The Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology (Eawag) is hiring a tenure-track group lead in integrative ecological systems analysis for model-based analysis of ecological and environmental data from aquatic systems.
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Developing a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste – You can sign on!
For the first time, the United Nations Environment Programme is going to make chemical pollution, similarly to climate change and biodiversity, a priority topic in 2022–2025. The International Panel on Chemical Pollution (IPCP) invites you to voice your support for establishing a global science-policy body on chemicals and waste.
Continue readingPhD position in Soil Ecotoxicology & Modelling in Switzerland
Syngenta Crop Protection AG and Wageningen University jointly offer a PhD position in terrestrial ecotoxicology to model the exposure and effects of pesticides and other stressors on soil organisms.
Continue readingPhD position in Statistical Ecotoxicology at University of Bayreuth

The Junior Research Group Statistical Ecotoxicology at the University of Bayreuth in Germany is seeking to fill a 3-year PhD position in statistical ecotoxicology starting as soon as possible.
Continue readingContract position (HiWi) in Macroinvertebrate Identification at Uni Landau
Dr. Alessandro Manfrin (SystemLink project) is hiring a student researcher to identify freshwater macroinvertebrates in samples, located at the Institute for Environmental Sciences in Landau.
Continue readingAgriculture without paradises? Low intensity agriculture and pesticide use in Eastern Europe

In this post, Verena Schreiner talks about a recently published paper on pesticide pollution in a European region with considerable amount of traditional agriculture.
Continue readingPostDoc position in Terrestrial or Freshwater Ecology at Senckenberg
The Department of River Ecology and Conservation at Senckenberg and the University of Duisburg-Essen jointly offer a PostDoc position to investigate trends in ecological communities over time and space, and to identify drivers of ecological variation.
Continue readingPosition in Ecotoxicology at AGES in Austria
The Austrian Agency for Health and Food Safety (AGES) is hiring an expert in ecotoxicology of crop protection products for pesticide risk assessment and scientific reporting.
Continue readingAutumn school “Dynamic Modelling of Toxic Effects” in Sept-Oct 2021 (online & in-person in Denmark)

Participants will learn how to analyse (eco)toxicity data, mechanistically and with explicit modelling of temporal aspects. The pre-course online lectures run from Sept 13 – Oct 13, 1:30-4:30 PM CET; the in-person training takes place on Oct 18-22 in Denmark (optional).
Continue readingColloquium on Governing Chemicals at OECD on March 3, 2021

ECo-Series and ECORISK2050 host a free online colloquium on “Toxicological Trade Barriers: Governing Chemicals at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development” with Colleen Lanier Christensen (Harvard University) on March 3, 2021, 3-4 PM CET.
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