EOU News
Summer School 2018: Citizen Science in Theory and Practice
SAVE THE DATE! Dear colleagues, it is our pleasure to announce the Summer School 2018: Citizen Science in Theory and Practice which will take place from 15 to 19 October 2018 at the JUFA Hotel Almtal in Grünau im Almtal, Austria. The summer school is organised by PhD...
read moreAvian urban ecology: Behavioral and ecological consequences of urban life across the globe
Pre-Symposium organized by the European Ornithologist Union Co-Conveners: Juan Diego Ibáñez-Álamo, Mark Mainwaring, James Reynolds and Petra Sumasgutner Duration Half-day (6 ×15-min time slots for talks; 1.5 h for round table discussions). Symposium description...
read moreLandbird migration at the IOC
We are happy to announce a satellite symposium on "Landbird migration in different worlds" presented by the Migrant Landbird Study Group (MLSG) and the European Ornithologists Union (EOU) during the arrival day of the 27th International Ornithological Congress in...
read morePhD Position in Radar Aeroecology
There is a PhD position in radar Aeroecology open at the University of Amsterdam. Applications can be submitted until 3 November 2017. For details about the position and application procedure see:...
read moreWorld scientists’ warning to humanity: a second notice
Dear Scientist, Twenty five years ago, in 1992, the Union of Concerned Scientists and more than 1500 scientists published the famous declaration entitled “World Scientists’ Warning to Humanity”. They called on humanity to curb environmental destruction, warning “all...
read moreEuropean Breeding Bird Atlas 2
European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 – join in and support one of the largest mapping projects The European Bird Census Council (EBCC), together with its partners across Europe, will produce a new European Breeding Bird Atlas 2 (EBBA2), to update the ground-breaking first...
read moreMember Forum – Announcements
Lecturer/ Senior Lecturer at the University of Glasgow
Glasgow University seeks a Lecturer / Senior Lecturer in ecophysiology. The position was held so far by an ornithologist but is not tied to birds. Expectations are as follows: To engage in high quality research and scholarship of international significance. To...
read morePhD in Evolutionary Ecology and Functional Genomics, Bielefeld, Germany
One PhD position in evolutionary ecology and functional genomics is available at at Bielefeld University in the Evolutionary Biology group (with PD Dr Tim Schmoll, see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/biologie/Evolutionsbiologie in collaboration with the Department of...
read more6th International Eurasian Ornithology Congress
We have a pleasure to inform you that dateline of abstract submission for "6th International Eurasian Ornithology Congress on 23-27 April 2018 in Heidelberg, Germany" is on 31 January 2018. On-line registration/abstract delivery for IEOC2018 is open at...
read morePostdoc on songbird migration in Bangor, UK
POSTDOCTORAL OPPORTUNITY AT BANGOR UNIVERSITY Applications are invited for the above 3 year fixed-term, full-time post working in the School of Biological Sciences. We are seeking a dynamic researcher to fulfil a leading role on a BBSRC funded project that will...
read morePostdoc on blue tit phenology in Edinburgh, Scotland
Albert Phillimore is looking for a postdoc for his work on blue tits along a multi-site transect in Scotland: A three-year postdoctoral research position is available in a NERC funded project studying the relationship between temperature and optimal breeding phenology...
read moreTwo postdoctoral research posts available
Both posts are funded by the UK Natural Environment Research Council, on a project that aims to understand demographic variation and population dynamics arising in partially-migratory systems. Quantitative ecologist (24 months), to undertake statistical analyses of a...
read moreNew: Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity
Dear friends and colleagues, I am forwarding this announcement and invitation on behalf of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Wildlife and Biodiversity. The JWB is a new journal covering several aspects of wildlife and biodiversity research. We are now looking for...
read morePhD vacancy
The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) based in Wageningen is looking for a PhD-candidate for research on the ecology of goose migration to the Arctic: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacatures/phd-arctic-migration-ecology.
read moreJob announcement: Coordinator of the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme
The Czech Society for Ornithology/EBCC is looking for a Coordinator of the Pan-European Common Bird Monitoring Scheme. A candidate will be responsible for producing European common bird trends and indicators. Applications should be sent before 3 September 2017. For...
read morepost-doc positions available: Cornell Lab of Ornithology
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology invites applications for our Edward W. Rose Postdoctoral Fellowships. These competitive postdoctoral fellowship awards (www.birds.cornell.edu/postdoc) support innovative, independent research by early career scholars of exceptional...
read morePhD-candidate vacancy
The Netherlands Institute of Ecology (NIOO-KNAW) based in Wageningen is looking for a PhD-candidate for research on behavioural and physiological mechanisms mediating the costs and benefits of migration:...
read moreAnimal Movement Analysis summer course
The Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics (IBED) is pleased to announce our Animal Movement Analysis summer course which will be held at the University of Amsterdam from 2-7 July 2017. We will be running the course together with the research school PE&RC....
read morePhD positions available
The Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics has an opening for two PhD positions in movement ecology Closing date is 15 March 2017. More information can be found here:...
read morePostdoc and MSc vacancies at UCC
Postdoc and a research Masters positions on the new SHINE project on Hen Harrier ecology and conservation at UCC are available. For further details please have a look at https://www.ucc.ie/en/forestecology/research/shine/ and the attachments. OrnithologyPostDocadvert...
read moreWANTED: data on flock size of migrant birds departing from stopover sites
Andrew Berdahl, a postdoc at the Santa Fe Institute (USA), works on social animal behaviour, particularly in the context on migration. He is working with a physicist to make a more general version of a migration timing model that he originally developed for fish...
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