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VLIZ recruits: PhD Researcher Marine Geology

Join our research team as a PhD researcher, working on palaeolandscape reconstruction of the Belgian Continental Shelf.

https://www.vliz.be/en/jobs/vliz-recruits-phd-researcher-marine-geology

Background

We offer a 4-year PhD student position to map and reconstruct the Pleistocene palaeolandscapes of the outer Belgian Continental Shelf (BCS), their evolution through time and connection with adjacent regional palaeolandscapes of the Netherlands, France and the UK. As a PhD researcher you will use state-of-the-art acoustic techniques (high-resolution reflection seismic profiling, ultra-high-resolution sub-bottom profiling and multibeam bathymetric mapping), complemented by sediment (vibro)coring. In recent years a large amount of new acoustic and geotechnical data have been obtained in this area, which are of unprecedented resolution and quality and reveal for the first time that much more of the Pleistocene deposits have been preserved than previously thought. This opens perspectives to reconstruct the palaeo environmental evolution of the area during the Pleistocene, a period for which there are still many questions. As a PhD researcher, you will be based at the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ, Ostend) and enrolled at Ghent University (Department of Geology). The PhD supervisors will be Dr. Tine Missiaen, Dr. Ruth Plets and Dr Thomas Mestdagh (VLIZ) and Prof. Marc De Batist (UGent).

Candidate profile

  • MSc in Geology, Earth Sciences, Physical Geography, or an equivalent degree in related fields pertinent to the research project. An MSc degree is required at the start of the appointment.
  • A keen interest in marine geology, interpretation of marine geophysical data, palaeo-environmental reconstruction. Prior experience (e.g. via master thesis) in one or more of these topics is desirable.
  • Willingness to participate in multi-day marine surveys.
  • Good organizational and interpersonal skills; a team player.
  • Excellent communication skills in English – both orally and written.
  • Highly motivated to conduct scientific research.
  • Critical and creative.
  • Conduct research in accordance with the principles of scientific integrity.
  • Open minded and taking initiative.
  • Passionate scientist, willing to learn new skills and develop excellent research.
  • Willing to work in an international context.

Main responsabilities

  • Conduct an extensive review of existing literature and geological data.
  • Process and interpret acoustic data.
  • Integrate acoustic data with ground-truth data.
  • Formulate research hypotheses and questions.
  • Plan and perform surveys at sea.
  • Collaborate with (inter)national researcher partners.
  • Write high quality research manuscripts for submitting to peer-reviewed scientific journals.
  • Participate in and represent VLIZ at project meetings, follow up and deliver milestones and deliverables.
  • Discuss planning and report progress to principal investigators.
  • Present research at national and international conferences.
  • Undertake the duties in such a way as to promote the project and enhance the reputation and public profile of VLIZ.

For each function, VLIZ considers enthusiastic involvement, collaborative and excellent professionalism, and integrity as important characteristics.

Our offer

  • A contract of definite duration (4 years) as a (doctoral) researcher in a vibrant and international environment at Innovocean Campus. Employment will ideally start om 1st October 2024.
  • According to the enrolment rules of Ghent University, there will be an evaluation after the first year. More information about doctoral research at Ghent University can be found here: https://www.ugent.be/en/research/doctoralresearch
  • A competitive remuneration package based on the candidate’s qualifications and experience according to the salary scales set forth by the Flemish Government on 01-01-2009.
  • Additional benefits: holiday allowance, end of year allowance, meal vouchers, bicycle allowance, bicycle lease, free public transport between home and work.
  • You will have access to an additional hospitalisation health insurance via VLIZ.
  • A good work-life balance through a generous leave package, flexible working hours within a 38-hour working week and the possibility to work partly from home.
  • Opportunities for personal development (training).

About us

Over the last 25 years, the Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) has become a knowledge institution indispensable to the marine research landscape. What started as an institute focusing on science support, has evolved into a national and international point of contact for marine research. VLIZ initiates and carries out multidisciplinary research and supports marine experts by providing research infrastructure, data, information and knowledge. VLIZ supports the blue economy and reaches out to a broad public. VLIZ further broadens its marine horizons and aims at becoming a world player in the field of marine and coastal research.
A stimulating working environment forms the base of our flourishing knowledge institute. The well-being of our employees comes first. VLIZ is looking for colleagues who, with their passion and knowledge, want to strengthen our growing institute and face the blue challenges of the future.

Additional information

For more information concerning this vacancy, please contact:
– Tine Missiaen, head of the research unit Seascapes Past and Future: tine.missiaen@vliz.be
– Ruth Plets, senior researcher Seascapes Past and Future research unit: ruth.plets@vliz.be

Does this vacancy appeal to you?

