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Open positions in the ICOS field

University lecturer in atmospheric sciences at Nanjing University, China, Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR), University of Helsinki (deadline 26th February 2026)

Institute for Atmospheric and Earth System Research (INAR) is a multi- and interdisciplinary research unit based in physics, chemistry, meteorology, forest sciences, environmental sciences and social sciences in the University of Helsinki. INAR aims to strengthen the internationally leading, integrated multidisciplinary research and education environment for atmospheric and Earth system science and to feed in scientific results for the national and international environment and climate policy. It performs multiscale research from molecular to global scale and focuses on climate change, air quality, biogeochemical cycles and ecosystem processes. INAR is part of the Atmosphere and Climate Competence Centre (ACCC), a Research Council of Finland flagship programme, with partners in Finnish Meteorological Institute, University of Eastern Finland and Tampere University.

The Faculty of Science invites applications for a UNIVERSITY LECTURER for a fixed-term of three years starting 1.4.2026.

The main duties are teaching for joint bachelor, master and doctoral programs in atmospheric sciences with Nanjing University, supervision of doctoral students and examination of BSc, MSc and PhD theses. The teaching will be performed mainly on-site at Nanjing University campuses in China. The work requires teaching experience in the present degree programmes in atmospheric sciences at the University of Helsinki (ATM-MP and ATM-DP) or equivalent experience of teaching similar courses. The duties of a university lecturer also include research. Working language is English.

An ideal candidate has experience in meteorology. However, any applicant with relevant experience in atmospheric sciences is considered.

Teaching experience and pedagogical training are considered as a merit.

The deadline for applications is 26th February 2026.

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MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship in wind energy, urban climate, and modeling, UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway (deadline 16th February 2026)

UiT The Arctic University of Norway has established The Arctic MSCA-PF program to recruit excellent young researchers planning to apply for a Marie Skƚodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowship (MSCA-PF) to pursue a career in research. We invite applications from promising young researchers within the field of Environmental Science/Geosciences/Physics. The selected candidate will write a proposal for a 24-month MSCA-PF at UiT together with Prof. Igor Ezau as supervisor. This is an opportunity to accelerate your research career while living in the urban research city of Tromsø.

This call is one of 33 from pre-selected supervisors at UiT The Arctic University of Norway through the “Arctic MSCA-PF program”. Successful postdoc candidates will be invited for a two-day MSCA-PF symposium June 10-11, 2026 (hybrid physical/digital event. At this event, the candidates will present their past research achievements, discuss future plans with their potential supervisor and learn how to write a successful MSCA-PF application. The selected candidates will, jointly with the supervisor, write the MSCA-PF application by the deadline of September 9, 2026.

In this call we search for talented, young researchers within the field of Environmental Science/Geosciences/Physics with a particular interest in wind energy, urban climate, and modeling as described by Prof. Igor Ezau:

"My research focuses on diversity of local climates - the climate of the planetary boundary layer, urban climate issues, modeling of atmospheric processes and meteorological resources for renewable energy."

Eligibility criteria

• Supported fellows must be in possession of a doctoral degree at the time of the call deadline. Applicants who have successfully defended their doctoral thesis but who have not yet formally been awarded the doctoral degree are also eligible to apply.
• At the call deadline, supported researchers must have a maximum of 8 years full-time equivalent experience in research, measured from the date of award of the doctoral degree. Years of experience outside research and career breaks (e.g. due to parental leave), will not count towards the amount of research experience. Find Self-Assessment Tool to calculate your eligibility here.
• Recruited researchers must comply with the following mobility rule: they must not have resided or carried out their main activity (work, studies, etc.) in the country of the beneficiary (for European Postdoctoral Fellowships), or the host organisation for the outgoing phase (for Global Postdoctoral Fellowships) for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before the call deadline. 

Deadline for applications is 16th February 2026.

