{"id":160495,"date":"2025-06-12T03:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/?p=160495"},"modified":"2025-06-11T10:08:42","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:08:42","slug":"phd-biological-sciences-norway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cde.ual.es\/en\/phd-biological-sciences-norway\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD – Biological sciences – Norway"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim. At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world. You will find more information about working at NTNU and the application process.<\/p>\n

A fully-funded PhD position in Population Biology is available at the Gj\u00e6revoll Centre for Biodiversity Foresight Analyses (https:\/\/www.ntnu.edu\/gjaerevoll) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).<\/p>\n

The Gj\u00e6revoll Centre is an interdisciplinary research center founded by NTNU and hosts internationally leading research activity in the interface between different scientific disciplines including ecology, \u00a0evolutionary biology, mathematics and statistics, informatics, economics and social sciences. We aim to apply advanced statistical and theoretical frameworks to analyse various kinds of field data to answer key questions regarding future changes in biodiversity<\/p>\n

he PhD position is associated with the Advanced Grant project \u201cEco-Evolutionary Rescue of Fragmented Populations\u201d funded by the European Research Council and NTNU, with an overall aim of providing new understanding of factors affecting the viability of small populations in nature. The position is also expected to contribute to relevant research topics in the FME InterPlay (https:\/\/interplayresearch.no\/), which aims to integrate energy system to reduce impact on biodiversity.<\/p>\n

Specifically, the primary focus of the PhD will be to analyse and parameterize models describing the ecological and evolutionary dynamics of small and fragmented populations, and how the risk of extinction is affected by changes in the environment such as expected alterations of the climate and loss of critical habitat types. The primary model system for examining the validity of the models will be a unique long-term individual-based data set on house sparrows at the coast of Helgeland in Northern Norway. Here there will also be opportunities to contribute to fieldwork.<\/p>\n

The PhD position provides an exciting opportunity to gain broad basic research experience and expertise in evolutionary ecology under a conservation biology context, while working in an interdisciplinary research environment. The successful candidate will acquire broad training in the necessary research skills, and the position will suit a candidate who is motivated to undertake high-level research in the interface between different research disciplines.\u00a0The three-year position includes research time as well as course components corresponding to half a year of studies, and concludes with a PhD degree.<\/p>\n

The position will be hosted within a dynamic research group based at NTNU, with strong collaborative links to many internationally leading research groups nationally and abroad. There will be opportunities for international mobility to the collaborating groups, and for conference and workshop participation.<\/p>\n

The project supervisor will be Professor Bernt-Erik S\u00e6ther (Gj\u00e6revoll Centre, NTNU).<\/p>\n

The co-supervisors will be Dr Yimen Araya-Ajoy (Department of Biology, NTNU) and Professor Henrik Jensen (Department of Biology, NTNU).<\/p>\n

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