Applications are now open for the ‘Climate and anthropogenic changes in the Arctic’ Scholarships under the Mobility Confap Italy Program in collaboration with the University of Bologna!

Location: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Ravenna Campus, Italy.

Arctic near-surface temperatures have warmed nearly four times faster than the global average since 1979 and Svalbard is located at a hotspot for this warming. Major examples of implications of this warming are seen in the fjord systems on the west coast of Spitsbergen, including Kongsfjorden. As such, there are a number of research priorities that are critical for understanding and managing this important Arctic region. This program includes research work at the University of Bologna and at the Institute of Polar Research – National Research Council in Italy.

These priorities will constitute some of the main topics of research activities for the prospective candidates:

• Monitoring the on-going amplification of Atlantification of Svalbard fjords, by investigating the cause of the observed amplified warming in summer and the mechanisms of Atlantic Water intrusions during winter.
• Exploring the ecosystem changes related to human and climateinduced impacts on the Arctic region, including the study of the effects of warming seawater, ocean acidification, pollution, less and thinner sea ice, turbid freshwater runoff, retreat of tidewater glaciers, altered spring bloom dynamics, and northward shifts of temperate species, as well as the increasing impact of tourism.

CONFAP Italy Mobility Program provide full funding on a competitive basis for PhD and Postdoctoral researchers based in Brazil, who wish to perform a 1-year mobility period at the University of Bologna.

Application deadline for CONFAP – Italy – University of Bologna Scholarships is 11 March 2024.

Find more information and apply through the link below!