PhD Position: Ecology of Waterway Management

These positions are part of a larger project funded by LVVN (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature) dedicated to the management of waterways. Waterways, such as ditches, are maintained to ensure sufficient water flow capacity, but also harbour important biodiversity. BALANS will generate knowledge on best practices for future management of waterways, searching for a balance between their practical functionality and their biodiversity. The results will be used for the revision of the new code of conduct for waterway management in the Netherlands (2029) and will be obtained by a consortium including RU, RUG, FLORON, RAVON, and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR), with project management by STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research), and guided by a committee including representatives from the Dutch water boards and species conservation NGOs.

Key topics that will be investigated are the timing, frequency and spatial scales of mowing activities, and the type of machinery applied. Methodological approaches will include the analysis of available data from water boards, field monitoring, field experiments that manipulate mowing and lab-based experiments for a mechanistic understanding. Research will be carried out across different types of landscapes and waterway dimensions, and will include impacts on different species groups (fish, plants, birds, macrofauna, amphibians, mammals) for which we will apply different monitoring techniques (e.g. camera trapping, tracking, surveys).

As a PhD candidate, you will combine data analyses with setting up and running ecological experiments to examine the effects of various types of waterway management on aquatic and terrestrial plant and animal species. The focus will be on field monitoring, field experiments and targeted lab experiments to unravel general mechanisms in the response of species to mowing activity and other stressors. Work will include comparing the effectiveness of sampling techniques on a diverse range of species groups. You will work at the Department of Ecology at Radboud University, collaborating with the other two PhD candidates in this project.

PhD candidates will receive varied, cutting-edge research training, with ample opportunities to attend advanced courses, workshops and conferences, complemented by training in transferable skills and teaching - as standard at Radboud University. As a PhD candidate at Radboud University, you will be expected to be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research, reporting it in international publications and presentations, and presenting the results in a PhD thesis to be completed within four years. PhD candidates will be expected to contribute 10% of their overall workload to teaching.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

The other positions in the BALANS project can be found here:

Postdoctoral Researcher at Radboud University
PhD position at the University of Groningen
PhD position at FLORON/RAVON

Postdoc Position: Ecology of Waterway Management

These positions are part of a larger project funded by LVVN (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature) dedicated to the management of waterways. Waterways, such as ditches, are maintained to ensure sufficient water flow capacity, but also harbour important biodiversity. BALANS will generate knowledge on best practices for future management of waterways, searching for a balance between their practical functionality and biodiversity. The results will be used for the revision of the new code of conduct for waterway management in the Netherlands (2029) and will be obtained by a consortium including RU, RUG, FLORON, RAVON and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR), with project management by STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research), and guided by a committee including representatives from the Dutch water boards and species conservation NGOs.

Key topics that will be investigated are the timing, frequency and spatial scales of mowing activities, and the type of machinery applied. Methodological approaches will include the analysis of available data from water boards, field monitoring, field experiments that manipulate mowing and lab-based experiments for a mechanistic understanding. Research will be carried out across different types of landscapes and waterway dimensions, and will include impacts on different species groups (fish, plants, birds, macrofauna, amphibians, mammals) for which we will apply different monitoring techniques (e.g. camera trapping, tracking, surveys).

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will be coordinating the research for the whole four-year project. You will first have the role of helping the three PhD candidates with setting up their field and lab experiments, overseeing the project’s coherence together with the PIs on the project. Over time, the role will shift towards setting up and carrying out experiments, either together with the PhD candidates or on your own initiative, and ultimately to helping with appropriate data analyses and the writing of the scientific output. For this position, it is required to be able to speak sufficient Dutch, because of a coordinating task in reporting to the project guidance committee consisting of representatives from the water boards, STOWA and species conservation NGO’s (e.g. Vogelbescherming, Zodion). This position requires multitasking skills and offers the chance to build a great scientific and applied network in the Netherlands as well as achieve scientific output.

You will be based at the Department of Ecology at Radboud University and will be entitled to receive varied, cutting-edge research training with ample opportunities to attend advanced courses, workshops and conferences, complemented by training in transferable skills and teaching - as standard at Radboud University. As a postdoctoral candidate at Radboud University, you will be expected to be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research, reporting it in international publications and presentations, and contributing 10% of your overall workload to teaching.

The other positions in the BALANS project can be found here:

PhD position at Radboud University
PhD position at the University of Groningen
PhD position at FLORON/RAVON

PhD Position: Ecology of Waterway Management

These positions are part of a larger project funded by LVVN (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature) dedicated to the management of waterways. Waterways, such as ditches, are maintained to ensure sufficient water flow capacity, but also harbour important biodiversity. BALANS will generate knowledge on best practices for future management of waterways, searching for a balance between their practical functionality and their biodiversity. The results will be used for the revision of the new code of conduct for waterway management in the Netherlands (2029) and will be obtained by a consortium including RU, RUG, FLORON, RAVON, and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR), with project management by STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research), and guided by a committee including representatives from the Dutch water boards and species conservation NGOs.

Key topics that will be investigated are the timing, frequency and spatial scales of mowing activities, and the type of machinery applied. Methodological approaches will include the analysis of available data from water boards, field monitoring, field experiments that manipulate mowing and lab-based experiments for a mechanistic understanding. Research will be carried out across different types of landscapes and waterway dimensions, and will include impacts on different species groups (fish, plants, birds, macrofauna, amphibians, mammals) for which we will apply different monitoring techniques (e.g. camera trapping, tracking, surveys).

