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The ILESLA Programme at the University of Oxford is offering a PhD on the oceanography of Aldabra Atoll, Seychelles.
Applications close Thursday 8 January 2026. More information, including how to apply, is here: www.earth.ox.ac.uk/ocean-dynami...
JAMSTEC/Tohoku University, Japan, is offering 10 postdoc opportunities.
You should hold a PhD in a related field by the effective date of employment, and in addition be no more than 5 years post-PhD. Applications close 21 December 2025: www.jamstec.go.jp/recruit/e/de...
Thank you to Dr Nikki Sims-Chilton for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
Swansea University/Prifysgol Abertawe University and the UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology are offering a funded PhD opportunity on βBiodiversity restoration strategies to benefit multiple speciesβ.
Applications close Monday 12 January 2026: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Cute little spikey echidnas have massive poos! The size of a go card! The π© can also be detected by dogs. Let's turn π© into conservation solutions. Great talk by Kate Dutton-Regester at @uq-cbcs.bsky.social @brisbanetimes.bsky.social @qld.greens.org.au @hugepossum.bsky.social
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Thank you to Kate Dutton-Regester for presenting at our CBCS seminar last week.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
Are you ready to embark on your journey into the world of R and statistical analysis? Transform your research questions into robust statistical insights with our 2026 Summer R Workshops in an immersive exploration of R programming and statistical modelling: mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/su...
30.11.2025 22:37 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Thank you to Nathalie Rosenberg Bach for presenting at our CBCS seminar last week.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
Thank you to Liz Foote for presenting at our CBCS seminar last week.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
The IUCN is seeking a full-time, fixed-term (up to 24 months with possibility of renewal) Ocean Programme Officer to be based at their headquarters in Gland, Switzerland.
Applications close at midnight Swiss time on Tuesday 25 November: hrms.iucn.org/vacancy/7439
CBCS's Samuel Ho has published a paper from his undergraduate project, which is the first to collate a database of the introduced vertebrates in Hong Kong and study the factors shaping them and temporal patterns.
Read the paper here link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CBCS alum Divya Narain has led a paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution in collaboration with UNEP-WCMC colleagues titled βA framework for capturing indirect impacts in site-level screening for biodiversity risksβ.
Read the paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Postdoc and lecturing opportunities at The University of Melbourne in Professor Emily Nicholsonβs research group: two postdocs on biodiversity indicators and monitoring (two+ years each) and a four-year lecturing role in ecosystem conservation science.
conservationscience.org.au/2025/10/20/t...
Congratulations to CBCSers Lily Bentley and Alice Twomey and CBCS alums Michelle Ward and Caitie Kuempel, who have all been named as finalists in the 2025 Queensland Women in STEM Prize!
Winners will be announced on Thursday 13 November.
The WWF Protecting Whales and Dolphins Initiative team is looking for a creative writer and copy-editor on a six-month contract to start in early 2026. Closes 17 November: wwfwhales.org/expression-o...
05.11.2025 23:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Registrations now open for Summer R Workshops, 9β13 February 2026.
Transform your research questions into robust statistical insights with our 2026 Summer R Workshops! For more information, see our website mathmarecol.github.io/RWorkshop/su...
For any questions, email cbcs-workshops@uq.edu.au
CBCS Prof. Richard Fuller received the prestigious Society for Conservation Biology Distinguished Service Award. Here, we sat down with Rich to talk about what the award means to him, reflect on his career and hear his thoughts on the future of conservation: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/prof...
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The University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is offering a PhD supervised by CBCS alum Hannah Wauchope and Tom Butterworth. Applications close Sunday 14 December: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
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Thank you to Drew Terasaki Hart for presenting at our CBCS seminar this week.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
The University of California Santa Barbara is advertising for a two-year postdoc to be based at UCSB and working on a recently funded project investigating the contributions of termites to methane cycling in the Afrotropics (fieldwork in the Republic of Congo).
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF03019
The Mindaroo Foundationβs Exmouth Research Lab are providing lab and field support for high-impact science projects to be conducted at their facility in Exmouth, Western Australia - EOIs are open until 3 November 2025. More information, including how to submit your EOI, is here: merl.minderoo.org
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Thank you to Christina Skinner for presenting at our CBCS seminar yesterday.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
Sign up for the International Nature Positive Student Ambassador Programme, run by the UN Environmental Programme and the University of Oxford. Learn more:
www.naturepositiveuniversities.net/student-amba...
From biological oceanography to data science and spatial planning, Dr Jason Everettβs career has been shaped by a passion for understanding the oceans through data.
Here, CBCS spoke with the Senior Research Fellow to learn more about his journey: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/carv...
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Bush Heritage Australia is looking for a full-time, ongoing Field Officer to join their team at Yourka Reserve on Jirrbal and Warrungu Country in northern Queensland, where your work will help protect threatened species and their habitats.
applynow.net.au/jobs/FOY2025
Thank you to Kellie Ashley and Heather Monro-Allison for presenting at our CBCS seminar yesterday.
If you're interested in attending our next seminar, get in touch here: bit.ly/CBCSseminars
CBCS spoke with Hugh Possingham about being elected a Fellow of the Royal Society. In this interview, he reflects on the privilege, people and purpose that have shaped his career β and what he believes matters most for the next generation of scientists.
cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/prof...
Join a compelling free public lecture exploring how scientific expertise informs legal decisions impacted by climate change. T
Register here: www.eventbrite.com.au/e/from-data-...
In a recently published Conservation Letters perspective paper, Carissa Klein and colleagues from UQ explore Australiaβs long-standing claims of global leadership in marine conservation.
Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
CBCS spoke with Samuel Ho, Research Assistant at TERN and UQ graduate, about his journey from aspiring photographer in Hong Kong to freshwater conservation researcher.
Read his story here: cbcs.centre.uq.edu.au/project/amph...
