About the positionThe Department of Aquatic Resources has an immediate opening for a permanent position as researcher in stock assessment and advice for fisheries management in a unit that includes stock assessment at the Institute of Marine Research. The unit conducts research and stock assessment on fish and shellfish and provides scientific advice for fisheries at both the national and international level. The work is conducted in close collaboration with other units at the institute and at the wider SLU Aqua, contributing to associated research fields, such as, fisheries monitoring, impacts of climate change, marine food webs and ecosystem-based fisheries management (EBFM). Extensive collaboration with international institutions and organizations (e.g. ICES, International Council for the Exploration of the Seas) is expected and encouraged, as is the application for external research funds.The areas of work for this position will be broad, but primarily include:Analyzing large data sets for input into assessments and biological adviceFollow the development and support the transition to next-generation assessment modelsPerforming fish stock assessmentParticipating to national and international expert groupsContributing to scientific advice for fisheries managementContributing to scientific publications as well as national and international reportingApply for research fundingTeaching, mentoring, internal competence building and outreachYour profileThe successful candidate should have strong quantitative skills (i.e., analysis, statistics and modelling), proficiency in the R programming language (of particular value if coupled with TMB), familiarity with version control pipelines, preferably experience in fisheries stock assessment (high consideration is given to experi…

Researcher in stock assessment and advice for fisheries management