Vacancy Announcement: There is an opening for a PhD student position at the Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Science in Estonia, starting in September 1, 2019. The research topic of this position is:

Human wellbeing supporting ecosystem services along urban gradient (urban-rural-wilderness) and green infrastructure.

This PhD position is aimed at determining and assessing ecosystem functions, services and values supporting human health, and wellbeing on urban-wilderness gradients in the context of De Groot’s cascade model. The full scope of values (services-disservices) and multifunctionality (bundles) will be observed. Alternative spatial models will be considered to find optimal plans for green infrastructure integrated planning.

• Applications are currently being accepted
• Deadline for applications: 1st August 2019
• Priority will be given to Central and Eastern European candidates
  
  

Anticipated proficiencies: ecosystem services assessment and mapping, sustainable land-use planning, green infrastructure policies, extra proficiencies in political sciences and public administration would be supportive.

Additional info:

• http://www.studyinestonia.ee/en/study/programmes/doctoral
• https://www.emu.ee/en/studies/study-information/study-allowances-loans-and-scholarships/#Doctoral

Contact:

Mart Külvik, PhD | Email: [email protected]​
Professor in Biodiversity and Environmental Planning
Chairs of Landscape Management and Nature Conservation/Landscape Architecture
Institute of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Estonian University of Life Sciences
Kreutzwaldi 1, Tartu, 51014
Estonia