck as employer
Are you looking for a new challenge? The University of Innsbruck is a place of study, research and employment for more than 31.000 people. As one of the largest employers in Tyrol the University offers a varied and exciting field of activity for its employees from very diverse educational and professional backgrounds. The University explicitly welcomes diversity and is committed to the principle of equal opportunity. It is a certified family-friendly workplace and received the award 'Top workplace 2018' from the Austrian business magazine 'trend'.
Languages
At the University of Innsbruck researchers from all over the world come together. Depending on the individual scientific community the language used may be German, English or another (if unanimously decided).
Internal communication is in German. Therefore a basic knowledge of German or the willingness to acquire such knowledge is essential.
Work Location(s)
Company/Institute: Department of Ecology
Country: Austria
City: Innsbruck
Postal Code: A-6020
Street: Sternwartestr. 15 / Technikerstr. 25