EOU News
COVID-19: How has COVID-19 changed birding?
A study of how COVID-19 has changed birding is launched by Christoph Randler (Tuebingen, DE), Jukka Jokimäki (Arctic Centre, Univ.of Lapland, Rovaniemi, FIN), Piotr Tryjanowski (University of Life Sciences, Poznan, PL) and Maria de Salvo (Univ Catania, IT). If you are...
Call for Symposia proposals, round tables, and pre- and post-congress meetings
Call for Symposia proposals, round tables, and pre- and post-congress meetings 13th EOU Conference Giessen, Germany 14-18 March 2022 Deadline for submitting symposium proposals: 15 March 2021 We invite you to submit symposia proposals for the 13th Conference of...
13th EOU Meeting in Giessen, Germany, postponed
Dear Members of EOU, Hope you are all safe and healthy in these difficult times. The Covid situation is very unstable in most countries at the moment and nobody can predict when we are back to normal (or maybe a new normal!). In view of this, the Local Organizing...
Prepublication offer of the European Breeding Bird Atlas 2
After ten years of work, the results of the second European Breeding Bird Atlas EBBA2 are now compiled in a book. The book is the most up-to-date source of information on distribution, abundance and change of bird populations in Europe. A tremendous effort by the...
PhD positions in Groningen, NL
Hi, we have interesting PhD openings in Groningen (masters required at start of PhD). Many are on birds, see https://www.rug.nl/education/phd-programmes/phd-scholarship-programme/phd-scholarships?details=00347-02S0007MOP The closing date for applications is April 2nd....
OPEN LETTER: Europe’s biodiversity depends on healthy freshwater ecosystems: Save the Water Framework Directive
European Ornithologists' Union The EOU signed an Open Letter to the European Union to preserve the EU Water Framework Directive: "We, the undersigned scientists, stand for the preservation of the EU clean water law, the Water Framework Directive. We urge Member States...
Member Forum – Announcements
13 PhD positions – Behavioural and Cognitive Biology
Please find attached an advert for 13 fully-funded PhD positions in the field of Behavioural and Cognitive Biology. The wide range of topics and supervising teams include Thomas Bugnyar's group with the raven research, one student will focus on "Effects of early-life...
Volunteers for fieldwork in Belarus and Russia, ÉLVONAL Shorebird project
Volunteer shorebird fieldwork opportunity in Belarus, spring 2020 Description: Within the international project ÉLVONAL Shorebird Science we are investigating in detail sex roles evolution in shorebirds at various locations. Here, we are searching for a motivated...
Postdoctoral Fellow Lund University: immune function as physiological mechanism of partial migration
I am recruiting a Postdoctoral Fellow to join my research team at the Department of Biology, Lund University and to work on the causes and consequences of partial migration https://www.biology.lu.se/arne-hegemann. The postdoc fellow will be expected to contribute to...
Workshop: Modeling Population Dynamics, Hungary
Workshop: Modeling Population Dynamics - Estimating Demographic Parameters for Wildlife Conservation Lecturer: Dr. Brett K. Sandercock, Norwegian Institute for Nature Research 13–19 January 2020 University of Debrecen, Hungary The full flyer is here: Demography...
Conference: INTEGRATING SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY FOR CONSERVATION
INTEGRATING SOCIAL BEHAVIOUR AND POPULATION DEMOGRAPHY FOR CONSERVATION OF WILD POPULATION III. ÉLVONAL CONFERENCE ------------------------------------- 10-12 JANUARY 2020 The Conference will take place between 10th and 12th January 2020 in Debrecen (Hungary). The...
PhD postion Exeter, UK: Disentangling the drivers of life-history evolution in the wild
Disentangling the drivers of life-history evolution in the wild: Artificial selection meets natural selection in a unique avian island population. Full advertisement: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/studying/funding/award/?id=3658 Supervisors: Dr Erik Postma, Department of...
Eurasian Ornithology Congress, Izmir, Turkey, 22-26.04.2020
The 7th International Eurasian Ornithology Congress (IEOC 2020) will be held between 22 and 26 April 2020 at Ege University, İzmir, Turkey. İzmir is a lovely town with a famous old city (Ephesus, the house of virgin marry, etc.) and important bird area Gediz Delta....
post-doctoral opportunities at the Cornell Lab of Ornithology (8 Sept 2019 application deadline)
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...
PhD opportunity for Russian student
Opportunity for PhD Moscow & Groningen, NL: Ancient timers in dynamic environments This PhD is co-supervised by Eldar Rakhimberdiev (Moscow State University), Julia Karagicheva (Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research) and Barbara Helm (Universty of...
Workshop: DRONE REGULATION & TECHNOLOGY April 9-12 2019
Western Section Workshops in Partnership with IGIS DRONE REGULATION & TECHNOLOGY April 9-12 2019 Place: Hastings Reserve, Monterey Co., CA This workshop will provide an overview of UAS technology, regulations and image analysis in support of drone applications....
Postdoc/PhD in Evolutionary Ecology and Functional Genomics, Bielefeld
One Postdoc or PhD position in evolutionary ecology and functional genomics is available at the Faculty of Biology at Bielefeld University in the Evolutionary Biology group (PD Dr Tim Schmoll, see http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/(en)/biologie/Evolutionsbiologie) in...
Register for next EBCC Conferene spring 2019
The European Bird Census Council are encouraging registration for their 21st Conference “Bird Numbers 2019”, to be hosted by the LabOr – Laboratory of Ornithology in the beautiful Portuguese city of Evora, 8-13th April 2019 http://www.ebcc2019.uevora.pt/ Bird Numbers...
PhD in behavioral ecology and conservation of shorebirds
Social interactions are among the most fascinating aspects of animal behaviour. In an international project, we study the diversity of mating and parental behaviour in birds. The PhD project we are to initiate will focus on the demographic drivers of sex role reversal...
PhD position – Sex role evolution in shorebirds
PhD studentship based in Debrecen, Hungary 2019–2023 Supervisors: Prof Tamás Székely (Debrecen, Hungary), Dr András Kosztolányi (Budapest, Hungary), Dr Vojtěch Kubelka (Debrecen, Hungary) Sex roles (i.e. courtship, competition for mates, pair bonding and parenting)...
PhD position – The role of immunity in the survival of male and female birds in the wild
- Looking for a (MSc) field work project in Arctic Russia during spring-summer 2019? - Looking for a PhD at an European university? - Interested in avian ecology and evolution? - Love remote field work and work in the laboratory? - Love being part of an international...