PhD fellowship in collection-based Natural History Research

Opportunity summary

Employment type: FULLTIME. Natural History Museum Denmark invites applicants for a PhD fellowship in Collection-based Natural History ResearchStart date is January 1, 2027 or as soon as possible thereafter.The project The Natural History Museum Denmark offers 1-2 fully funded PhD positions within Collection-based Natural History Research. The successful candidate will conduct 3 years of collection-based research. The PhD project is part of the Museums strategic aim to expand research on unknown species and taxonomic groups that are not well defined and described to provide crucial natural history understanding, data and expertise for developing solutions to planetary challenges, including climate change and biodiversity loss. Potential projects could include but are not limited to dark taxa and unknown species, preferably including representatives of the flora, fauna or geology of Denmark, Greenland or the Faroe Islands.About the Natural History Museum Denmark The Natural History Museum Denmark is the Danish national museum for nature. We work to empower citizens to connect with nature with the aim to create positive change for people and planet. We want to inspire, engage, and enable people to enjoy, understand, and care for the diversity of the natural world. The impact of climate change and anthropogenic forces on biodiversity has reached a critical point1 …

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