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The call for our 2026 postdoc cohort is now open. Antarctica’s Southern Ocean is a rich, largely ungoverned marine habitat facing growing human activity. It plays a key role in regulating climate but is rapidly changing due to global warming. These changes threaten cold-adapted species and ecosystems. We invite applications for four positions, covering natural and social science perspectives, that will cohere around the ‘dilemma’ facing the Southern Ocean: how competing interests impact its governance, but also drive the need for greater science to understand its changes: #1 Geopolitical dilemmas for management: transfer for governance #2 Sustaining the keystone: Rethinking Antarctic krill fishery management under climate change #3 Navigating uncertainty: Planning marine protected areas in a changing Southern Ocean #4 Acoustic possibilities for Southern Ocean management dilemmas View all positions here: hifmb.de/jobs Application open until August 24th, 2025.