Postdoctoral Fellow: Climate-Driven Population Forecasts

The University of Edinburgh; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

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.

Responsibilities

• 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

Job description

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.