Hi all, I am advertising for a PhD student to join my new group at the University of Oslo. Please see here for the full advertisement . Deadline 29th February 2024. Human activity has shaped the evolution of a huge number of species and is a primary threat to biodiversity including through climate change. Some species have successfully adapted to anthropogenic niches and have rapidly expanded their ranges as a consequence. The house sparrow (Passer domesticus) is a prime example having evolved as a human-commensal. This species has also been repeatedly introduced to novel and often extreme environments across the world over the last 200 years. These repeated and independent introductions, often from similar source populations, provide a novel evolutionary experiment to investigate intraspecific local adaptation to temperature change over a recent timescale. This multidisciplinary PhD project will incorporate ecology, genomics, ancient DNA and evolutionary biology to investigate adaptation in the house sparrow. There will be opportunities for fieldwork, both within Norway and abroad. The successful candidate will be encouraged to develop their own research direction within the broader framework of the project and alongside international collaborators. Taking advantage of a spatial and temporal dataset of genomic and phenotypic data, the project will address three main questions; 1) what is the extent of parallel and non-parallel adaptation to temperature in both the native and invasive ranges? 2) how have temperature changes over the last century shaped thermal adaptation? 3) what are the evolutionary trade-offs and fitness consequences of adapting to extreme temperatures? The position provides an exciting opportunity to join a friendly, diverse and very active research group with a focus on close mentorship, skills and career development. We conduct weekly lab meetings, group discussions and provide hands-on training for all group members. The group is situated with the Centre for Ecological and Evolutionary Synthesis (CEES) which is a vibrant interdisciplinary research cluster with an active and welcoming research culture. Very happy to hear from interested candidates! Mark Mark Ravinet Associate Professor Department of Biosciences University of Oslo mark.ravinet@ibv.uio.no Mark Ravinet (to subscribe/unsubscribe the EvolDir send mail to golding@mcmaster.ca)