Jobs:Job-01962

Open PhD Position Landslide Research

University of Potsdam, , Germany
Apply before: 15 December 2025

Posting: Position: PhD Position Apply before: 15 December 2025

Open PhD Position (75%, 3 years) in Landslide Research

The Geohazards Group at the University of Potsdam is offering a three-year PhD position (TV-L E13, 75% of DFG personnel rate) to carry out research on Large Landslides, Climate Trends, and Anomalies. The candidate will be part of the Geohazards Group, and funded by the forthcoming DFG project LINDA, which explores whether and how large landslides have been responding to contemporary atmospheric warming in terms of their size, frequency, and reporting. The project will make use of landslide catalogues, high-resolution satellite image time series, climate reanalysis data, and probabilistic models to detect and estimate the effects of climate change on sudden, large slope failures. We are looking for doctoral candidates with a Masters degree in the Earth and Environmental Sciences or related disciplines, and strong quantitative skills, preferably with some experience in using R or Python, remote sensing, slope stability, or data science. Being able to handle large and heterogeneous datasets is a further asset. For further information about this position please contact Prof. Oliver Korup (oliver.korup@geo.uni-potsdam.de) before 15 December 2025. The University of Potsdam is an equal opportunity employer.

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Terrestrial Working Group