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PhD positions open at UEF - The Nordic Borealization Network The Department of Geographical and Historical Studies at the University of Eastern Finland is seeking three motivated PhD researchers for projects on tundra and permafrost peatland changes in northern...

Three #PhD positions related to projects on #tundra and #permafrost peatland changes are currently open at one of our partner institutions!

Application DL: 15.2.2026

#remotesensing #carbonfluxes #arcticvegetation #palsamire 🌱
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NordBorN coordination transition meeting in Trondheim - The Nordic Borealization Network This week Isabel and Mariana V. are visiting James and the new Post-doc Tom at the NTNU in Trondheim to discuss the transition of the coordination role of the NordBorN network. Mariana has been coordi...

Last week Isabel and Mariana visited James and Tom at #NTNU in #Trondheim to discuss the transition of #NordBorN coordination. Tom will take over the coordination role that Mariana has superbly led over the last 2+ yrs.

Read more: nordborn.lbhi.is?p=508

@icbarrio.bsky.social @verdonenm.bsky.social

Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change, Verdonen, Mariana, Barrio, Isabel C, Barbero-Palacios, Laura, López-Blanco, Efrén, Speed, James D M, Defourneaux, Mathilde, García ...

🌲 Defining tundra borealization 🌲

Our new @nordborn.bsky.social review in @ioppublishing.bsky.social standardises the concept of tundra borealization & summarises its main patterns, drivers & consequences. Brilliantly led by @verdonenm.bsky.social & @icbarrio.bsky.social!

doi.org/10.1088/1748...

Borealization of tundra ecosystems with climate and land-use change - The Nordic Borealization Network We are happy to start the new year with the publication of the first topical review from the Nordic Borealization Network, where we introduce the concept of tundra borealization to describe northward ...

New paper out! 🎉
In NordBorN’s first topical review, we define tundra borealization and synthesize evidence for plant and animal community changes, methods for quantifying borealization, and how climate and land-use change are reshaping species distributions. 🌱🌲🦫
Read more: nordborn.lbhi.is?p=474

Do you want to do ecosystem research in the Arctic? This job with the Norwegian Polar Institute might be for you! Apply by Jan 5, 2026!
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Doctoral Programme grant within Polar Research The Swedish Research Council has decided on the applications to be awarded Doctoral programme grant within polar research. Our total grant amount for 2025-2028 is nearly 40 million SEK.

Thrilled to announce that our Polar Research School has secured funding! 🌍❄️ This means 15 new PhD studentships will soon be connected to the program. Stay tuned for updates!
🔗https://www.vr.se/english/applying-for-funding/decisions/2025-11-05-doctoral-programme-grant-within-polar-research.html

This opportunity looks amazing—don’t miss out, apply today!

Join us at the Nordic OIKOS–GfÖ Conference 2026!
📅 14–17 Sept 2026 | 📍 Odense, Denmark
Open call for workshops & thematic sessions!
Deadlines:
Thematic sessions: 16 Jan 2026
Workshops: 17 Apr 2026

👉 Details & submission: vist.ly/4fvnx
#Ecology #NSO202 #gfoe2026 #Science @gfoesoc.bsky.social

Would you like to study #functional trait diversity and biogeochemical dynamics in rapidly changing #tundra ecosystems? Then this #PhD is for you! 👇 You will do fieldwork in #Alaska, #Svalbard and #Italy and work with amazing Matteo Petit Bon. Apply by Dec 19

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This special collection @arcticsciencej.bsky.social features some cool #herbivory research in #Svalbard!

Check out:
👉Dwinnell et al: shorturl.at/hhpe7
👉Paulsen et al: shorturl.at/qURAm
👉Situnayake et al: shorturl.at/fUukv
👉Sato-Bajracharya et al: shorturl.at/v09dU

Abisko Sweden looking over Torneträsk

📢 Do you want to do a #PhD using #hyperspectral satellite data to observe climate influences on tundra vegetation in Sweden? With me and @robertgbjork.bsky.social at U of Gothenburg. Apply by 19 Jan 2026. bit.ly/44duvJI

New paper on potential new alien plants across the Arctic - The Nordic Borealization Network Invasive species are one of today’s main environmental challenges, implicated in biodiversity loss and causing huge ecological and economic costs. So far, the remote and cold Arctic tundra has been sp...

Which alien #plants are most likely to invade the Arctic? Find out in the latest #NordBorN paper!
👉 nordborn.lbhi.is?p=466

Fantastic opportunities for students! Looking for an internship to contribute to cool ecological research? Check this out 👇

Postdoctoral Fellow in Landscape Ecology Department of Physical Geography is one of the major departments within the Faculty of Science. The department has approximately 100 employees and educates approximately 1 000 students annually. Our r

#Postdoc in #landscape ecology with me
How does plant species traits influence communities responce to environmental change? An unique re-survey data set from the UK will be used to explore & test hypotheses about dispersal and persistence 🧪🌍
Apply 30th of November
su.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

🚨Calling all U.K. Arctic terrestrial scientists.

