Vacancies

Doctoral candidate vacancies for ReDiLEEP.

Vacancies

ReDiLEEP will recruit 13 doctoral candidates into linked response diversity projects.

Recruitment of Doctoral Candidates

Recruitment of doctoral candidates will take place during the second half of 2026. General recruitment information, including general eligibility and employment conditions are here:

Read the general recruitment information

Planned Doctoral Projects

DC1, LiU: How structural patterns of species interactions affect response diversity
Host: LiU; PhD-awarding entity: LiU; planned start month: 5.
Main supervisor: Anna Eklöf. Co-supervisor(s): György Barabas.

DC2, LiU: Using soundscapes to reveal how species interaction networks shape response diversity
Host: LiU; PhD-awarding entity: LiU; planned start month: 5.
Main supervisor: Anna Eklöf. Co-supervisor(s): Samuel Ross; Sara Keen.

DC3, UOL: The effect and fate of response diversity under environmental change
Host: UOL; PhD-awarding entity: UOL; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Helmut Hillebrand. Co-supervisor(s): Maren Striebel.

DC4, CarU: How can we measure response diversity at scale across taxa?
Host: CarU; PhD-awarding entity: CarU; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Fredric Windsor. Co-supervisor(s): Samuel Ross.

DC5, CarU: Do biotic interactions homogenise responses and reduce response diversity?
Host: CarU; PhD-awarding entity: CarU; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Fredric Windsor. Co-supervisor(s): Giulia Ghedini; Tad Dallas.

DC6, UNamur: A general theory of response diversity effects on stability and coexistence
Host: UNamur; PhD-awarding entity: UNamur; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Frederik De Laender. Co-supervisor(s): Mike Fowler; Giulia Ghedini.

DC7, UNamur: Mean response and response diversity predict impact across environmental contexts
Host: UNamur; PhD-awarding entity: UNamur; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Frederik De Laender. Co-supervisor(s): Owen Petchey.

DC8, CSIC: Disruption of compensatory dynamics under extreme climatic events
Host: CSIC; PhD-awarding entity: Universitat de València; planned start month: 3.
Main supervisor: Francesco de Bello. Co-supervisor(s): Alicia Montesinos.

DC9, UH: Boreal forest and tundra plant communities under environmental change
Host: UH; PhD-awarding entity: UH; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Elina Kaarlejärvi. Co-supervisor(s): Laura Antão.

DC10, SwanU: Restoration of co-invading alien plant species
Host: SwanU; PhD-awarding entity: SwanU; planned start month: 1.
Main supervisor: Mike Fowler. Co-supervisor(s): Dan Eastwood, Dan Jones.

DC11, UZH: Integrating response diversity into policy
Host: UZH; PhD-awarding entity: UZH; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Owen Petchey. Co-supervisor(s): Maria Santos; Cornelia Krug; Ute Jacob.

DC12, UZH: Opportunities and barriers for response-diversity-enabled policy
Host: UZH; PhD-awarding entity: UZH; planned start month: 4.
Main supervisor: Maria Santos. Co-supervisor(s): Owen Petchey; Cornelia Krug; Ute Jacob.

DC13, Monash: Physiological basis and consequences of response diversity
Host: Monash; PhD-awarding entity: Monash; planned start month: 6.
Main supervisor: Giulia Ghedini. Co-supervisor(s): Frederik De Laender; Mike Fowler; Helmut Hillebrand.