Employment & Opportunities

Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography - Newcastle University

The Lecturer/Senior Lecturer position is based in Geography, and you will conduct research and teaching in Physical Geography. Physical Geography research focuses on understanding the processes and mechanisms that shape the Earth and how its physical environment supports, and is impacted by, human activities. Research themes within Physical Geography at Newcastle include water science, past environments, glaciology, ecosystems, geomorphology and geohazards. All these themes shape our research-led undergraduate and postgraduate teaching programmes. We seek to appoint someone who principally uses quantitative techniques in palaeoecology, ecology/biogeography, or geomorphology to address questions related to environmental change in their research. 

For more details, please click here.

Closing Date: 02 March 2022

Informal enquiries can be made to: Dr Andrew Henderson ( ) and Dr Stuart Dawley ( ).

PhD Position - University of Sheffield

Dr. Charles Rougé from University of Sheffield is looking for a PhD student to join his group starting October 2022 to work on advancing water infrastructure planning models and techniques by tackling an emerging threat to water supply: harmful algal blooms in strategic water supply reservoirs. More details here.

This project is an excellent opportunity combining exciting research, strong links with industry (including a 3.5 months placement at a forward-thinking water company serving 6 million residents), and a stipend which makes this vacancy competitive with many entry-level civil engineering jobs in the UK.

12 PhD Positions: Aquatic-Terrestrial Linkages - University of Koblenz–Landau

As part of the Research Training Group SystemLink - Crossing boundaries: Propagation of in-stream environmental alterations to adjacent terrestrial ecosystems, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Institute for Environmental Sciences, University of Koblenz–Landau offers 12 doctoral research positions (PhD students) starting on 1 October 2022.

The 12 PhD researchers will work within small teams, yet together as an entire group on aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. They will conduct experiments in unique aquatic-terrestrial mesocosm facilities combined with laboratory and field research, or develop and apply process-based environmental models. Most PhD projects will combine at least two of these approaches. Methods include molecular diagnostic tools, food-web analysis, advanced methods in soil physics and chemistry, trace chemical analytics, greenhouse gases, or food-web and meta-ecosystem modelling. An individualized course program will complement the research work.

The full announcement and detailed information on the 12 PhD studies can be found here.

Sessional Instructional Opportunities - Langara College

The Department of Geography and Geology at Langara College has an open posting for two instructional sections for the Summer 2022 semester (May to Aug.). The courses are:

• GEOG 1190: Physical Geography - Geomorphology. Posting closes Feb 6.
• GEOL 1110: Introduction to Geology. Posting closes Feb 8.

The courses will be taught on campus, in-person. Instructors are also required to be available for office hours.

Successful applicants new to the LFA employment group may be entitled to begin April 1, 2022 to allow for course preparation and set-up prior to the start of classes

Complete details are available at here.

News & Events

MSc Thesis Defense: Katherine Landoni 

Title: Olivine Diversity in the Leslie Kimberlite, NT: Implications for Transport and Emplacement Processes

Date & Time: Friday, February 4, 2022 at 1:00 pm

Location: Zoom

Climate Emergency Week

Date: February 14 -18, 2022

Location: Virtual

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