"UK Arctic terrestrial science strengths and priorities workshop"
to discuss and then produce a prospectus outlining the UK’s “Strengths & Priorities” in Arctic terrestrial research.

Info and registration link here 👇
drive.google.com/file/d/1HV0c...

Two new NordBorN ECRs! - The Nordic Borealization Network We are happy to welcome our new PhD researchers, Charlotte Wagner and Hans Meinhard í Eyðansstovu! Charlotte began her PhD in October at the Agricultural University of Iceland. She has a degree in agr...

Two PhD students are joining the #NordBorN team. Warm welcome to Charlotte Wagner at #LBHI and Hans Meinhard í Eyðansstovu at #NTNU University Museum! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=432

Faculty’s research award to Anne Bjorkman Anne Bjorkman’s research shows how human activity affects the biodiversity and ecosystem functioning. For this work she receives the Faculty’s research award.

Super congratulations to @annebeejay.bsky.social on the well-deserved research award from @naturvetenskap.bsky.social! 🥳 www.gu.se/en/news/facu...

NordBorN researchers at the ITEX meeting - The Nordic Borealization Network The 2025 meeting of the International Tundra Experiment (ITEX) was held last 29 September to 3 October 2025 in Nordens Ark, a wildlife park dedicated to the conservation of endangered species in Gothe...

Also you can read more about the participation of NordBorN researchers at the ITEX meeting here! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=446

Funding application writing retreat in Gothenburg - The Nordic Borealization Network Last week, on October 6-8, Mariana and Isabel visited Anne in Gothenburg to work on the resubmission of a funding application to the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks 2025 call. This am...

Super thanks to @annebeejay.bsky.social for hosting the #ITEX 2025 meeting back to back with an intensive 3-day #writing retreat @naturvetenskap.bsky.social in preparation of our #MSCA grant application nordborn.lbhi.is?p=456

We are calling for abstracts for the @worldbioforum.bsky.social session 'Understanding and caring for Arctic biodiversity together'. This will be an interdisciplinary, free-form session open to all taxa, regions and forms of knowledge. Submission deadline 18 Nov. Looking forward to hearing from you!

A snapshot of our expedition to Finnish Lapland this summer, featuring bogs, bugs, a pink hula hoop, and of course, bryophytes and lichens 🌿

Thanks to funders @ec.europa.eu via POLARIN and #MSCActions, and to my brilliant colleagues @miguelvilloslada.bsky.social et al. for keeping morale high!

Check out the Polar Early Career World Summit Synthesis Report, a summary of the input from 238 early career researchers. We were invited to co-create shared priorities relating to polar research planning, generating ideas leading up to the Fifth International Polar Year.

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PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research Natural History Museum Denmark Faculty of SCIENCE University of Copenhagen   Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in coll

Please share widely! The Natural History Museum Denmark @nhmdk.bsky.social is offering a PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research, focused on dark taxa & unknown species, pref. including representatives of Danish flora, fauna or geology.

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Come work with us!

In two week's time, application deadlines close for eight fully funded #PhD positions who will be working together on understanding and mitigating global change impacts and feedbacks from mountains:

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Amazing work led by @nanitundra.bsky.social on plant borealization across the Arctic - where, why and by whom using the ITEX+ database 🌱
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Characterizing the functional trait space of boreal and tundra plants - The Nordic Borealization Network Last week, Beatrice Trascau and James Speed visited Mariana García Criado at the Centre for Ecological Research and Forestry Applications (CREAF) in sunny Barcelona, Spain. Mariana reports back from a...

Can we identify #functional traits that characterize #boreal and #tundra plants? Last week #NordBorN researchers met at @creaf.cat in Barcelona to address this question. Stay tuned for results! nordborn.lbhi.is?p=422 🌱 @nanitundra.bsky.social

Few days left to apply! Join the #NordBorN team at #NTNU University Museum with a 3-year fully funded postdoc position 👇

Assistant Professor position in Traditional Ecological Knowledge at Stanford University. Applications due Sept 30, 2025

facultypositions.stanford.edu/en-us/job/49...

Beavers are poised to invade and radically remake the Arctic A warming climate is enabling rodents to move north

The paper was featured in @science.org
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Beavers (and their ponds) are moving #North! Beaver #expansion will have huge consequences for #tundra ecosystems. Read the latest #NordBorN publication by Ken Tape and James Speed in Environmental Research Letters @ioppublishing.bsky.social

📄 Link to paper: 10.1088/1748-9326/adeba2