Monday, February 2, 2009

PhD and Post-Doc Positions Geospatial Indicators for Disaster Risk Management

Please find below the currently open vacancies at the Centre for
Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), Salzburg University – Austria.

Geospatial indicators for disaster risk management (PhD position)

The announced PhD position (30 hours/week) is available from March
2009 (as soon as possible) for 2.5 years, with an option for further
extension and contract renewal in October 2011.


Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the research coordinator at Z_GIS, and
the direct supervision of the project coordinator, the successful
applicant will function as a project collaborator (researcher) and
will perform the following functions:



· contributes to the preparation and provision of project deliverables;

· participates in workshops and meetings;

· tracks schedules of tasks;

· develops an own research plan for the PhD thesis, in line
with envisaged achievements of project- or organizational objectives.







Earth observation for energy studies (Post-Doc position)



The announced PostDoc position (40 hours / week) is available from May
2009 for 3 years, with an option for further extension and contract
renewal in June 2012.



Responsibilities

Under the overall guidance of the research coordinator at Z_GIS, the
successful applicant will function as a project coordinator (senior
researcher) and will perform the following functions:



· acts as a contact person for energy related research;

· prepares operational plans and delegation of work tasks;

· contributes to the preparation and provision of project deliverables;

· organizes workshops and meetings;

· tracks schedules of tasks;

· develops an own research plan contributing to the
achievement of project- and organizational objectives.

Detailed information is available at www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/vacancies

: : . . S t e f a n K i e n b e r g e r . . : :
Centre for Geoinformatics | Salzburg University
Schillerstrasse 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria
Tel . +43 662 8044-5267 | Fax +43 662 8044-5260
mail: stefan.kienberger@sbg.ac.at | web:
http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/kienberger