JOB: Postdoc, Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services, Vrije Univ. of Amsterdam
| 03 October 2011
Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (f/m) for 1.0 fte
Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam - Institute for Environmental Studies,
Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences
The Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences (FALW) offers a range of
Bachelor and Master programmes. Research at the faculty focuses on the
fields of the life sciences, health sciences, environmental sciences
and earth sciences
Biodiversity policy is increasingly influenced by evidence about the
role of biodiversity in the provision of ecosystem services. However,
the current state of scientific knowledge and empirical evidence is
inconclusive and does not provide a sufficiently robust basis to make
definite statements about whether securing the provision of specific
ecosystem services will also guarantee biodiversity conservation, and
vice versa. Conserving land for biodiversity purposes is often
beneficial for some ecosystem services but at the expense of other
ecosystem services. This is especially the case in many European
landscapes where human activities have since long shaped biodiversity
and landscapes. There is a need to improve and integrate existing
research methods from different natural and social science disciplines
for the analysis of potential synergies, conflicts and associated
tradeoffs in support of effective policy and management. The
objectives of the 'CONNECT' project are twofold. First, to
scientifically investigate the relationship between biodiversity,
ecosystem service provision and socio-economic values in European
landscapes. Secondly, to effectively translate and embed the
scientific research findings in the existing biodiversity and
ecosystem services policy community and public debate.
The successful candidate will take a leading role in coordinating the
CONNECT consortium and actively contributing to the different
workpackages linking ecosystem function to ecosystem service provision
and its values. Both general concepts and application in a Dutch case
study are foreseen.
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