17 Postdoctoral Fellowship at Stockholm University, Sweden

Plants can contribute to soil carbon stabilization, but can also increase soil organic matter decomposition near their roots via the rhizosphere priming effect. Using the novel, observation-based PrimeSCale model, we showed that priming can accelerate soil carbon losses, at a rate that is globally relevant even when only considering permafrost environments (Keuper & Wild et al. 2020 Nature Geoscience). This postdoctor will upgrade and expand PrimeSCale to a global scale, and compare priming effects across large-scale biomes.

The aim of this postdoctoral position is to provide observational constraints on methane oxidation rates in the Siberian Arctic Ocean, using samples and data from previous Arctic Ocean expeditions that are already available in Stockholm. These include a growing dataset on concentrations, 13C- and D-isotopic composition of methane across the water column and sediment pore water at hot spot and background locations, surface sediment samples, and sediment cores from decadal to glacial/interglacial age. Potential approaches might include the use of gradients in methane isotopic composition with distance from source, sediment incubations, biomarker approaches etc. Applicants are asked to provide a research plan as part of their application.

The position is available in the research group for dark matter and astroparticle physics. The group currently focuses on direct detection of dark matter with liquid xenon time projection chambers, in particular as a member of two collaborations: One of these is the XENON collaboration which is operating currently one of the world leading direct detection experiments, XENONnT, at the Gran Sasso Lab in Italy.

A fully funded postdoctoral position is available in the lab of Dr. Marek Bartosovic. Our lab is focused on studying the epigenetic regulation of brain development under normal and pathological conditions. We use cutting edge single-cell and spatial technologies to gain novel insights into the process of brain development. We have previously developed novel technologies to multimodally map several histone marks and open chromatin with single-cell resolution (Bartosovic et al., Nature Biotech., 2021; Bartosovic et al., Nature Biotech., 2022) and with high spatial resolution (Deng, Bartosovic et al., Nature, 2022; Deng, Bartosovic et al., Science 2022; Zhang et al., Nature, 2023). We are now applying these technologies in various biological systems and models and uncovering epistatic interactions between regulatory factors during development.

The position is part of a research grant from the Swedish Foundation for the Humanities and Social Sciences to the research program”Knowledge resistance: Causes, consequences and cures”. The aims are to understand the nature of and mechanisms behind knowledge resistance, as well as finding ways to counter it.

The program is interdisciplinary and brings together researchers from psychology, philosophy, political and media science. The current position will be based in psychology.

The research will be accomplished through a combination of experimental and field psychological studies with collection and analysis of quantitative behavioral data.

The candidate will work closely with researchers at SRC, SLU and Chalmers to empirically build a modeling approach by which to analyse complex outcomes of a set of qualitative scenarios. The candidate will specifically focus on how Swedish consumption impact the environment outside Sweden through traded goods, as well as how the Swedish food system is shaped by changing international circumstances to look at the robustness of the Swedish development. This international context will be linked to the development of a Swedish land use and agricultural model developed by a team of researchers at SLU.

The MISTRA FinBio program will conduct cutting-edge transdisciplinary research to support the capacity of the financial sector to contribute significantly and meaningfully to a nature-positive economy that contributes to enhancing the resilience of our planet and societies by halting and reversing nature and biodiversity loss. Becoming nature-positive requires the development of techniques for identifying business models that safeguard existing biodiversity, as well as those that integrate and enhance biodiversity through their practices.

We are looking for a postdoc to join our yeast evolution and genomics lab at Stockholm University, Sweden. The position (100% research) is for 2 years with the possibility for extension.  The applicant is encouraged to develop a project that harnesses the power of experimental evolution and genomics in the model system Saccharomyces, to address fundamental questions in evolutionary biology. Specific aims are to explore the genetic basis of adaptation to heat stress under relevant global warming scenarios, using long-term experimental evolution with eight yeast species from diverse ecological and geographic backgrounds, and functional validation of putative thermotolerance alleles.

The position will be associated with the project “Effects of bottom trawling on linked ecological-biogeochemical processes: scaling up to regional implications for marine planning and climate mitigation”. Marine sediments are increasingly recognised as carbon sinks, potentially important in mitigating climate change, and as essential in nutrient cycling.

This recruitment is connected to the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE). WISE, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will encompass major efforts at Sweden’s foremost universities over the course of 10 years. The vision is a sustainable future through materials science. Read more: https://wise-materials.org.

All early-stage researchers recruited into the WISE program will be a part of the WISE Graduate School, an ambitious nationwide program of seminars, courses, research visits, and other activities to promote a strong multi-disciplinary and international network between PhD students, postdocs, researchers and industry.

This recruitment is connected to the Wallenberg Initiative Materials Science for Sustainability (WISE, wise-materials.org). WISE, funded by the Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, is the largest-ever investment in materials science in Sweden and will encompass major efforts at Sweden’s foremost universities over the course of 10 years. The vision is a sustainable future through materials science. Read more: https://wise-materials.org

The postdoc will join a strong and long-standing research program focusing on the interlinkages between severe air pollution and climate change in South Asia. To reduce uncertainties, there is need for field-observation-based constraints.  This project is focused on leveraging multi-isotope techniques (e.g., δ13C, δ2H, δ18O, Δ14C) to advance constraints on the sources and atmospheric fate of key target gases such as methane, carbon monoxide and others in the highly perturbed atmosphere of South Asia. The combination of strategically located regional source and receptor sites with advanced isotope techniques will allow detailed characterization of sources, atmospheric reactions and overall constraints of the lifecycle of these gases of large importance for the changing climate.

The Department of Ethnology, History of Religions and Gender Studies invites applications for a 2-year part time (0.5FTE) research position within the division of Ethnology to work on the Swedish Research Council funded project: ‘The afterlives of migration: Integration, ordinary ethics and intimate citizenship’. The study aims to examine the concept of integration through the narratives of those who are considered to be “integrated” in Sweden and United Kingdom. Earlier studies have shown that an integrated migrant is often seen as someone who has gained a certain level of upward social mobility and social recognition. But what does this mean for each individual? What does it mean to belong, on what terms, for how long? With what costs? The study approaches these questions by examining integration both as a process and as an outcome. By focusing on everyday dilemmas, in work life, family life, and social networks, the understanding of integration is deepened as an ongoing process that actualizes both vulnerability and a sense of belonging. The study has two main areas: (i) examination of key themes in national policy documents on initiatives related to integration in Sweden and England over the past 10 years (2013-2023); (ii) how individuals narrate their everyday lives and dilemmas in the context of integration discourses. The material therefore consists of both text-oriented discourse analysis of policy documents and government investigations, as well as biographical narratives.

The position will be associated with one of the projects: Holistic management practices, modelling and monitoring for European forest soils (HoliSoils, https://holisoils.eu/), or Soil microbial responses to land use and climatic changes in the light of evolution (SMILE, www.su.se/english/news/stefano-manzoni-receives-erc-consolidator-grant-1.531350). Both projects investigate how soil processes and biota drive the cycles of carbon and nutrients, using various modelling approaches (both process-based and empirical). In HoliSoils the aim is to link microbial diversity to soil functioning in forests, whereas in SMILE the aim is to develop and test models based on optimality theories. Collaborations with several partners across Europe in both HoliSoils and SMILE projects are envisioned, providing a unique opportunity for networking.