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Virtual Summer School: Land Use and Ecosystem Change
Overview: Food and bioenergy demands of a growing global population and societies’ changing lifestyles are increasing the pressures on land and ecosystems. Further pressures arise from the demands on land resources for other ecosystem services, and the variable (often negative) impacts of climate change on plant productivity. These multiple, often seemingly conflicting demands on land and...
Seeking nominations for an Alexander von Humboldt Research Fellowship in modelling terrestrial ecosystems and biodiversity responses to environmental and socioeconomic changes
The KIT Global Land Ecosystem Modelling and Land Use Change and Climate Research groups are seeking candidates to be nominated for a Humboldt Research Fellowship funded under the new Henriette Herz-Scouting-Programme of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly 2021: Call for Abstracts
European Geophysical Union abstracts submissions are due 13 January 2021 at 13:00 CET. Peruse sessions of interest to the AIMES community here.
Postdoctoral researcher in land-use change modelling
The Land Use and Climate Change Research Group of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in the field of land use change modelling. Application deadline: Friday 22 January 2021.
Webinar recording available for “Is the idea of large-scale behavioural modelling realistic?”
The AIMES/GLP Working Group on Large-scale Behavioural Models of Land Use Change held its first webinar, featuring Peter Verburg and Elke Weber discussing whether the idea of large-scale behavioural modelling is realistic, in November 2020.
Research scientist position in modelling terrestrial ecosystems response to environmental changes at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany
Apply for a research scientist position in modelling terrestrial ecosystems response to environmental changes at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and its Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research/Department Atmospheric Environmental Research (KIT/IMK‐IFU) in Garmisch‐Partenkirchen, Germany. Deadline to apply: 15 November 2020.
Webinar: Is the idea of large-scale behavioural modelling realistic?
Register for this webinar organized by the AIMES/GLP Working Group on Large scale behavioural models of land use change, Dr. Peter Verburg (VU University Amsterdam) and Dr. Elke Weber (Princeton University) will discuss the challenges and opportunities for developing large-scale behavioural models of land use change.
Call for papers: Large scale behavioural models of land-use change
SESMO (Socio-Environmental Systems Modelling www.sesmo.org) is an open access journal with the objective to progress our understanding, learning and decision making on major socio-environmental issues using advances in model-grounded processes that engage with institutional and governance contexts, cross-sectoral and scale challenges, and stakeholder perspectives. SESMO is launching a call for a...
Extended deadline: Division Director, Atmospheric Sciences & Global Change at PNNL
Develop science strategy at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) as Division Director of the Atmospheric Sciences and Global Change within the Earth and Biological Sciences Directorate (EBSD). Supervising multiple research groups and their associated research areas, the Division Director focuses on developing deeper knowledge and predictive understanding of integrated Earth and Human Systems, enabling us to better prepare for, and adapt to, the rapid changes those systems are undergoing. Position is open until filled.
Assistant professor at the University of Twente
Apply for an Assistant Professorship in Sustainability and Complex Adaptive Systems at the University of Twente, the Netherlands. Deadline: October 16, 2020.