Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Postdam, Germany
Closing date: February 16th, 2014
Description
The department of Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities of the *Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research* (PIK) invites applicants for *four PhD positions* as part of a newly funded project to study agricultural management options for greenhouse gas mitigation at the global scale. Agriculture will have to increase production to meet the demand for food, fuels and material of growing and richer populations while simultaneously increasing resource conservation and sustainability and adjust production methods to climate change. Agricultural management is at the core of these challenges and will have to be studied in a global context. The successful candidates will work with a global gridded crop simulation model and will closely cooperate within the newly found research group, as well as with other scientists at PIK and with international scientific collaborators (e.g. in AgMIP).
The successful applicants will have a university degree in Agronomy, Soil sciences, Agricultural sciences, Geoecology, or a related discipline. A background in scientific modeling, programming and/or data analysis is desirable. We expect good skills in working with computers (Unix/Linux) and scientific programming (C++, R, ...). Fluency in English is a plus.
More information and applications
Payment will be according to German Public Tariff system (0.5 TV-L E13).
The positions are funded on the basis of fixed term contracts for 36 months starting presumably by the 1^st of March 2014. The project is pending approval of the funding agency.
Interested candidates should send their complete application by email, including C.V., a short letter of motivation and a reference from a former supervisor, to:
*Dr. Christoph Müller*
Climate Impacts and Vulnerabilities
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK)
Telegrafenberg A51, 14412 Potsdam, Germany
Email: cmueller@pik-potsdam.de <mailto:cmueller@pik-potsdam.de>, Ph:
+49-331-288-2685
Closing date for applications is February 16^th , 2014 but the call will
remain open until suitable candidates have been found.
PIK addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change,
climate impacts and sustainable development. Researchers from the natural
and social sciences work together to generate interdisciplinary insights and
to provide society with sound information for decision making. The institute
is located on a scientific campus in a forest in Potsdam, just outside
Berlin, Germany. PIK seeks to increase the number of women in those areas
where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to
apply. Applications of disabled persons with equal qualifications will be
favorably regarded.
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