15071- Postdoctoral Research Associate

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; Sur place; GBP 36 000 - 48 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

The University of Edinburgh invites applications for a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant position as part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship: FORESIGHT project. The role focuses on how climate changes drive population change in birds and mammals, with time allocated to Open Science initiatives via the SPI-Birds network.

Collaboration spans multiple teams in Europe and with conservation and policy partners.

Responsabilités

• Identify weather drivers affecting population dynamics
• Develop population models and perform demography and forecasting
• Create and test statistical tools and methods
• Contribute to R package development and open science outputs
• Publish research findings and disseminate outputs

Description du poste

School of Biological Sciences, Institute of Ecology and Evolution

Full-time: 35 hours per week

Fixed term: Until 31 October 2030

The Opportunity:

We are looking for a postdoctoral research assistant as part of the UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship: ‘FORESIGHT: predicting population responses to climate change’.

This postdoctoral position will focus primarily on establishing ‘how changes in climate cause population change in birds and mammals’. A proportion of the position’s time will be spent contributing to Open Science initiatives and databases through the SPI-Birds network and database (https://spibirds.org/en). There will also be opportunities to explore drivers of predictability in ecology and to contribute to cross-sector workshops with conservation and policy organisations.

The role will involve conducting research to identify weather drivers, population modelling, demography, and ecological forecasting, as well as producing and testing statistical tools. The post holder will also be expected to contribute to the development of new ideas and approaches, to contribute to the overall direction of the research project, and to contribute to publishing or otherwise disseminating the outputs of research, likely including R package development as well as academic publications.

The postdoctoral research assistant will work as part of various teams, including Dr Emily Simmonds’ group at the University of Edinburgh and the SPI-Birds development team based in the Netherlands but with contributors across Europe. This role combines methodological development and research on a pressing societal challenge, with Open Science, and the potential for applied impact and would suit someone whose interests span this spectrum.

The successful candidate will benefit from individual training and travel funding and will join a growing research group in a highly supportive environment.

This post is full-time (35 hours per week).