IDEAS PhD Call 2026: 8 Interdisciplinary Projects in Data Science for Environmental & Life Sciences

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

IDEAS PhD Call 2026:
8 Interdisciplinary Projects in Data Science for Environmental & Life Sciences

The job

The Helmholtz School for Integrated Data Science in Environmental and Life Sciences (IDEAS) connects the domain-science expertise of UFZ and HZDR with the data/​information science strength of Leipzig University (LU) and TU Dresden (TUD), supported by CASUS as an interdisciplinary bridge. IDEAS is part of the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Schools under the Helmholtz Data Science Academy (HIDA).

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