Lecturer Position in Human Geography (75%)
05.09.2022
The Geography Unit seeks to hire a lecturer (maître-assistant -e / Oberassistent -in) to complement the teaching and research group in Human Geography.
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Global warming is causing new rivers to form on the surface of the Greenland ice sheet.
19.08.2022
By using more than 25,000 satellite images, Andrew Tedstone and Horst Machguth, two researchers from the University of Fribourg, were able to observe that the runoff of water from the melting of the Greenland…
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1.5 million Swiss francs for cryospheric research in Central Asia
07.02.2022
While glaciers are shrinking worldwide, those in the Pamir Mountains in Central Asia show less change. They and the other components of the cryosphere (snow and permafrost) are key unknowns for future…
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Lumière sur les secrets géologiques du Jura
24.01.2022
Anna Sommaruga et Jon Mosar vous invitent à un voyage dans le temps et l'espace de la chaîne du Jura. Dans un ouvrage collectif de référence, les auteur·e·s géologues, hydrogéologues et géomorphologues…
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Teaching and Research Associate in Sedimentology and Paleo-Environments (80 to 100 %)
23.11.2021
The Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg invites applications for a MA position (maître[sse] assistant[e]/ Oberassistent[in]) in the broad fields of sedimentology, stratigraphy, geobiosphere…
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Announcement of the Environmental Research Prize 2022
19.10.2021
The prize is awarded to young researchers whose scientific work contributes to a better understanding of environmental problems and their solution. We are looking forward to your applications!
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Marine Research in Spitzbergen
21.09.2021
The Department of Geosciences at the University of Fribourg is not only exploring the geological past and fossils of Spitzbergen
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07.09.2021
PhD student Johannes Pohlner has been awarded for his presentation at the European Mineralogical Conference
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Un explorateur tout terrain
16.08.2021
Doctorant en géosciences, Valentin Rime étudie la naissance d'un océan dans le désert éthiopien
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