UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI: College Researcher in Environmental Seismology

The Division of Geosciences and Geography is the main research and education unit in its subject in Finland. Along with research in geology, geophysics and geography, research into seismology and official duties within the subject of seismology are carried out on the division.

The Institute of Seismology belongs to the Division of Geosciences and Geography on the College of Helsinki. The Institute carries out research, education, steady Earth monitoring, and helps authorities and personal organizations of their tasks requiring seismological experience. The institute is chargeable for seismic monitoring in Finland and for offering seismic waveform and earthquake information merchandise to worldwide seismological information centres.

The School of Science invitations purposes for a everlasting place as UNIVERSITY RESEARCHER IN ENVIRONMENTAL SEISMOLOGY ranging from September 2024 or as agreed. The place is on the Institute of Seismology.

Place description

The college researcher will conduct and develop interdisciplinary research throughout the subject of environmental seismology and can take part in nationwide regulatory duties the place seismological monitoring is used. The main target is on utilizing seismological strategies for environmental monitoring and to check seismic and aseismic processes within the lithosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, environment, and/or biosphere.

The college researcher is anticipated to develop and apply inverse strategies to combine multidisciplinary information. The College of Helsinki maintains an intensive community of everlasting seismic stations, organic subject stations, and atmospheric stations, making multidisciplinary information units accessible for brand spanking new research avenues. A key ingredient within the research is the joint evaluation of steady or marketing campaign seismic, strong earth geophysical, geoscientific, and environmental information collected by a wide range of trendy sensor and information acquisition programs. These embody the home infrastructures of the Finnish nationwide seismic community and devices of the, in addition to geoscientific and environmental information from research subject stations, infrastructures together with ACTRIS, ICOS, LTER, AnaEE and the EPOS information portal, for instance.

The college researcher will develop and preserve energetic research collaboration throughout the College of Helsinki, with nationwide and worldwide research institutes, and with business and the general public sector.

The submit includes thesis supervision and teaching is anticipated to occupy roughly one course per 12 months throughout the Geoscience curriculum. All personnel participate in improvement and administrative duties on the institute, division, school and college stage.

Necessities for the place

A college researcher should maintain an relevant doctoral diploma, reveal research expertise associated to environmental seismology and to indicate proof of energetic worldwide research collaboration. We anticipate a college researcher to conduct research on an internationally excessive stage and achieve success in acquiring exterior research funding.

The profitable candidate will develop and apply environmental monitoring methods primarily based on seismic strategies; therefore choice will probably be given to candidates who’ve expertise within the computational evaluation of space-time phenomena.

Fluent English abilities are anticipated, and proficiency in Finnish supplies a big benefit. If the appointee shouldn’t be proficient in Finnish, they’re anticipated to amass superior stage abilities (CEFR stage B2) inside 5 years after the appointment. The College will help the appointee in buying the mandatory Finnish language abilities.

What we provide

College of Helsinki presents numerous profession alternatives in education and research. The wage for the college researcher place will probably be primarily based on ranges 6-7 of the job requirement scheme for teaching and research personnel within the wage system of Finnish universities. As well as, the appointee will probably be paid a wage part primarily based on private efficiency. The beginning wage will probably be ca. 4400-5400€/month. There will probably be a traditional six-month trial interval for the place.

Finland is a member of EU, has prime quality free education (additionally in English), beneficiant household advantages and healthcare, and was lately ranked because the happiest nation on the earth. Finland and the Helsinki area possess high experience in sciences by way of a vibrant expertise pool, main research, robust help providers and functioning collaboration networks. Please see extra details about working on the college and dwelling in Finland.

How you can apply

Please submit your utility, which incorporates the next pdf-documents in English: 

1. A motivation letter describing your curiosity within the place together with a one-page assertion that describes your plans for environmental seismology research.
2. An instructional portfolio within the format authorised by the School of Science (as described on https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-science/school/join-us/academic-portfolio).
3. A listing of publications (or a full publication checklist) and different related paperwork on competence and deserves that the applicant needs to be taken into consideration within the choice course of.

Exterior candidates: please submit your utility to the College of Helsinki Recruitment System by way of the Apply Now button.

Candidates who’ve a helsinki.fi username and a sound employment contract, a grant researcher’s contract, or a visiting researcher’s contract on the College of Helsinki are requested to submit their utility by way of the Worker login button.

The College of Helsinki welcomes candidates of all genders, linguistic and cultural backgrounds.

The deadline for purposes is 31.5.2024.

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