PhD position: Biodiversity Perceptions of European Citizens and Stakeholders

Are you interested in how European citizens and stakeholders perceive nature and biodiversity, how this influences attitudes and behaviour, and how this relates to identity, polarisation, and backlash of environmental politics? Do you want to investigate this using large scale European, national and regional questionnaires and translate outcomes into communication approaches and policy recommendations? We have an exciting PhD position as part of the Horizon Europe project BIOLOGUE, where you will collaborate with major European Universities and NGO’s.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• Co-develop a conceptual framework to understand biodiversity perceptions and its behavioural consequences.
• Develop, coordinate, and analyse survey instruments at European, National and regional levels.
• Collaborate with scientific partners across Europe to contextualise the survey instrument you developed.
• Contribute to linking survey approaches to social media analysis.
• Write scientific papers about results.
• Translate and discuss outcomes with stakeholder groups, NGOs and policy makers.

What we are looking for: a candidate who is highly motivated to study the plural values of nature and conservation attitudes across European countries and local communities. Your ambition is to use social science research to advance sustainability transformations and the successful and equitable implementation of the Nature Restoration Regulation in Member States. You are interested to conduct large-scale quantitative survey research among citizens and stakeholders across European countries as well as in case-study areas to understand how values, attitudes, emotions and identities inform discussion over conservation policies and management, including polarisation and conflicts between local actors (e.g., landowners, farmers) and conservation advocates. You are keen to collaborate with stakeholders, NGOs and policymakers to translate results into actionable strategies to improve biodiversity communication and implication. You are skilled and experienced in multivariate statistical analysis of empirical (social science) data.

You will work here
The research is embedded within the chair Forest and Nature Conservation Policy Group. You will be supervised by Dr. Arjen Buijs and co-supervised by Dr Marko Lovric.

Editorial staff member Groen Kennisnet

Are you someone who can effortlessly extract the essence from an abundance of information? Do you have an affinity for debt collection and the ability to communicate complex subject matter clearly to different target audiences? Then this is a position that will certainly appeal to you. You will join an intellectually challenging role with plenty of opportunities to apply and further develop your expertise. In return, you can expect not only an attractive salary, but also a high degree of flexibility, including the possibility to work partly from home.

For Groen Kennisnet (GKN) we are looking for an editorial staff member. In this role, you will filter information and gather relevant sources related to the green sector. You will write concise, to-the-point news articles based on these sources and create newsletters for the green sector and education, often focusing on current reports. In addition, you will work closely with colleagues and stakeholders from the green sector to ensure that information is presented effectively on our website and those of our partners.

As an editorial assistant, you are closely involved in all aspects of GKN's services. In concrete terms, the work will be as follows:

• You manage target group-oriented homepages about Food and Biobased Economy, compile dossiers and write news items. This also includes website management;
• You will unlock knowledge in collaboration with partners such as project teams, practice representatives and educational institutions in the green domain;
• You support colleagues in the field of relationship management and communication (e.g. social media, webinars, podcasts, etc.);
• You answer questions via service desk, mail and chat;
• You think along about how our target groups can best be reached online and about the further development of our website.

Groen Kennisnet is the platform for knowledge sharing within the green sector. With more than 500,000 sources of knowledge, GKN is the largest Dutch-language collection of up-to-date and reliable sources of knowledge for the domain of food and greenery. GKN facilitates farmers, researchers, teachers and students in accessing, searching and finding knowledge sources and learning materials in the field of food and greenery. You will work in a compact team.

Functional Application Administrator Corsa

The Document Management & Archives (DMA) department oversees the provision of administrative information and serves in an advisory and supportive capacity to the various units of Wageningen UR in the areas of information management and document management. DMA provides the frameworks and guidelines within which staff must handle the provision of documentary information. The DMA department uses the Corsa archiving application. We are seeking a functional administrator to manage this application, among other responsibilities.

Your duties and responsibilities include:

• You serve as the link between business users and IT; you reach out and engage in dialogue to identify functional needs and determine which processes within the various applications could be improved;
• You monitor performance and optimize it where possible in collaboration with the business and IT teams;
• You conduct tests and implement improvements to the applications and interfaces between them, and you involve key users in the changes;
• You advise and guide stakeholders through effective collaboration;
• Initially, you will primarily work with our Corsa archiving application, but you have the willingness and skills to take on other applications within the team as well.