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Ph.D. candidate, Internal climate variability under climate change in Europe, Department of Atmospheric Physics at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic (deadline 5th March 2026)

Internal climate variability (ICV) constitutes an essential part of natural climate variability and is inherent to the Earth's climate system. It is manifested as spatiotemporal modes of variability like ENSO, NAO, etc., but it is also present in time series of observed meteorological elements at all spatial scales. ICV also constitutes an important source of uncertainty in climate model outputs, especially regarding the occurrence of climatic extremes. Furthermore, the ICV characteristics are expected to change with ongoing anthropogenically forced climate change.

The proposed project aims to deepen our understanding of how the ICV will interact with externally forced changes in the statistical distribution of selected climatic variables. Consequences of revealed changes for the occurrence of extreme climatic events will also be investigated.

The research will focus on Europe, with emphasis on central Europe. The analysis will rely on existing climate model outputs from CMIP and LongRunMIP initiatives, as well as Single model initial-condition large ensembles (SMILEs). Specific goals will be discussed and elaborated with selected candidate, depending on their background, interests and skills.

The successful candidate will join the Climate research group and participate in the current research projects, including Czech Science foundation project “Internal climate variability over Europe“ (25–15855S), OP JAK “Georisks” (CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004605) and TAČR PERUN (SS02030040).

The research will be supervised by Eva Holtanová, but the cooperation will embrace also other group members. The Ph.D. study of the candidates will be fully funded, partly from the mentioned projects and partly as a regular monthly stipendium, together making about net 1500 EUR/month income

Requirements:

• Master-of-Science-equivalent degree in meteorology and/or mathematics/statistics, environmental physics or general physics with fulfilled courses on climatology, statistical methods and basics of climate modelling.
• The candidate should have experience with Unix / Linux scripting and programming skills in Python or R.
• A creative mind-set for scientific research
• Willingness to interact with international science community
• Strong communication in English language (spoken and written) 

Deadline for applications is 5th March 2026.

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Communications Officer, EGI Foundation, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, or remotely (deadline 8th February 2026)

We are looking for a Communications Officer to join the EGI Foundation Communication Team.

The Communications Officer ensures smooth, timely, and accurate execution of operational communications tasks across EGI, partners and its EU-funded project activities.
The role provides broad support, helping maintain consistent content delivery, efficient workflows, and high-quality execution of tasks across digital channels.

Primary responsibilities include publishing content on project websites, supporting the production and distribution of newsletters and other communications outputs such as publications, printed materials, digital explainers, videos and contributing to EGI and project-related communications and administrative processes.

The Communications Officer collaborates closely with colleagues across the Communications Team and the broader EGI organisation, as well as with external partners, contributing to coordinated, reliable, and well-organised communication operations.

Key Responsibilities

Website & Content Publishing

• Publish and update content (news, events, resources, project updates) on EGI website and the project websites.
• Format text, upload visuals, ensure accessibility, and maintain consistent structure.
• Manage content-update requests from the Communications Team colleagues.
• Monitor and maintain web content quality, links, and basic SEO elements.
• Support with simple web analytics summaries (page views, downloads, engagement trends).
• Awareness of and willingness to investigate AI tools and trends.

Newsletter Production & Distribution

• Coordinate the collection of newsletter content from Communications Team colleagues.
• Draft introductions, blurbs, and summarised contents where needed.
• Prepare and distribute newsletters in the email platform (e.g. Mailerlite).
• Ensure correct formatting, links, visuals, and contact list segmentation.
• Support A/B testing, scheduling, and post-send analytics.
• Maintain mailing lists and ensure GDPR-compliant subscriber management.

Project & Administrative Support

• Support purchasing and procurement management for communications activities (e.g. prepare purchase orders, create purchase justification documents)
• Coordinate with finance and project management teams to ensure all documentation is accurate and complete.

Communications & Project Coordination Support

• Assist with drafting announcements, updates, or event descriptions for web and newsletters.
• Maintain shared calendars, content trackers, and communication planning tools.
• Provide support for presentation materials, partner updates, and reporting inputs.

