les candidatures pour la chaire de professeur junior INRAE en Ecologie animale et épidémiologie des maladies émergentes sont ouvertes jusqu'au 12/04 2024:
https://jobs.inrae.fr/chaire/chaire-professeur-junior-h-f/cpj24-sa-1
Vous venez de réussir votre master 2 éthologie, écologie, and coe, ce blog est le vôtre! Il vous permet de retrouver différentes offres de PhD, emplois, stages, et même post doc pour les "anciens"... Outil de mise en réseau des informations, ce blog offre à chacun de la liberté de participer et ainsi permettre à tous de trouver au plus vite sa prochaine étape professionnelle. Si vous avez une offre à poster, transmettez la à : marine.grandgeorge@univ-rennes1.fr
les candidatures pour la chaire de professeur junior INRAE en Ecologie animale et épidémiologie des maladies émergentes sont ouvertes jusqu'au 12/04 2024:
https://jobs.inrae.fr/chaire/chaire-professeur-junior-h-f/cpj24-sa-1
Passionné(e) par le bien-être animal ? Rejoignez-nous pour contribuer à une étude sur le bien-être des chevaux ! Vous aurez l'opportunité de travailler sur le traitement de données comportementales et physiologiques (avec éventuellement une phase de terrain en mai) et de vous immerger dans un bureau d'études en éthologie.
PhD position in Animal Behaviour 'The
meaning of vocal signals in meerkats'
A PhD position funded up to 4 years will be available from June 2024 at the Department of Evolutionary
Biology and Environmental Studies, University of Zurich, Switzerland
(https://www.ieu.uzh.ch/en/research/behaviour/cognition.html), to work on 'The meaning of animal
signals' with focus on meerkats (Suricata suricatta)', under the supervision of Prof. Marta Manser. You
will conduct research on how meaning is generated and understood without language, within a larger
collaboration of primate and human researchers. Our goal is to compare non-primate (meerkat) and
primate (sooty mangabey) vocal signals with non-linguistic sounds humans produce before and after the
onset of language. The focus of this position will be on meerkats with data collection at our habituated
field population at the Kalahari Meerkat Project in South Africa (http://www.kalahari-
meerkats.com/kmp).
The position is funded by the National Centre of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language
www.evolvinglanguage.ch, a Swiss consortium with the ambitious goal of creating a new discipline,
Evolutionary Language Science, that targets the past and future of language. The consortium consists of
leading scientists from traditionally separated academic domains, which allows us to harvest the diverse
expertise from the humanities, social sciences, computational sciences, natural sciences and medicine
towards a broadscale interdisciplinary collaboration.
The successful candidate is expected to:
- hold a Master degree in Animal Behaviour or a relevant discipline
- demonstrate strong interest in animal cognition/vocal communication
- design and implement observational data collection and field experiments
- possess solid background in statistics and data processing
- be committed for up to 24 months of fieldwork
- be fluent in English (oral and written)
- carry out (some) administrative and teaching assistance
The position is open from 1 June 2024 (negotiable) for a maximum duration of 4 years. Salary is
according to the pay scale of the Swiss National Science Foundation. The positions are available until
filled; we will start reviewing applications from 15 March 2024.
To apply, please compile the following documents into a single PDF labeled ‘YourSurname.pdf’ and send
it to megan.wyman@ieu.uzh.ch
- Cover letter (mentioning previous research and future research motivation)
- Curriculum vitae (including publication list and graduate and undergraduate degree
certificates)
- Contact details of two scientific referees
For further information contact marta.manser@ieu.uzh.ch
We take gender balance and diversity seriously in hiring decisions.
Title: Research co-ordinator Bugoma Primate Conservation Project, Uganda
Expiration date: as soon as filled, ideal start date: April 2024, minimum commitment 6-months.
Position Description: We are seeking a Research Coordinator to assist in the management of the camp, long-term research data, ongoing habituation of the Mwera chimpanzee community, and conservation activities etc. at the Bugoma Primate Conservation Project in Uganda. The Bugoma Forest reserve covers an area of 400km2 in Western Uganda bordering Lake Albert, and has an estimated population of 500 chimpanzees.
The Bugoma Primate Conservation Project was established in 2015 by Dr Thibaud Gruber, University of Geneva, and Dr Cat Hobaiter, University of St Andrews. In 2016, we started chimpanzee habituation and in 2017 we started habituation with Ugandan mangabeys. For more information about the project and area please see the website: http://www.bugomaprimates.com
Primate habituation and conservation work is a physically and mentally demanding job that involves long days and hard work in an isolated rainforest environment; however, it presents an excellent opportunity to gain genuine field experience for those hoping to go on into graduate field research. We have worked with the Mwera chimpanzee community for over 7-years and habituation is progressing well - we aim to nest-to-nest follow our chimpanzees so field days are long. At the same time there are periods of weeks in which we have difficulty in finding the chimpanzees at all, and must still search for them over physically and mentally demanding 12hr days. Our site is located inside the Forest Reserve, and has housing with basic cooking, showering, and solar power facilities.
This position will particularly focus on 1) managing the habituation teams and the long-term site data, 2) managing the field-camp in the Bugoma Forest Reserve, and 3) assisting in conservation outreach, and community meetings. We employ a low-impact habituation protocol, and also employ remote data collection such as camera-traps, as well as traditional focal follows. The research coordinator will go into the field, but this is on approximately 40% of working days, other working days are devoted to data, team, and site management, as well as off-site conservation and project-management duties.
The position comes with a stipend of 640 CHF per month. Accommodation is provided, as is return international travel if needed (as well as occasional travel for project related activity in Kampala etc.). Food costs, which are around 100-150 USD per month, and other personal costs such as insurance are not covered. Mobile phone and basic 3G email/whatsapp connectivity is possible from camp, and reasonable connections (including video calls) are possible from the local village.
Qualifications: Some prior experience managing a field team is required as the conditions are demanding and the area has a number of significant conservation and human-wildlife challenges. Prior primate experience and experience working in subsaharan Africa is optional but preferred, as are skills working with data, for example R and QGIS. The position will be supervised by Dr Thibaud Gruber & Dr Catherine Hobaiter who visit site regularly, but are usually located at other sites.
We particularly encourage people from traditionally under-represented groups in our field to apply.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate how their direct experience or the skills acquired in other areas make them suited to the work. They will have an excellent level of physical fitness and be able to work independently under isolated and demanding conditions in a hot and humid environment, and with a small diverse research team.
Please apply with a CV and a short personal statement indicating why you are suitable and what you would like to gain from this position (1-page max). Please contact Dr Gruber (thibaud.gruber@gmail.com) & Dr Hobaiter (clh42@st-andrews.ac.uk) by email. Once individuals are short-listed for an online interview we will ask for 2 letters of reference.
Nous proposons deux bourses de thèse pour travailler dans l'équipe ESORE de l'IRBI (UMR7261 CNRS-Université de Tours) sur :
2- l'impact des stress thermiques sur la fondation des colonies de fourmis