PhD Networks of the coast (m/f/d)

The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.

PhD Position "Networks of the coast" (m/f/d)

Background

The Biodiversity Theory Group is a new lab at the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity in Oldenburg. The lab focuses on the development of new mathematical and computational approaches to the diversity of species in ecological systems. We seek to make transformative progress by using ideas from Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Networks and Data Science to describe ecological systems in new ways.

Tasks

You will

• focus on data analysis and mathematical modeling of social and ecological phenomena.
• develop and apply new mathematical methods to understand social data and processes with ecological relevance. The aim of this work is to develop new approaches to understand human behavior and its ecological consequences.
• pay special attention to the geographical scale of processes which is often neglected in population dynamical models. While specific targets will depend on the newest developments in the field, specific applications could focus for example on global patterns of ship movements and their impact on bio-invasions, demographics of coastal communities and their environmental impact, or the adoption of (ecology-related) innovation.

Requirements

• Master level (or equivalent) qualification in Physics, Mathematics, Sociology, or related fields.
• Solid command of English language in speech and writing.
• Some experience in mathematics and/or programming skills..

Additional skills and knowledge

• Good organization, communication and data management skills
• Interest in ecological and social systems and their interaction

Further Information

For further information please contact
Prof. Dr. Thilo Gross
(thilo.gross@hifmb.de, +49(471)4831-2526).
The position is limited to 3 years. The salary will be paid in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Public Service of the Federation (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), up to salary level

13 (66%).
The place of employment will be
Oldenburg.
All doctoral candidates will be members of AWI’s postgraduate program
and thus benefit from a comprehensive training program and extensive support measures.

This characterizes us

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

Equal opportunities are an integral part of our personnel policy and we encourage women to apply.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.

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