Join Our Field Research Team This Spring on Öland! 🌿🐦
We are looking for up to two enthusiastic internship students to join us for a two-month field season exploring evolutionary ecology, sensory ecology, and climate change.
You’ll become part of our team monitoring natural populations of pied and collared flycatchers, including their hybrids, on the beautiful Swedish island of Öland, near Kalmar.
Position Details:
- 📍 Location: Öland, Sweden
- 📅 Dates: Field season runs May 1 – July 1. We prefer you to be there the whole season, with arrival on site between April 26 and May 1.
- 👥 Positions: 2 interns (internship or applied work)
- 🏛️ Institution: Uppsala University (open to students from Lund University)
This year’s activities include:
• Fieldwork & Data Collection – Monitor nest boxes, ring and measure chicks, and collect blood samples as part of our long-term population study
• Behavioral Assays – Conduct cognitive tests with individual birds near nest boxes and in aviaries using standardized research methods
• Foraging Ecology – Analyse behavioural data and explore links between individual performance and foraging preferences in caterpillar-rich trees
• Field Observations – Set up remote video cameras to document bird visitation rates to individual trees
• Chemical Sampling – Collect branch samples for later analysis of IH-BVOCs
Depending on the length and timing of your internship, there may also be opportunities for lab work.
This is a unique chance to gain serious hands-on research experience, contribute to ongoing research, and spend your spring outdoors.
Interested? Get in touch!
Michaëla Berdougo (PhD student) – michaela.berdougo@ebc.uu.se