As a PhD candidate, you will combine data analyses with setting up and running ecological experiments to examine the effects of various types of waterway management on aquatic and terrestrial plant and animal species. The focus will be on field monitoring, field experiments and targeted lab experiments to unravel general mechanisms in the response of species to mowing activity and other stressors. Work will include comparing the effectiveness of sampling techniques on a diverse range of species groups. You will work at the Department of Ecology at Radboud University, collaborating with the other two PhD candidates in this project.

PhD candidates will receive varied, cutting-edge research training, with ample opportunities to attend advanced courses, workshops and conferences, complemented by training in transferable skills and teaching - as standard at Radboud University. As a PhD candidate at Radboud University, you will be expected to be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research, reporting it in international publications and presentations, and presenting the results in a PhD thesis to be completed within four years. PhD candidates will be expected to contribute 10% of their overall workload to teaching.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

The other positions in the BALANS project can be found here:

Postdoctoral Researcher at Radboud University
PhD position at the University of Groningen
PhD position at FLORON/RAVON

Postdoc Position: Ecology of Waterway Management

These positions are part of a larger project funded by LVVN (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature) dedicated to the management of waterways. Waterways, such as ditches, are maintained to ensure sufficient water flow capacity, but also harbour important biodiversity. BALANS will generate knowledge on best practices for future management of waterways, searching for a balance between their practical functionality and biodiversity. The results will be used for the revision of the new code of conduct for waterway management in the Netherlands (2029) and will be obtained by a consortium including RU, RUG, FLORON, RAVON and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR), with project management by STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research), and guided by a committee including representatives from the Dutch water boards and species conservation NGOs.

Key topics that will be investigated are the timing, frequency and spatial scales of mowing activities, and the type of machinery applied. Methodological approaches will include the analysis of available data from water boards, field monitoring, field experiments that manipulate mowing and lab-based experiments for a mechanistic understanding. Research will be carried out across different types of landscapes and waterway dimensions, and will include impacts on different species groups (fish, plants, birds, macrofauna, amphibians, mammals) for which we will apply different monitoring techniques (e.g. camera trapping, tracking, surveys).

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will be coordinating the research for the whole four-year project. You will first have the role of helping the three PhD candidates with setting up their field and lab experiments, overseeing the project’s coherence together with the PIs on the project. Over time, the role will shift towards setting up and carrying out experiments, either together with the PhD candidates or on your own initiative, and ultimately to helping with appropriate data analyses and the writing of the scientific output. For this position, it is required to be able to speak sufficient Dutch, because of a coordinating task in reporting to the project guidance committee consisting of representatives from the water boards, STOWA and species conservation NGO’s (e.g. Vogelbescherming, Zodion). This position requires multitasking skills and offers the chance to build a great scientific and applied network in the Netherlands as well as achieve scientific output.

You will be based at the Department of Ecology at Radboud University and will be entitled to receive varied, cutting-edge research training with ample opportunities to attend advanced courses, workshops and conferences, complemented by training in transferable skills and teaching - as standard at Radboud University. As a postdoctoral candidate at Radboud University, you will be expected to be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research, reporting it in international publications and presentations, and contributing 10% of your overall workload to teaching.

The other positions in the BALANS project can be found here:

PhD position at Radboud University
PhD position at the University of Groningen
PhD position at FLORON/RAVON

PhD Position: Ecology of Waterway Management

These positions are part of a larger project funded by LVVN (Dutch Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature) dedicated to the management of waterways. Waterways, such as ditches, are maintained to ensure sufficient water flow capacity, but also harbour important biodiversity. BALANS will generate knowledge on best practices for future management of waterways, searching for a balance between their practical functionality and their biodiversity. The results will be used for the revision of the new code of conduct for waterway management in the Netherlands (2029) and will be obtained by a consortium including RU, RUG, FLORON, RAVON, and Wageningen Environmental Research (WEnR), with project management by STOWA (Foundation for Applied Water Research), and guided by a committee including representatives from the Dutch water boards and species conservation NGOs.

Key topics that will be investigated are the timing, frequency and spatial scales of mowing activities, and the type of machinery applied. Methodological approaches will include the analysis of available data from water boards, field monitoring, field experiments that manipulate mowing and lab-based experiments for a mechanistic understanding. Research will be carried out across different types of landscapes and waterway dimensions, and will include impacts on different species groups (fish, plants, birds, macrofauna, amphibians, mammals) for which we will apply different monitoring techniques (e.g. camera trapping, tracking, surveys).

As a PhD candidate, you will combine data analyses with setting up and running ecological experiments to examine the effects of various types of waterway management on aquatic and terrestrial plant and animal species. The focus will be on field monitoring, field experiments and targeted lab experiments to unravel general mechanisms in the response of species to mowing activity and other stressors. Work will include comparing the effectiveness of sampling techniques on a diverse range of species groups. You will work at the Department of Ecology at Radboud University, collaborating with the other two PhD candidates in this project.

PhD candidates will receive varied, cutting-edge research training, with ample opportunities to attend advanced courses, workshops and conferences, complemented by training in transferable skills and teaching - as standard at Radboud University. As a PhD candidate at Radboud University, you will be expected to be committed to conducting independent and original scientific research, reporting it in international publications and presentations, and presenting the results in a PhD thesis to be completed within four years. PhD candidates will be expected to contribute 10% of their overall workload to teaching.

Would you like to learn more about what it’s like to pursue a PhD at Radboud University? Visit the page about working as a PhD candidate.

The other positions in the BALANS project can be found here:

Postdoctoral Researcher at Radboud University
PhD position at the University of Groningen
PhD position at FLORON/RAVON