Your team
As a functional application manager at DMA, you will work closely with other application managers within the Multidisciplinary Property & Facility Service Team (MDT P&FS) and serve as the link between the business and the application functionality. This involves applications in six key areas: real estate management, facility management, physical access control, mobility, office automation, smart campus, and health & safety. For this, we use applications such as Planon, Corsa, Gaiyo, Kuario, and Diversity Travel. The team is responsible for second-line support and troubleshooting for these various applications. You won’t be sitting at your desk all day, but will regularly consult with your stakeholders.

You will work here
At Wageningen University & Research (WUR), a large amount of information is processed every day, both in the core processes of education and research and in day-to-day operations. Developments in the field of (digital) information management are advancing rapidly, and WUR aims to align its information management practices accordingly. The Document Management & Archives Department oversees the provision of administrative information and serves in an advisory capacity to the organizational units of Wageningen UR to support them in the areas of information management and document management.

Research engineer Data management

Do you want to be at the forefront of developing technologies that support significant research initiatives? Join us to shape the future of research data management and make a real impact in the scientific community. We value creativity, continuous learning, and the unique contributions of each team member. It's an exciting job as your activities will vary significantly. Keep reading, as we offer a competitive salary and an excellent work-life balance.

Our IT department, consisting of 200 employees, is responsible for providing a modern ICT environment for education and research. We work in multidisciplinary teams to tackle current challenges in the areas of digitalization, self-service, security, data management, high-performance computing, and cloud strategy. As such, there are plenty of development and career opportunities available for specialists at various levels.

We are looking for an IT specialist for one of our dynamic IT teams. This team is dedicated to enhancing and maintaining our advanced research data management platform. Their work primarily centers around iRODS, integrated with modern technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker, GitLab CI, Ansible, Python, and more. The team is committed to supporting our researchers and improving our IT infrastructure to facilitate cutting-edge research.

You will have the following tasks and responsibilities:

• develop, configure, and maintain the iRODS platform to meet organizational needs;
• write and maintain clear, concise documentation for systems and processes;
• develop code, scripts, and tests to enhance functionality and reliability;
• lead deployment efforts and manage continuous integration and deployment pipelines;
• monitor system performance using tools like Prometheus and Grafana, and optimize as necessary;
• collaborate with researchers and other IT groups within the organization to gather requirements and deliver solutions that support research activities;
• engage with third-party vendors and partners to enhance platform capabilities;
• provide training and support to end-users, improving their interaction with the platform.

Team Leader for the Microbiology Analyses team

Are you an experienced manager with strong communication and organizational skills? Are you fluent in both Dutch and English? Do you enjoy initiating and implementing organizational change? Are you interested in healthy and safe food? And do you also have an affinity for working in a microbiological laboratory? We, Wageningen Food Safety Research (WFSR), have a vacancy for a Team Leader for the Microbiology Analyses team.

What will you do?
As a Team Leader, you combine clarity with connective leadership: you inspire while also providing direction. You are energized by coaching and developing professionals.

As Team Leader Microbiology Analyses within WFSR, you will focus on the optimal functioning of the employees within your team and on the development of the team as a whole. You ensure that team members can perform their work effectively in a pleasant, physically safe, and socially safe working environment. As Team leader, you will have integral responsibility for a team of approximately 30 professionals. Your team performs accredited methods for bacteriology, antibiotic screening, Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR), and molecular techniques related to microbiology.

Your tasks and responsibilities include:

• supporting the personal development, effectiveness, well-being, and job satisfaction of your team members, as well as carrying responsibility for HR-related tasks such as implementing HR policies, conducting development interviews, managing absenteeism and reintegration processes, and creating and executing training and development plans;
• safeguarding the technical research quality of the microbiological analyses, expertise, and output delivered by your team; monitoring progress, identifying bottlenecks, and making adjustments where necessary;
• effectively deploying team members in projects and other tasks essential to achieving team results;
• building and maintaining valuable relationships with other teams and experts;
• contributing to and implementing changes in working methods.

In addition, together with your fellow team leaders, you will be part of the management team of the business unit and act as an important sparring partner for the business unit manager. You will contribute substantively to translating the WFSR vision and strategy into an annual activity plan and strategic workforce planning for your team. You will also represent the business unit in one or more internal working groups.

Where will you work?
Wageningen Food Safety Research conducts research into safe and reliable food. We specialize in (forensic) measurements and develop analytical methods to detect undesirable substances in food. The Microbiology Analyses team focuses on microbiological analyses of feed and food in the broadest sense of the term, from “farm-to-fork.”

Together with four other teams, the Microbiology Analyses team forms the business unit Microbiology & Agri-Chains. In addition to microbiological research, this business unit also conducts research into predicting food safety risks within the continuously changing agri-food chain and applies and develops machine learning for food safety issues.

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