Support to Horizontal Activities

• Digital Engagement: help prepare social media posts, schedule content, and update analytics.
• Events: assist with practical event organisation (live events and webinars), event page updates, publication of agendas and materials.
• Engagement: upload stakeholder resources, surveys, and consultation materials.
• Design: coordinate with the Graphic Designer and ensure correct use of templates.

Deadline for applications is 8th February 2026.

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Physical Oceanographer (Technical Role) Scientific and Technical Officer, Marine Institute, Ireland (deadline 13th February 2026)

The Marine Institute is the national agency responsible for marine research, technology, development and innovation (RTDI). The Marine Institute seeks to assess and realise the economic potential of Ireland’s 220-million-acre marine resource; promote the sustainable development of marine industry through strategic funding programmes and scientific services; and safeguard the marine environment through research and environmental monitoring. The Institute works in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) and a network of other Government Departments, semi-state agencies, national and international marine partners.

You will assume a role as a physical oceanographer supporting the MOSAIC PEACEPLUS Project, a programme managed by the Special EU Programmes Body (SEUPB), and join the existing team of oceanographers, data analysts, and modellers to gather, analyse and generate services from oceanographic data with the group, other Marine Institute programmes and internationally available data sets. You will support our data collection at sea and work with our data management colleagues to robustly archive, quality assure and analyse the oceanographic datasets of interest to users. These include but are not limited to offshore weather buoys, conductivity, temperature and depth (CTD) profiles from ships, CTD from moored platforms and landers, ocean gliders, Argo floats and Acoustic Doppler current profilers.

Eligible Candidates must be:

• A citizen of the European Economic Area (EEA). The EEA consists of the Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway;
• A citizen of the United Kingdom (UK); or
• A citizen of Switzerland pursuant to the agreement between the EU and Switzerland on the free movement of persons; or
• A non-EEA citizen who is a spouse or child of an EEA or UK or Swiss citizen and has a stamp 4 or a Stamp 5 visa.

Deadline for applications is 13th February 2026, 12:00 noon.

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Doctoral student in isotope-enabled evapotranspiration partitioning, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (deadline 8th February 2026)

The position is part of the project Isotope-enabled flux partitioning of evapotranspiration (ET) in five Swiss forest and grassland ecosystems (IsoFlux). IsoFlux investigates ecosystem water and energy fluxes as well as ecosystem resilience against climate extremes. Using continuous, high-frequency water vapor isotope measurements (δ²H, δ¹⁸O) in combination with eddy-covariance ET fluxes, we will develop more robust, less assumption-dependent methods to partition ET into evaporation (E) and transpiration (T). Across five Swiss FluxNet sites spanning an elevational gradient, IsoFlux will (1) deploy a mobile in-situ isotope observation system, (2) quantify the water sources sustaining E and T using isotopes in precipitation, litter, and soil, and (3) compare isotope- and flux-based ET partitioning and identify drivers of ET, E, and T across seasons and years using machine learning approaches.

The doctoral project focuses on assessing ET partitioning of different forest and grassland sites across Switzerland. Your work includes:

• Deployment of a mobile in-situ isotope measurement system to measure water vapor isotopes at different Swiss FluxNet sites,
  Measurement and data evaluation of eddy-covariance ET fluxes,
• Soil and plant sampling as well as water extractions to identify potential water sources,
• Assessment of different methods for ET partitioning using eddy-covariance flux and stable water isotope data,
• Statistical analyses, including machine learning approaches.

The full-time position is funded for four years. Salary and social benefits are provided according to ETH Zurich rules.

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Upon starting, you must have completed:

• A Master’s degree in atmospheric sciences, environmental sciences, forest sciences, hydrology, ecology, or a closely related science field with experience in stable water isotopes, micrometeorology, biogeochemistry, and/or plant ecophysiology.
• You must have experience with fieldwork, good statistical skills, and programming experience (e.g., in R or Python).
• A good standard of written and spoken English as well as a driver’s license are mandatory.
• Good writing skills and the ability to work in an interdisciplinary environment are expected.

Deadline for applications is 8th February 2026.

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