Vegetation ecologist with strong analytical and writing skills

 

Expected start date and duration of employment

3-year full-time position per 1st of November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.
 

Job description

During recent years, Center for Sustainable Landscapes in a Changing World (SustainScapes) at Aarhus University has worked to answer fundamental scientific questions about the restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and sustainable land-use. The basis of the research effort is data collection across landscapes, ecosystems and through time and SustainScapes leads several large monitoring projects across Denmark. The aim of these monitoring projects is to understand the dynamic effects of restoration, especially rewetting and rewilding.

The position will be focused on analysing the data collected in these monitoring programs with a special emphasize on the vegetation data and will contribute to synthesising the findings. Depending on the candidate there is opportunities for field work and supporting teaching.

You will work in a dynamic and international environment at the interface between biodiversity and agroecological research. You will collaborate with and support different researchers.

The tasks will encompass:

• Analysing and visualising vegetation ecological data
• Contributing to interpreting and synthesising the results
• Contributing to retrieving, processing, and organising data from different sources

Qualifications 

Specifically, we look for the following qualifications:

• PhD in vegetation ecology
• Strong knowledge on central-northern European vegetation communities and their determinants
• Strong knowledge on plant species and their ecology
• Proven capabilities in handling and analysing big amounts of various vegetation data and coupling it with various environmental information
• Proven capabilities to synthesise scientific literature
• High level of English proficiency and strong skills in cultural sensitivity
• A collaborative and supportive mind set

At SustainScapes we emphasize a good relationship between colleagues and students. It is therefore important that you have a positive and open personality and are ready to give your colleagues a helping hand when needed.
 

The Department of Biology

 

What we offer

• an exciting interdisciplinary environment with many national, international and industrial collaborators
• a work environment encouraging lively, open and critical discussion
• a work environment with close working relationships, networking and social activities
• a workplace characterised by professionalism, equality and a healthy work-life balance

Place of work and area of employment

The place of employment is Aarhus University, Department of Biology, Section for Ecoinformatics and Biodiversity (ECOINF), Ny Munkegade 114, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with affiliated institutions.

The work involves some periods of field work away from Aarhus.
 

Contact information

For further information, please contact: Professor, Signe Normand, +4593522877,signe.normand@bio.au.dk.
 

Deadline

Applications must be received no later than 15th of August 2025.
 

Formalities and salary range

Salary and terms as agreed between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Confederation of Professional Unions.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.
 

Aarhus University

Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,300 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 935 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/