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Category: 
Student subject
Function: 
Student (University)
Department: 
Aquatic Ecology
Closing date: 
Thursday 31 March 2016

For a project on the scientific use of GBIF (Global Biodiversity Information Facility) data, we offer an internship for a master student at the NIOO in 2016.

GBIF and NLBIF (the Dutch branch) provide free online access to biodiversity data. Although many scientists already use GBIF data, there is currently no clear overview of (1) the type of research questions that are addressed and (2) how successful the studies were. Insight in the use of GBIF data can help to make GBIF more ‘fit for purpose’, and thus stimulate biodiversity research around the world. The goal of this project is to perform a ‘systematic mapping’ of all the scientific papers that were published in 2015 that mentioned GBIF in their text. The results of this systematic mapping will become part of a peer-reviewed paper on this topic.

We are looking for a motivated master student in the field of biology or ecology who is able to process large amounts of information, preferably for a period of 6 months. Because GBIF data is used by researchers of many different scientific disciplines (ranging from genetics to spatial modelling) we do not expect the candidate to have expert knowledge on all these fields, but look for a candidate that learns fast and has strong communicative skills to consult the many different experts that are walking around at the NIOO.  This work is suitable for internships and also for master thesis.

More information

Jan Kuiper, tel.: +31 (0)317 473531
e-mail: j.kuiper@nioo.knaw.nl