Farm and landscape information systems for sustainable transition scenarios

Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Agroecology programme. The position is available from 01 May 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.

Title
Farm and landscape information systems for sustainable transition scenarios

Research area and project description
If you are really quick, you have the opportunity to apply for this exiting PhD project, supporting the development of a green Denmark, and further international impacts!

To promote a sustainable transition of farming systems and landscapes, the development of new whole farm and landscape scale impact assessment tools are urgently needed; e.g. to assess emissions and more Naturebased Solutions for environmental and climate impact mitigation. To do this, new types of data collection and models are needed, including digital information in close collaboration with farmers and their advisors, and real-world testing with relevant stakeholders in living labs.

The PhD candidate will be embedded in an interdisciplinary and international oriented research environment, working closely with farmers and other stakeholders, seeking to understand factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices at the farm and landscape level. The study is in particular around critical case living labs, for example in the Limfjorden catchment in Denmark, but also work internationally in selected areas together with partners across Europe as wel as in The Global South, and possibly in China. Thereby, our imbition is to be generic and develop, publish and test results in Denmark, and internationally.

We look forward for this PhD candidate to come a join our research team of fellow PhD students and researchers, related to the Department of Agroecology and the section for Agricultural Systems and Sustainability, including both national and international projects (including a cross Aarhus-Copenhagen University, SEGES and Innovation Centre for Organic Farming project on Primary Emissions Activity Data for Mitigation assesemnts (PREMIS), and the international trans4num.eu projects) and connections to the major Research centres of Land-CRAFT.dk and Sustainscapes.org.

Project description (½-3 pages).
This document should describe your ideas and research plans for this specific project. If you wish to, you can indicate an URL where further information can be found.

Qualifications and specific competences
We expect that you possess a relevant Master’s degree or at least one year of a Master’s degree (open to 4+4 years students; even 3+5 years students may be considered).

Candidates with background in agricultural or environmental science, bioengineering, agroecology, biology, geography and landscape planning are preferred, but we open to all skilfull candidates. Basic knowledge about biological/agricultural systems is an advantage.

Place of employment and place of work
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is AU Viborg, Department of Agroecology. Blichers Alle 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark

Contacts
Applicants seeking further information are invited to contact:

• Tommy Dalgaard, [email protected] (main supervisor)

How to apply
Please follow this link to submit your application.

Application deadline is 16 March 2025 at 23:59 CET.

Preferred starting date is 1 May 2025 or ASAP.

For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide.

Please note:

• Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
• The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
• Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.