EOU News
Turku 2017 – President’s reflections
In a time when more and more walls seem to be built, I am proud to belong to a Union that tries to break down walls and borders. This has been the quest of the European Ornithologists’ Union ever since it started. This was also very much the leading star at the 11th...
read moreInformation for the EOU General Meeting in Turku
Dear Members, it is my pleasure as Secretary of the EOU to invite you to the General Meeting of the EOU at Turku. We will have an upcoming election, and a number of exciting topics will be discussed. Please find attached the Agenda, information on the election,...
read moreSeeking new members of the EOU Council
Seeking new members of the EOU Council An invitation to all dynamic and hard-working ornithologists of Europe! Are you willing to serve on the EOU Council for the period 2017-2021? We are seeking four new members of Council, and a new President Elect, to be elected at...
read more11th EOU, Turku August 2017: Call for Abstracts
We are delighted to invite you to actively participate in the 11th Conference of the EOU which is being held in Turku, Finland, on 18 - 22 August 2017. Submission for abstracts is now open and will close on 28th February. Please click the links to EOU Turku 2017 to...
read moreCall for Symposia proposals, Turku
Call for Symposia proposals We invite you to submit symposia proposals for the 11th Conference of the European Ornithologists’ Union, to be held in Turku, Finland, 18 – 22 August 2017. The EOU conference offers a unique opportunity for presenting your research to a...
read moreFledglings meeting: young ornithologists invited to meet in Vienna in November!
You are a young ornithologist and want to meet peers of your age from across Europe to learn about their projects, present your own, and connect with them in a relaxed surrounding? Then you might be interested in the upcoming 1st joint meeting of young ornithologists...
read moreMember Forum – Announcements
Two 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...
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...
read moreMigrant Landbird Study Group pre-conference meetings
We would like to announce that we will host a 2 day meeting organised by the Migrant Landbird Study Group in the 2 days prior to the EOU 2017 conference in Turku, Finland. Hence, this meeting will seamlessly join into the EOU start. Registration to this pre-conference...
read morePartnership with International Ornithological Congress 2018 (Canada)
We are happy to announce that the EOU has become an official associate of the upcoming 7th International Ornithological Congress 2018, This will be the largest international bird event in history and will take place in Vancouver, Canada, from 19-26 August, 2018. The...
read moreEurasian Ornithology Congress, 23-27 April 2018, Heidelberg, Germany
The 6th International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (6th IEOC) will be held between 23 and 27 April 2018 in the University of Heidelberg, the oldest university of Germany (founded 1386). Heidelberg is lovely town with a famous old city and castle. We will be delighted...
read moreSpecial issue Phil Trans: Moving in a moving medium: new perspectives on flight
Royal Society Publishing has recently published a special issue of Philosophical Transactions B entitled Moving in a moving medium: new perspectives on flight compiled and edited by Stephen J Portugal and Emily LC Shepard. This content can be accessed at...
read moreEuropean-wide meeting of Young Ornithologists
From 4-6th of November 2016, the University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences staged the first Fledgelings meeting in Vienna, Austria. Together and with financial aid by the German Ornithological Society (www.do-g.de) and the North Rhine Westphalian...
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