Radboud University
FNWI – RIBES - Environmental Science
Application deadline: 01-11-2026
Responsibilities
Are you interested in vascular plant diversity, sustainable agriculture, and biodiversity conservation? At the department of Environmental Sciences, we are looking for two student assistants to help us build a database on how agricultural land use and management practices influence vascular plant diversity. Your main task will be to help screen scientific publications and identify relevant studies for the database. Depending on the progress of the screening, you may also help extract and organise data from eligible studies.
What we expect from you
We are looking for somebody interested in plant diversity, agricultural management, and biodiversity. Ideally with a background in environmental sciences, biology, ecology, or agricultural sciences. A good command of academic English. Familiarity with vascular plants, literature screening, or data extraction would be an advantage.
Notes about the conditions of employment
Salary scale SA: minimum of €19,58 euro gross per hour (excl. holiday allowance, holiday money, public holidays and end-of-year bonus). You’ll be working 9 hours per week for 6 weeks (54 working hours in total for each student).
Applications
Are you interested? Email your application (including cv + motivational letter) before 01-11-2026– citing Student assistants: systematic literature screening for a vascular plant database – to vannesa.montoyasanchez [at] ru.nl (vannesa[dot]montoyasanchez[at]ru[dot]nl) attn. Vannesa Montoya Sanchez.
This is vacancy applies only within the Radboud University. To qualify for the application, you must be registered as a student at the Radboud University.
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