Send in a cover letter and CV no later than 9th June 2024.

By post: Jan Mees, General director, InnovOcean Campus, Jacobsenstraat 1, 8400 Oostende
By mail: jobs@vliz.be with subject “Vacancy 2024_011_PhD Researcher Marine Geology”
You can contact us by telephone on +32 (0)59 33 60 00.

VLIZ promotes equality and diversity in the workplace. You will be recruited based on competencies. Qualities of people are decisive, regardless of gender, religion, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, or any disability.
Do you have a disability? Please attach a document to your application so that we can adapt our selection procedure where necessary. This information will be handled with discretion.

Procedure

Based on the received cover letters and CV’s, a select group of candidates will be invited for a job interview in the course of June. In case you are selected for the interview, you will be informed by email. The job interviews take place in the offices of VLIZ (or online if necessary) on 1st July 2024. Employment can start immediately after the selection procedure and ideally not later than 1st October 2024.

PhD Position: Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities

https://vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Position-Oceanic-Imaginaries%2C-Oceanic-Solidarities/792973802

Faculteit/Dienst:  Faculteit der Geesteswetenschappen

Opleidingsniveau:  Master

Functie type:  Wetenschappelijk Personeel

Sluitingsdatum:  14 May 2024

Vacaturenummer:  12896

Are you looking for a challenging position in a dynamic setting? The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) currently has a vacant PhD position as part of the Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities project led by principal investigator Mikki Stelder, Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies and Laura Cull Ó Maoilearca, Professor of Performance Philosophy. ASCA is one of the five Research Schools within the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR).

The Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis invites applications for a fully funded 4-year PhD position at the intersection of Critical Ocean Studies, Black Studies, Indigenous Studies, and Anticolonial studies. The position is funded by a starting grant from the Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands led by Dr Mikki Stelder, of which the PhD position is a part.

The PhD fellow will be part of ASCA, one of the five Research Schools within the Amsterdam Institute for Humanities Research (AIHR) and the Global Arts, Culture and Politics Department. ASCA is a research community devoted to the comparative and interdisciplinary study of culture (in all its forms and expressions) from a broad humanities perspective. ASCA is home to more than 120 scholars and 160 PhD candidates, and is a world-leading international research school in Cultural Analysis. ASCA members share a commitment to working in an interdisciplinary framework and to maintaining a close connection with contemporary cultural and political debates.

Candidates can work on a project of their own choosing within the scope of Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities that foregrounds and augments critical perspectives from the Global South (including the South within the North) and are encouraged to think creatively in terms of research design and methodologies. We invite interested candidates to prepare short proposals (details below) that could, for instance, examine:

  • Oceanic imaginaries
  • Oceanic solidarities
  • Ocean justice
  • Rethinking our relations to/through water
  • Memories and afterlives of the Middle Passage
  • Ocean-borne colonialism
  • Black Atlantic, Black Pacific
  • Militarization of the sea/ocean
  • The role of the ocean in struggles for decolonization
  • The ocean and the racial capitalocene
  • Ships and shipping
  • The limitations of white critical ocean studies
  • Oceanic philosophies and cosmologies in the Global South
  • Islands and archipelagoes
  • Ocean poetics
  • Creative watery methods
  • Anti-disciplinary oceanic scholarship
  • Oceans as Archives
  • Oceans and Imperialism
  • Deep sea mining
  • Bodies of water
  • Oceans and poetics

You will design your own independent research project and will be part of a dynamic research environment where you are able to attend and create research groups and participate in a lively ASCA community of interdisciplinary scholarship.

What are you going to do?

You will be working on an independent research project of your own design that examines questions around oceanic imaginaries and oceanic solidarities that foreground and augment critical and creative perspectives from the Global South (including the South within the North). You are expected to have a strong interest in critical theoretical lineages of Indigenous Studies, Black Studies, Caribbean Philosophy, Pacific Studies, Archipelagic and/or Anticolonial Studies as they intersect with thinking about the ocean. You should display an awareness around the limitations of Anthropocene and critical ocean studies discourses that fail to examine the role of imperialism and colonialism and a keen understanding of your relation to your own research.

During the PhD, you will develop your own guided independent study of the fields critical to your project. Furthermore, you are invited to show creativity in research design and methodology beyond conventional academic methods and writing. Your supervisors will guide you through the process of becoming a more independent researcher. You will also co-design a research group on Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities and have the opportunity to design a symposium.

