The Chair of Soil Science and Geomorphology invites applications for a PhD position (m/f/d) in the field of climate change-induced treeline dynamics for the soil science sub-project of the project “TREELINE-II: Sensitivity and Re-sponse of Treeline Ecotones in the Nepal Himalaya to Climate Warming”. TREELINE-II is an ambitious research project at Universität Hamburg, Universität Tübingen and Tribhuvan University Kathmandu, funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG).