EOU News
Fledglings Meeting 2018 Turin: registration opened
Fledglings Meeting 2018 will be held in Turin, Italy, 26 -28 October 2018 The meeting is targeted at early career researchers (so ‘young’ in career terms rather than years!), in particular students (Bachelor, Master and PhD) and those who have completed their...
read more21st Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC)
The 21st Conference of the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) called Bird Numbers 2019 ‘Counting birds counts’ will be held in Evora, Portugal, on 8-13th April 2019. EBCC conferences are held every three years, bringing together people involved in bird monitoring,...
read moreSummer 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 moreMember Forum – Announcements
New: 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: https://nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacatures/phd-student-animal-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...
read morePostoc position – modelling population dynamics
We are looking for a Postdoc modelling population dynamics using data from a long-term population study with detailed demographic information for a migrant bird. The Post-Doc will be able to develop an own research agenda in collaboration with the research group. The...
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