Doctoral position in Environmental Science 1223 views

The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research at Lund University is inviting applications for a Doctoral student in Environmental Sciences. The Centre for Environmental and Climate Research, (CEC) conducts research, education and communication on environmental science and climate research.

About the project:

• This a four-year PhD project in Environmental Science within a FORMAS-funded project aiming to investigate factors that constrain the expansion of organic farming in Sweden.
• The PhD project will be conducted in close collaboration with a concurrent PhD project at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, with two joint aims.
• One is to identify the main factors driving yield differentials attributed to organic farming, how these are modified by time since transition to organic farming and how they can be mitigated.
• The second aim is to identify and evaluate means to upscale organic farming in areas where uptake currently is low. Examples of such upscaling can be novel crops and crop rotations, promotion of yield-enhancing ecosystem services for weed and pest control, and sustaining nutrient management through collaboration between arable and mixed farms and/or arable farms and other actors integral to a bio-based and circular economy.

Requirements:

• Applicant must hold a Master’s degree (including a degree project of 30 credits or more) in Environmental Science, Ecology, Agronomy or similar areas.
• Documented knowledge of agro-ecology, landscape ecology and biodiversity are merits, as is experience with ecological field survey approaches and experimental design.
• Applicant having done courses in or experience of using remote sensing and analysis of spatial data including GIS would hold an advantage.
• Experience in statistical analysis, including skills in using R and/or Matlab would be advantageous.
• A driving license is a requirement. Proficiency in Swedish is meriting.

How to apply:

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