Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Professor of Ecosystem Restoration

This post addresses the need the need to intensify restoration research to halt the degradation of ecosystems and restore and protect natural environments to ensure sustainability of the many goods and services we all depend on, including resilience to climate change and natural disasters. Challenging restoration targets are set within the new EU Nature Restoration law and compliment the goals of the United Nations declaration on the “Decade on Ecosystem Restoration” spanning 2021-2030.

The School of Biology and Environmental Science seeks a faculty member in nature/ecosystem restoration to undertake cutting-edge research that will provide equitable and effective solutions to pressing sustainability challenges posed by the aforementioned and other legislation and policy goals. The post will see the development of a research group delivering outputs to support restoration practice and policy as priority areas. It will complement our existing research expertise on terrestrial, wetland, marine and freshwater systems, and position the School to target large funding initiatives. The research could encompass nature-based solutions, rewilding, determining baselines and detecting change over time, as well as development and evaluation of methods for effective, economically viable, and equitable restoration of ecosystems that are diverse, resilient, and adaptive to climate change, and other environmental and human impacts. This post could focus on any ecosystem but should work at multiple ecological scales, incorporating where relevant experimental, observational and demonstration project approaches as well as suitable digital and new technologies that can enhance ecological sensing to detect and inform achievement of measurable benefits. Integration of socio-economic factors and stakeholder engagement are also essential for successful restoration projects.

95 Lecturer/Asst Professor Above the Bar (7943) Salary Scale: €62,855 - €99,533 Per Annum

Appointment will be made on scale and in accordance with the Department of Finance guidelines.

Closing date: 12:00 noon (local Irish time) on the 21st February 2025. 

Applications must be submitted by the closing date and time specified. Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time of 12:00 noon (Local Irish Time) on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system. UCD are unable to accept late applications.

Please note: the eRecruitment system only requests the names of two referees. The full list of 3 referees should be included in the text of your application.

UCD do not require assistance from Recruitment Agencies. Any CVs submitted by Recruitment Agencies will be returned.

Note: Hours of work for academic staff are those as prescribed under Public Service Agreements. For further information please follow the link; https://www.ucd.ie/hr/t4media/Academic%20Contract.pdf