Opportunities

Become involved

We always welcome additional support, particularly in collaborations on exploring the data acquired within this project.

If you think you have anything to offer or any exciting ideas on collaborating, please get in touch with Andreas Heinemeyer (see contact details on right).

Job opportunities

PhD

Competitive call - ACCE DTP (closed):

Going back to a peaty future: exploring past peat loss, present restoration options and future peat gains within the North York Moors National Park

(primarily for UK students)

Apply (click here)

closed 14/01/2022


Previous adverts/position (below)

Previous adverts (closed):

PhD

Competitive call - ACCE DTP:

Dynamic Landscapes, Changing Climate and Ecosystem Functioning: Modelling past losses, present extend and future C storage potential of peatlands within the North York Moors National Park

(primarily for UK students)

Apply (click here)

closed 15/01/2021


Research Associate

part-time STATS-MODELLER

fixed term contract to 31 March 2022

closed 22/10/2020


  • PhD position (OLD!) ONLY for UK or EU students !

"Dynamic Landscapes, Changing Climate and Ecosystem Functioning: Modelling past losses, present extend and future potential of peatlands within the North York Moors National Park"

a fully funded (non-competitive) NERC ACCE DTP-CASE studentship:

deadline 8th January 2020

With North York Moors National Park (and Prof R. Chiverrell at Liverpool University)

APPLY HERE: Find a PhD

  • please contact me for any PhD project ideas etc. you might have. I am always happy to discuss ideas.

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    • PhD position (closed)

"Unravelling plant-soil processes as drivers of change in peatland ecosystem services: linking habitat status to climate and management impacts on carbon dynamics and water quality"

NERC i-CASE studentship

With Natural England (upland specialists and climate change)

    • PhD position (closed)

"Does moorland restoration protect peatlands against wildfire?"

NERC ACCE DPT CASE studentship

With CEH Bangor & Moors For The Futures (Peak District National Park) (closed)

    • PhD position (closed)

"Microbes versus management: unravelling the roles of ericoid mycorrhiza, moor-burning and mowing for the climate regulation and water quality ecosystem services of blanket bogs"

NERC ACCE DPT studentship

  • Technician positions "Technician support towards laboratory analysis of soil and water samples" and "Technician support towards field measurments of gas fluxes and water samples" (0.6 FTE (60% part-time) (closed)

  • PhD position (closed - fully funded!) "Assessing UK blanket bog restoration effects on peatland carbon stocks, greenhouse gas emissions and related ecosystem services" (closed)

  • See here for our Holocene Climate/Peat development student summer school (fully funded; closed) in 2014. http://www.york.ac.uk/media/yccsa/documents/summerschool/2014/Holocene%20Climate%20Implications.pdf

Contact details


  • For any further information about the project, or any other ideas for collaborations/projects please contact:


Andreas Heinemeyer andreas.heinemeyer@york.ac.uk.