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Mountain ranges are the primary source of global sediment and hotspots of geohazards. In their high-altitude, alpine regions, climate change is accelerating erosion and landslide activity due to rapid post-glacial landscape adjustment and permafrost degradation. While most current observations of these processes span just a few years or decades, there is an urgent need to understand how these dynamics unfold over much longer timescales (102 to 104 years) to quantify the impact of present, past and future glacial-interglacial climate changes.
This NWO-funded project (Dutch Research Council) aims to tackle this research gap by examining the interactions among erosion, topography, and sediment fluxes over millennial timescales in the Western Southern Alps of New Zealand, and how they are influenced by tectonics. Gaining such insights is crucial for predicting the magnitude and location of future climate-induced geohazards in alpine regions.
This project will consist of two tightly integrated PhD positions:
PhD A: Quantifying Post-Glacial Erosion and Sediment DynamicsModels and data will eventually be used to predict the impact of deglaciation on current mountain risk associated with climate change.
We are looking for someone who is highly motivated to advance science on how retreating glaciers shape Earth’s surface. This comes with a willingness to learn how to conduct lab work and/or how to use and implement open-source computational models. Moreover, you should be willing to conduct fieldwork for several weeks in the Southern Alps mountains.
Besides, you:
As a university, we strive for equal opportunities for everyone, realizing that diversity takes many forms. We believe that diversity in all its complexity is invaluable for the quality of our education, research and services. We are always looking for talent with diverse backgrounds and experiences. This also means that we are committed to creating an inclusive community, so that we can use diversity as added value.
We recognize that each individual brings a unique set of skills, expertise, and mindset. We would like to invite everyone who recognizes themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements. We particularly encourage people from under-represented groups to apply.
An exciting position in a socially engaged organization. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research, and service for a better world. In return we offer you:
We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and arrangements. Some examples:
Faculty of Science
Researchers and students at VU Amsterdam’s Faculty of Science tackle fundamental and complex scientific problems to help pave the way for a sustainable and healthy future. From forest fires to big data, from obesity to malnutrition, and from molecules to the moon: we cover the full spectrum of the natural sciences. Our teaching and research have a strong experimentally technical, computational, and interdisciplinary nature.
We work on new solutions guided by value-driven, interdisciplinary methodologies. We are committed to research, valorisation and training socially engaged citizens of the world who will make valuable contributions to a sustainable, healthy future.
Are you interested in joining the Faculty of Science? You will join undergraduate students, PhD candidates and researchers at the biggest sciences faculty in the Netherlands. You will combine a professional focus with a broad view of the world. We are proud of our collegial working climate, characterized by committed staff, a pragmatic attitude, and engagement in the larger whole. The faculty is home to over 11,000 students enrolled in 40 study programs. It employs over 1,600 professionals spread across 10 academic departments.
Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam stands for values-driven education and research. We are open-minded experts with the ability to think freely. - a broader mind. Maintaining an entrepreneurial perspective and concentrating on diversity, significance, and humanity, we work on sustainable solutions with social impact. By joining forces, across the boundaries of disciplines, we work towards a better world for people and the planet. Together we create a safe and respectful working and study climate, and an inspiring environment for education and research.
Are you interested in one of these two positions? Please apply via the application button and upload a PDF that includes:
Timeline: Applications will remain open until November 15th, and we aim to conduct online interviews in November/December 2024. The start date is negotiable, but ideally in the first half of 2025.
Applications received by email will not be processed.
At Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, we attach great importance to the societal impact of our education and research. Personal development and social involvement are key parts of our vision on education, in which individual differences are seen as a strength. This allows us to develop innovations and insights that contribute to a better world.
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