Austria Jobs: PhD and Post-Doc Positions 2009

Please find below the currently open vacancies at the Centre for Geoinformatics (Z_GIS), Salzburg University – Austria. Geospatial indicators for disaster risk management (PhD position).
The announced PhD position (30 hours/week) is available from March 2009 (as soon as possible) for 2.5 years, with an option for further extension and contract renewal in October 2011.

Responsibilities
Under the overall guidance of the research coordinator at Z_GIS, and the direct supervision of the project coordinator, the successful applicant will function as a project collaborator (researcher) and will perform the following functions:
· contributes to the preparation and provision of project deliverables;
· participates in workshops and meetings;
· tracks schedules of tasks;
· develops an own research plan for the PhD thesis, in line with envisaged achievements of project- or organizational objectives.
Earth observation for energy studies (Post-Doc position)
The announced PostDoc position (40 hours / week) is available from May
2009 for 3 years, with an option for further extension and contract renewal in June 2012.

Detailed information is available at www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/vacancies
: : . . S t e f a n K i e n b e r g e r . . : :
Centre for Geoinformatics | Salzburg University
Schillerstrasse 30 | 5020 Salzburg | Austria
Tel . +43 662 8044-5267 | Fax +43 662 8044-5260
mail: stefan.kienberger@sbg.ac.at | web:
http://www.uni-salzburg.at/zgis/kienberger