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Prof. Dr. Katrin Böhning-Gaese, Scientific Director (l.) and Dr. Sabine König, Administrative Director (r.)

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Closing date for applications:  • Location: Leipzig PhD (f/m/x) Socioeconomic impacts of climate extremes from multilingual textual extraction
As part of the PhD cohort CLIMES Doctoral Network, we are looking for a candidate to use text mining, natural language processing, and large language models to extract, analyse, and spatialise information on the socioeconomic and environmental impacts of climate extremes. The project focuses on floods, droughts, storms, and heatwaves in Europe and Africa since 1950, using multilingual peer-reviewed literature and other textual sources.
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Closing date for applications:  • Location: - Bachelor Thesis / Master Thesis
Bachelor Thesis or Master Thesis on the acute and chronic effects of antibiotica/pesticide mixtures to the common pond snail Lymnea stagnalis.
Closing date for applications:  • Location: Leipzig Master Thesis
Opportunity for a Master Thesis on landscape-based stressors affecting pollinating insects within the SafePol project. Candidates may choose to work with taxa that are already being investigated or they may expand the project by integrating a taxon of their choice.
Closing date for applications:  • Location: - Master Thesis in the Plant Biogeochemistry group
Master’s thesis on the impact of flood-driven contamination on microbial antibiotic and metal resistance genes in floodplain soils

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At UFZ, we value diversity and are actively committed to equal opportunity for all employees, regardless of their origin, religion, beliefs, disability, age, gender or sexual identity. We therefore look forward to people with diverse backgrounds, identities and opinions. We especially encourage people affected by structural discrimination to apply.
The diverse talents and experiences of people with severe disabilities are also an important asset for the UFZ. We promote inclusion in all areas of responsibility and work continuously to adapt workplaces and processes to individual needs in the best possible way. Applications from people with severe disabilities are therefore expressly encouraged and will be given special consideration in the selection process.
Our key steps for a fair and inclusive selection process include:

  • Gender parity on the selection committee
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  • High quality standards for diversity-sensitive personnel selection

Julia Schmidtchen, Equal Opportunity Officer

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