Tasks and responsibilities:

  • Submission of a PhD thesis within a four-year period;
  • Shaping and participating in an Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities research group;
  • Publishing one single-authored, peer reviewed article;
  • Presenting intermediate research results at workshops and conferences, including outside of the Netherlands;
  • Organising knowledge dissemination activities: in collaboration with the Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities research group;
  • Participating in the Research Schooland Faculty of Humanities PhD training programmes;
  • The opportunity to co-teach at the BA level in the second or third year of the appointment (max. 0,2fte per year).

What do you have to offer?

We are looking for candidates who display a keen awareness and curiosity about the potential of Oceanic Imaginaries, Oceanic Solidarities and a passion for non-Eurocentric perspectives on Ocean Justice.

Your experience and profile

Candidates need to have the following qualifications:

  • a completed Master’s degree in cultural studies, literary and cultural analysis, gender studies, media studies, artistic research, philosophy, black studies, indigenous studies, or related disciplines. You may apply if you have not yet completed your Master’s degree only if you provide a signed letter from your supervisor stating that you will graduate before 01 September 2024;
  • excellent research skills demonstrated by an outstanding Master’s thesis and a demonstrable capacity to develop a track record of publishing in high-ranking journals and/or with leading presses or professional arts venues;
  • a strong cooperative attitude and willingness to engage in collaborative research;
  • enthusiasm for communicating academic research to non-academic audiences;
  • experience with the principles of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
  • good command of the English language.

Please note that if you already hold a doctorate/PhD or are working towards obtaining a similar degree elsewhere, you will not be admitted to a doctoral programme at the UvA.

What can we offer you?

We offer a temporary employment contract for the period of 48 months. The first contract will be for 16 months, with an extension for the following 32 months, contingent on a positive performance evaluation within the first 12 months. The employment contract is for 38 hours a week. The preferred starting date is 01 September 2024 or as soon thereafter.

Your salary is in the first year of the employment contract € 2,770 up and in the last year a maximum of € 3,539 gross per month on the basis of a full working week of 38 hours. This sum does not include the 8% holiday allowance and the 8,3% year-end allowance. Favourable tax agreements may apply to applicants moving from abroad. The Collective Labour Agreement of Dutch Universities is applicable.

What else do we offer?

  • excellent possibilities for further professional development and education;
  • an inspiring academic and international work environment in the heart of Amsterdam;
  • an enthusiastic and professional academic team.

About us

The University of Amsterdam is the largest university in the Netherlands, with the broadest spectrum of degree programmes. It is an intellectual hub with 42,000 students, 6,000 employees and 3,000 doctoral students who are all committed to a culture of inquiring minds.

The Faculty of Humanities provides education and conducts research with a strong international profile in a large number of disciplines in de field of language and culture. Located in the heart of Amsterdam, the faculty maintains close ties with many cultural institutes in the capital city. Research and teaching staff focus on interdisciplinary collaboration and are active in several teaching programmes.

Want to know more about our organisation? Read more about working at the University of Amsterdam.

Questions?

If you have any questions about the position or the department, please contact during office hours:

Job application

If you feel the profile fits you, and you are interested in the job, we look forward to receiving your application. You can apply online via the link below. We will accept applications until 12 May 2024.

Your application should include the following information:

  • a motivation letter in which you demonstrate that you match the call profile and that you are able to conduct independent research (1000 words)
  • a research proposal (1500 words), including:
  • project summary
  • theoretical frameworks
  • method/approaches
  • research aims/objectives
  • a short bibliography, which indicates an awareness of the “state of the art” in your field(s)
  • work plan and timeline explaining how you will execute the project
  • a list of all Master-level modules you have taken, with an official transcript of grades;
  • the names and email addresses of two references, including your thesis advisor, who may be approached by the selection committee
  • A diversity statement (500 words) explaining how your experiences will contribute to shaping and enhancing a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion at our university
  • A full academic CV:

                                           – full address and contact details

                                            – previous education

                                            – professional information (previous university (or relevant) employment)

                                            – conference presentations and publications, if applicable

                                            – grants/honors

                                             – community engagement/service

                                             – language proficiency:

`                                                                                  – A writing sample (in English), such as a paper or a chapter of a Master’s thesis (+/- 15 pages)

Please submit the required information in 1 pdf by uploading in the required field ‘CV’.

The first round of interviews will be held at the beginning of June 2024.

ASCA wants to improve the diversity of its academic community with respect to ethnicity, gender, sexuality, ability, and class. Applications that contribute to this are particularly encouraged.

