PhD Position in Ecology

Organisation/Company

Faculty of Science, Charles University

Research Field

Environmental science » Ecology

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2026 - 21:50 (UTC)

Country

Czech Republic

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2026

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Ecology studies relationships between organisms and to the abiotic environment.

Start of studies in the winter semester (October)
Opening of applications and publication of the dissertation topics: 15. 2. 2026
Application by: 30. 4. 2026

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Detailed information about the study programme Offer of dissertation topics:

• Aquatic Ecology
• Diversity dynamics across climates
• Ecology of snow algae
• Evolutionary adaptations in gobies
• Morphological and Genetic Diversity of Selected Representatives of Water Fleas (Crustacea: Cladocera)
• Terrestrial ecology
• Use of passive recordings for individual acoustic monitoring

Profile of the graduate

Graduates will gain a wider theoretical background in the field of ecology so that they will be able to effectively analyze ecological problems by understanding the nature of problems at all three main levels of ecological research - individuals and populations, community ecology and ecosystem ecology. The Ecology Doctoral Program provides an advanced education course for graduates of biological and related fields. Participants are trained in conceptual, methodological and technical aspects of relevant ecological disciplines while being encouraged to conduct independent research work and solve scientific problems. The graduate of the study becomes an expert in relevant ecological discipline, capable of independent research activities, with a wide range of applications in research teams of appropriate focus. These assumptions are realistically reflected in the factual fate of existing graduates at universities, academic and departmental research institutes, commercial enterprises, state administration and civil sector organizations, which deal with various aspects of ecological research and applied ecology from nature conservation through reclamation of damaged areas and management of natural resources to global environmental problems at the landscape level and global climate change.

Application submission

The application is submitted electronically through the Charles University study information system .  The completed application must be submitted electronically in the study information system no later than on 30. 4. 2026 for study programmes starting in the winter semester (October) and no later than on 15. 12. 2025 for study programmes starting in the summer semester (April).

The admission fee is 100 EUR and it is paid for each submitted application.

Required application appendice is the agreement of a supervisor in the format of the following form available here . We recommend reaching out to the supervisor as soon as possible (ideally before 31. 3. 2026 for study programmes starting in the winter semester and before 30. 11. 2025 for study programmes starting in the summer semester), so the application could be send out in time in case the agreement is granted.

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Entrance exam

The regular date of entrance exam for all doctoral programmes starting in the winter semester (October) is in June 2026 (to be specified), an alternative date is in June 2026 (to be specified).

The regular date of entrance exam for all doctoral programmes starting in the summer semester (April) is 4. - 5. 2. 2026, an alternative date is 11. - 12. 2. 2026.

The request for an alternative day is submitted and approved via the electronic information system.

The form of the entrance exam is an oral interview, which mainly concerns the issues of the planned dissertation and the candidate's knowledge within the field of expertise of the given study programme.

Find more information in:

• Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, for study programmes starting in the winter semester (October)
  or
• Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes at the Faculty of Science, Charles University, for study programmes starting in the summer semester (April).

Important links

Subject Area Board

Framework requirements for individual study plans of doctoral students

Applicants with specific needs

If you have a physical handicap, you can apply for a modification of the entrance exam. For more information read the Conditions of the admission procedure for doctoral study programmes.

Departments involved in this programme

Department of Ecology

Guarantor of the study programme

prof. David Storch, Ph.D.
david.storch@natur.cuni.cz

Do you have a question?

Complete information about the admission procedure can be found on the website for applicants . For questions, please contact the admissions contact persons

Website

https://is.cuni.cz/studium/eng/login.php?do=prijimacky

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Faculty of Science, Charles University

Country

Czech Republic

City

Praha 2

Postal Code

128 00

Street

Albertov 6

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