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The Department of Geosciences and Natural Resource Management at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for a 2-year fixed-term postdoc position, placed in the Section for Landscape Architecture and Society. The position term may be pro-longed based on performance and funding. We are looking for a postdoc who will be working for 1 year on the SNS-project INSPIRE and 1 year on the project Our Wild Nature (Vores Vilde Natur). As part of the INSPIRE project the postdoc will investigate values and perceptions for integrated forest management among private forest owners in Sweden. As part of the Our Wild Nature project the postdoc will investigate the general populations’ nature awareness in Denmark.

The postdoc should be able to design, implement and analyse choice experiments and questionnaire surveys. Furthermore, GIS expertise is a requirement. The postdoc is expected to be part of several joint research activities, involving researchers with different disciplinary skills. Hence, good collaboration skills are needed. The postdoc will take the lead on some of these activities as jointly agreed. The position requires Scandinavian language skills.

The postdoc’s duties will include research within human dimensions of natural resource management as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties.

Further information on the Department is linked at www.ign.ku.dk. Inquiries about the position can be made to Head of Department Vivian Kvist Johansen.

The position is open from 1 October 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include:

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
  • Research plan – description of current and future research plans
  • Complete publication list
  • Separate reprints of 3 particularly relevant papers
The deadline for applications is 13 July 2025, 23:59 GMT +2.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

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