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Liebe Kolleg*innen,
die gemeinsame Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Geomorphologie rückt immer näher. Dazu laden wir Sie herzlich vom 4. bis 6. Oktober nach Aachen in das Super C, Templergraben 57, ein. Gerne dürfen Sie sich an diesen Tagen mit einem Vortrag aus allen Teilbereichen am Tagungsprogramm beteiligen. Insbesondere junge Nachwuchswissenschaftler*innen werden zur Einreichung von Vorträgen aufgerufen. Die Teilnahmegebühr beträgt 90 € (ermäßigt 65 €).

Deadlines:

• Anmeldung bis zum 02.07.2023
• Einreichung Abstracts bis zum 02.07.2023

Wir freuen uns sehr auf Ihre Teilnahme an der Jahrestagung in Aachen!
Herzliche Grüße,
Prof. Dr. F. Lehmkuhl & Team

Alle Details finden Sie unten im PDF zum Download oder auf der Tagungshomepage:

https://www.pgg.rwth-aachen.de/go/id/zjjvb

Training School on Methods in Applied Earth- and Aquatic Sciences

• When? 24 - 30 September 2023
• Where? Richards Bay, South Africa
• Who? Graduate Students to PhDs from Southern Africa and Germany
• What? Training in sampling and coring methods in terrestrial and aquatic settings
• Costs? Travel, accomodation and subsistence will be fully covered by funds from the BMBF and DAAD
• Application? Please send one PDF by 15 th June 2023 including Curriculum Vitae (CV), Letter of Motivation and Letter of Recommendation to Prof. Dr. Torsten Haberzettl torsten.haberzettl@uni-greifswald.de or Prof. Dr. Jemma Finch finchj@ukzn.ac.za
• More Info? https://geo.uni-greifswald.de/trainme/

For details please see the teaser trailer and PDF below.

Position 1: research personnel in training (R1), Quaternary geoarchaeology of South Africa.

The research line will be focused on the reconstruction of Middle and Late Pleistocene environments in the central interior of South Africa, using sediments and fossils as proxies. As a trainee researcher, the person will be expected to participate actively in the activities of PEOPLE, including: research stays in South Africa (up to two months per year) and other collaborating centers, laboratory analyses, synthesis and interpretation of results, drafting scientific papers, dissemination of scientific activity, and compliance with the strictest standards of research integrity as required by the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. The PhD student will be trained in micro-geoarchaeological methods (infrared
spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, X-ray diffraction, X-ray fluorescence, magnetic susceptibility, micromorphology of sediments) and will study the formation and post-depositional processes of the sites investigated in the PEOPLE project under the supervision of the PI. The duration of this contract shall be for 47 months. The start date of the contract is estimated to be October 1st, 2023. This temporary position will report to the PI of the PEOPLE project, which will finance the entirety of the salary costs of this contract (gross salary, employer's Social Security contribution, raises and incentives, and end-of-contract payout, if applicable).

Position 2: research personnel in training (R1), Quaternary geochronology of South Africa.

The research line will be focused on establishing a chronological framework of environmental change during the Middle and Late Pleistocene in the central interior of South Africa, using luminescence dating. As a trainee researcher, the person will be expected to participate actively in the activities of PEOPLE, including: research stays in South Africa (up to two months per year) and other foreign collaborating centers, laboratory analyses, synthesis and interpretation of results, drafting scientific papers, dissemination of scientific activity, and compliance with the strictest standards of research integrity as required by the European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity. The PhD student will be trained in micro-geoarchaeological methods for the characterization of dating material at the CENIEH, and in optically stimulated luminescence dating in other foreign collaborating centers, and will study the
chronology of the river catchments investigated in the PEOPLE project under the supervision of the PI.
The duration of this contract shall be for 47 months. The start date of the contract is estimated to be October 1st, 2023. This temporary position will report to the PI of the PEOPLE project, which will finance the entirety of the salary costs of this contract (gross salary, employer's Social Security contribution, raises and incentives, and end-of-contract payout, if applicable).

All details available from the PDF file below and from:

https://www.cenieh.es/en/about-cenieh/vacancies/032023-r1-erc-2021-stg-people

https://www.cenieh.es/sobre-el-cenieh/empleo/032023-r1-erc-2021-stg-people

DEADLINE 31st of May!

At the University of Bremen, Institute of Geography (GEOPOLAR working group), there is a vacancy for the position starting as soon as possible of a Research Assistant (m/f/d) for a period of 3 years.

This position is funded through the DFG project "Regional reconstruction of water availability to extend instrumental hydroclimatic records into the Late Holocene - a high-resolution investigation of calendar year-dated natural archives from maar lakes in the Newer Volcanic Province, south-eastern Australia". The lacustrine sediment records to be investigated offer ideal conditions for the reconstruction of regional water availability as well as of short-term climate fluctuations during the last millennium. The project work will be carried out at the University of Bremen and in international cooperation with universities in Adelaide (Australia), Bern (Switzerland) and Gdansk (Poland).

Please direct any queries to Prof. Dr. Bernd Zolitschka, University of Bremen, e-mail: zoli@uni-bremen.de.

All details see PDF documents for download below (english/german).