The successful candidate will be attached to the Research Group Acoustics and Observation Methodologies and will have a daily workplace at the Institute’s Research Station at Austevoll. The qualifications and experience that we seek should allow for rapidly taking advantage of the unique combination of laboratory and field equipment, as well as the approaches available at Austevoll for working with behaviour, sensory biology and the ecology of plankton and the early life stages of fish. The work is expected to cover several disciplines, and collaboration is expected across research groups at IMR, and with national and international partners.
This position represents an excellent career opportunity for a knowledgeable and motivated researcher who is interested in becoming part of a productive research environment and who wants to work at Norway’s leading marine research institution.
The selected candidate will be based at Austevoll. The candidate will participate in existing projects but is expected to actively seek research funding for future projects.
Qualification Requirements
The applicant must have all following qualifications:
- Ph.D. in oceanography, marine biology, fisheries biology or equivalent.
- Experience with experiments in the laboratory and/or field focused on the behaviour and ecology of plankton and the early life stages of fish, preferably with species important to Norway.
- Demonstrated ability to independently plan, conduct and publish research.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills in English.
In addition, skills in the following topics will be considered:
- Experience with effects of anthropogenic stress factors on marine organisms, e.g. on behaviour.
- Experience with orientation signals related to migration and distribution of early life stages of fish.
- Experience working with zooplankton.
- Knowledge of sensory biology-ecology.
- Ability to work in a multidisciplinary team and to work independently towards a goal.
- Experience in writing project proposals.
- Ability to work efficiently and result oriented.
- Ability to disseminate and communicate scientific findings to the general public.
- Norwegian is the working language at IMR, so knowledge of Norwegian is an advantage. After some time in the position Norwegian skills are expected. Training will be provided if necessary, and sufficient progress in learning the Norwegian language is required.
- Experience in lecturing and supervising students.
- Good knowledge in statistics and data analysis.
- Experience in testing fish use of geomagnetism for navigation and migration.
Application deadline: March 30, 2026