Two (2) PhD fellowships/scholarships at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Geoscience programme

https://phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants/open-calls/may-2024/drowned-paleolandscapes-a-geological-record-for-assessing-landscape-and-environment-response-to-postglacial-sea-level-rise-and-climate-change

Drowned Paleolandscapes – a geological record for assessing landscape and environment response to postglacial sea level rise and climate change

Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Geoscience programme. The position is available from August 2024 or later.

Title:
Drowned Paleolandscapes – a geological record for assessing landscape and environment response to postglacial sea level rise and climate change

Research area and project description:
andidates are invited to apply for a PhD fellowship focused on submerged paleolandscape analysis primarily by means of marine geophysical data and sediment cores. The call is for two PhD positions.

The successful candidate will be part of a newly established research group working to assess and quantify the preservation degree of drowned paleolandscapes and the response of low-topography landscapes and environments to rising sea level. More broadly, the project aims to utilize the geological archives of the eastern North Sea Basin to grow our basic understanding and reference framework for how low-topography landscapes and environments respond to rising sea level and climate change over longer time scales.

The two PhD candidates will be working closely together and will be an integrated part of the research group. They will focus on establishing a Drowned Paleolandscape Atlas, describing the geophysical characteristics of specific preserved landscape types and linking seismic morphologies to various paleoenvironments. The project also involves possibilities of numerical modeling approaches including machine learning.

The results from the project will provide information on the geological processes that are prevalent during flooding and sea-level rise. Such information is relevant for future climate mitigation and adaptions, and for a sustainable use of the coastal zones. Additional impact may relate to offshore windfarm constructions and geo-archaeology.

The project involves close collaboration with research and industry partners both nationally and internationally; – including universities and research institutions in the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. The two PhD projects will preferably include a research visit to one of the collaborating institutions.

The research project and the two PhD positions are funded by the Carlsberg Foundation.

For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. When – as here – you apply for a specific project, please simply copy the project description above, and upload it as a PDF in the application. If you wish to, you can indicate an URL where further information can be found.

Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants must have a relevant Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree in geology, geophysics or similar, by July 1st 2024. In addition, the candidate will have demonstrated analytical skills, a good command of English, excellent interpersonal skills, an open attitude to interdisciplinary research, and the ability to work in international collaborations. Previous experience with seismic and acoustic data and sediment cores, software for seismic interpretation and processing, and integrative approaches for combining geophysical, geotechnical, and geological data is highly desired.

Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 2, DK-8000, and the area of employment is Aarhus University with related departments. 

Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information for this project are invited to contact: Associate Professor Katrine Juul Andresen, katrine.andresen@geo.au.dk

How to apply:

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see the Application guide. Please read the Application guide thoroughly before applying.

When ready to apply, go to https://phd.nat.au.dk/for-applicants/apply-here/ (Note, the online application system opens 1 March 2024)

  1. Choose May 2024 Call with deadline 1 May 2024 at 23:59 CEST.
  2. You will be directed to the call and must choose the programme “Geoscience”.
  3. In the boxed named “Study”: In the dropdown menu, please choose: “Drowned Paleolandscapes – a geological record for assessing landscape and environment response to postglacial sea level rise and climate change (DP–gra)”

Please note:

  • The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.

At the Faculty of Natural Science at Aarhus University, we strive to support our scientific staff in their career development. We focus on competency development and career clarification and want to make your opportunities transparent. On our website, you can find information on all types of scientific positions, as well as the entry criteria we use when assessing candidates. You can also read more about how we can assist you in your career planning and development.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background.

Australian Maritime Archaeological Conservation Scholarship

https://scholarships.unimelb.edu.au/awards/australian-maritime-archaeological-conservation-scholarship

This scholarship, worth $15,500 per year, is a top-up scholarship for a graduate research student to undertake a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), in the field of Australian Maritime Archaeological Conservation.

Eligibility

To be eligible for this scholarship, you must:

  • meet the entry requirements for a Faculty of Arts PhD and have applied to complete a PhD in the field of Australian Maritime Archaelological Conservation
  • have achieved a minimum weighted average mark of 75% in the final year subjects, or University of Melbourne equivalent, with a minimum result of 75% for the research component
  • have not already completed a research qualification at the equivalent level as the course for which a scholarship is sought

Selection criteria

Eligible applicants are automatically considered through their PhD application to complete a PhD in the field of Australian Maritime Archaelogoical Conservation, then scored and ranked according to:

  • their academic achievement in completed tertiary degrees
  • their PhD research proposal
  • their analytical skills relevant to the proposed field of study as evidenced in their PhD application
  • other factors relevant to the proposed research, such as professional and applied experience