.Applications are invited by the University of Alicante President to create a pre-shortlist of candidates in order to cover an open-ended contractual position as a PhD junior researcher to collaborate with the funded line of research "Design of data spaces and open data management". Reference: I-PI 134-24.Project TSI-(phone hidden)-24 funded by the Spanish Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Function and by the European Union-Next GenerationEU/PRTR.Pursuant to the provisions of the regulations governing calls for applications of research staff to cover contractual research positions, approved by the Governing Council of 29 June 2021 (BOUA of 30 June 2021), the University of Alicante calls for applications to cover a job position in accordance with the following terms and conditions:First. Number of vacancies and features of the job vacancyEntering into the contract, as well as its terms and conditions, will be subject to the receipt of the funding for the project from the relevant agencies, i.E. the Spanish Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Function and the European Union-Next GenerationEU/PRTR.Number of job vacancies: one.Job position: PhD junior researcher.Funded line of research: "Design of data spaces and open data management".Working hours: 37.5 hours/week in morning/afternoon sessions.Remuneration: €2,400 gross/monthly (plus extra payments in accordance with current regulations).In accordance with the provisions of the agreement of the Governing Council of 27 January 2022, which approves the University of Alicante 4th Plan for equal opportunities between women and men, it is hereby stated that there is no under-representation of either gender in the category of PhD junior researcher.Second. First project in which the successful applicant will collaborateName of the project: "HELEADE (Wetlands as generators of environmental and economic value through a territorialised data space)".At the end of the duration of this first project or its budgetary availability, the successful applicant may join other projects within the same line of research.Reference: TSI-(phone hidden)-24.Funding agency: Spanish Ministry of Digital Transformation and Public Function.Co-funding agency: European Union-Next GenerationEU/PRTR.Dept. / Institute: University Institute for Computer Research.Tasks to be carried out:Assisting with the development of an environmental data space, with a focus on the ecosystems that are part of the wetlands in natural parks of the south of Alicante province.Determining the sources of useful environmental data to be included in the data space.Assisting with the tasks for defining the governance of the data space through interviews with environmental stakeholders.Establishing mechanisms for the technical and semantic interoperability of environmental data, with a particular focus on ecological data (especially bird species, given their importance for wetlands).Developing use cases in the environmental data space