Full Professorship (W3) for Fire Ecology // 6 April 2025

The Faculty of Environment and Natural Resources invites applications for a Full Professorship (W 3) for Fire Ecology in the Department of Forest Sciences.

The professorship represents the field of fire ecology in research and teaching. The research focus is on forest ecosystems of the temperate zone, in particular on forest ecosystems of Central Europe, against the background of the increased forest fires to be expected in Central Europe as a result of climate change.

The professorship deals experimentally, observationally and model-based with the effects of vegetation fires on the biodiversity and functionality of forest ecosystems, with the dynamics of forest fires and with management options for reducing the risks of vegetation fires. International networking with the aim of drawing conclusions about the situation in Central Europe through experiments in non-European regions where forest fires already occur more frequently is expressly desired. The professorship is also expected to make important contributions to research into the adaptation of forests to global change in the joint research project »Future Forests«.

In addition to representing field of fire ecology, teaching contributions are expected in the field of disturbance ecology and land management including ecosystem restoration.

• Application deadline: 6 April 2025