Postdoctoral Position in Digitalization of Forestry with Focus on Forest Remote Sensing and Planning

Postdoctoral Position in Digitalization of Forestry with Focus on Forest Remote Sensing and Planning

Linnaeus University

Växjö, Sweden

Job description

Forest management plans have long been used as a tool for individual forest owners to get an overview of the forest in order to plan forestry activities. The forest management plan has traditionally been produced with aerial photographs followed by field inspection. As remote sensing data becomes more available, e.g. through satellites or national laser scanning, forest variable estimates from remote sensing can partly be used instead of field visits, which rationalized the production of forest management plans. Increased possibilities exist today to automatically and continuously update the content of the forest management plan using time series of remote sensing data together with field data, e.g. from harvesters.

This postdoctoral project aims to scientifically produce new knowledge with the objective of developing the next generation’s digital and dynamic forest management plans. The position will be linked to the FRAS II research program, jointly run by Linnaeus University, Skogforsk and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in close cooperation with the forest sector in southern Sweden. The research program will consist of three PhD student projects and three postdoctoral projects that focus on different aspects of forest management. It will also be linked to the Linnaeus University Centre for Data Intensive Sciences and Applications (DISA), focusing its efforts on scientific questions in the collection, analysis, and utilization of large data sets. With its core in computer science, it takes a multidisciplinary approach and collaborates with researchers from all faculties at the university. In addition, the postdoctoral fellow will collaborate with national and international experts in the field. For example, an opportunity is offered to collaborate with researchers in the Horizon 2020 project ForestMap, which aims to produce next-generation forest maps with AI.

Your tasks

• Initial work in the project includes mapping private forest owners’ own perceptions of the need for improved decision support in their forest management plans;
• An important part of the project is to study how today’s static plans can be developed into digital and dynamic forest management plans;
• The position also includes responsibility for research communication, which means participating in national and international meetings. Publishing both popular science articles and scientific articles is a central part of the work;
• The postdoctoral fellow is expected to participate actively in the department’s knowledge environment and networks, both internally and externally, as well as to develop new project ideas and participate in applying for external project funding;
• A certain amount of teaching and supervision at basic, advanced and/or postgraduate level may be included in the duties.

Qualifications

• PhD in forest management, forest remote sensing, forest planning, biology, technology or equivalent;
• In accordance with the postdoctoral agreement, applicants who were awarded their degree no more than three years prior to the last application date for the present position should be considered first;
• An applicant must not previously have been employed as a postdoctoral fellow for more than a year within the same or a related subject area at Linnaeus University;
• Demonstrated scientific skills in the subject area are essential;
• The position also requires proven communication skills in written and spoken English, as well as a good ability to work independently and in a group;
• Driving license is a requirement for the position.

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