Postdoctoral Researcher in Sustainability science

Tiivistelmä työpaikkailmoituksesta: The Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) and the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry offer a 14-month postdoctoral position on prevention or mitigation of biodiversity loss, preferably starting 1 November 2026. The postdoctoral researcher will co-create and test practical solutions with political, municipal, company, NGO and other societal stakeholders, catalyze sustainability transformations, and participate actively in HELSUS activities and communications. Applicants must hold a doctoral degree awarded between 1 November 2021 and 31 October 2026 (career breaks considered), must reside in Finland during employment, and will be based at the city centre or Viikki campus. The funding covers salary and project costs for up to 14 months with a starting gross salary of approximately €3,800–€4,200 per month, and the application deadline is 8 October 2026 at 23:59 EEST. Tämä tiivistelmä on luotu tekoälyn avulla. Call for applications for HELSUS Postdoctoral Research Position under the theme: prevention or mitigation of loss of biodiversity Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science is a cross-faculty research network in sustainability science within the University of Helsinki ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-sustainability-science ). HELSUS in partnership with the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry at the University of Helsinki ( https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-agriculture-and-forestry ) opens a call for applications for a 14-month post-doctoral research position. The preferred start date of the position is the 1 November 2026. The theme of the call is biodiversity loss, its mitigation and prevention. Strong societal impact is expected, including concrete collaborations with relevant societal stakeholders in co-creating, co-planning or co-designing new tools or elements for mitigating and preventing biodiversity loss. This funding targets to allow testing solutions to prevent loss of biodiversity, in collaboration with societal change-makers be it political, municipal, company, NGO or other relevant actors. Via concrete cases, the research is expected to build wide systemic understanding of feasible solutions and potential positive and negative feedbacks included in any solution. The topic is open, and it can focus on any ecological or social system, or their combination. Researchers from a variety of backgrounds are welcome to apply, since significant solutions to mitigation or prevention of loss of biodiversity can come equally well from, for example, expertise on species and ecosystems, planning, regulation, or other perspectives, often working together. In this position, you are expected to engage in catalyzing sustainability transformations with relevant stakeholders, based on scientific knowledge. The postdoctoral researcher is also expected to participate actively in HELSUS activities and communications. The appointee is expected to report on the use of funding during the project to the donor for example via lunch meetings, via giving research reports to the donor, and via inviting the donor to interesting events around the topic. WHO CAN APPLY For the postdoctoral researcher’s position, the appointee must have a doctoral degree in a relevant discipline and the ability to conduct independent scholarly work. To be eligible to apply for the position, the applicant must have a maximum time of five years since PhD completion (degree certificate issued between 1 November 2021-31 October 2026). Possible career breaks (maternity, paternity, parental or childcare leave, military or nonmilitary service, or long-term illness) will be considered. If the applicant pleads these special reasons, they should be justified in the CV. The call is not open for the members of the HELSUS Steering Group. The appointee is expected to reside in Finland while employed by the University of Helsinki. The selected applicant will be based either in the city centre campus or in the Viikki campus. Evaluation criteria: The quality and innovativeness of the research plan Focus on sustainability science Interdisciplinary quality The applicants credibility in executing the research plan How the application contributes to the development of sustainability science and HELSUS HOW TO APPLY In addition to the online application form, the following attachment (as a single pdf file) is required. Please note that if the attachment exceeds the given number of pages, the excessive pages will not be considered in the evaluation. The application should include a single pdf file containing the following documents (in this order): 1. CV of the applicant including a list of at most 10 selected publications. The CV should include information relevant to the call and the length should not exceed 4 pages. It is suggested that the CV format recommended by the Finnish Board of Research Integrity is used. 2. Research plan (3 pages) which clearly presents the title, academic contribution, a