15 PhD positions at the Science-Policy interface of international biodiversity conservation

We are delighted to announce that the application process is now open for 15 PhD positions through the Inspire4Nature project, of which BirdLife is a partner. Each PhD is in collaboration with one (or more) leading international conservation organisations, including BirdLife. Deadline: 16 April. Inspire4Nature is a PhD training network at the interface between the science and the policy of international biodiversity conservation, funded by the EU Horizon2020 Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions. For details of all the positions and application procedure see www.inspire4nature.eu. The projects that BirdLife International will be co-supervising are: 

• Project 1 - Advancing quantitative analyses for IUCN Red List assessments of species’ risk of extinction: Based at Sapienza University (Rome, Italy), in collaboration with BirdLife International. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project1/
• Project 4 - Projected effect of global change on species’ change in extinction risk. Based at Sapienza University (Rome, Italy), in collaboration with BirdLife International. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project4/
• Project 6 - The effectiveness of protected areas at avoiding species extinctions. Based at the CEFE-CNRS (Montpellier, France), in collaboration with BirdLife International and UNEP-WCMC. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project6/
• Project 12 - Contribution of conservation areas outside formal protected areas to biodiversity conservation and sustainable development. Based at the University of Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark), in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC and BirdLife International. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project12/
• Project 13 - Where will further Key Biodiversity Areas be identified? A modelling approach to focus efforts. Based at Sapienza University (Rome, Italy), in collaboration with BirdLife International. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project13/
• Project 14 - Understanding declines of Afro-Palearctic migratory birds. Based at the CEFE-CNRS (Montpellier, France), in collaboration with BirdLife International, Instituto Superior de Agronomia, RSPB and BTO. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project14/
• Project 15 - Identifying Marine Key Biodiversity Areas using tracking data. Based at ISPA-Instituto Universitário (Lisbon, Portugal), in collaboration with BirdLife International and RSPB. http://www.inspire4nature.eu/phdpositions/project15/