Please find below an PhD position with Tobias Plieninger in Kassel,
Germany.
------------------------------
The University of Kassel is a young university with ca. 25.000 students.
It comprises an unusually wide range of disciplines, with expertise in the
natural and social sciences, engineering and humanities.
The Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences, Social-Ecological
Interactions in Agricultural Systems group (Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieninger)
offers the following position, starting date: 01.09.2019.
*Doctoral researcher (EG 13 TV-H)*
This is a part-time position with 65% of the working hours of a full-time
employee (currently 26 hours) and a fixed-term position of three years
(position for academic qualification corresponding to § 65 HHG i. V. m. § 2
Abs. 1 Satz 1 WissZeitVG). The position is integrated into a research
project funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG): “LANDSCAPE CHAINS -
Linking places and processes for sustainability: Social-ecological dynamics
and value chains of Mediterranean landscape products”. LANDSCAPE CHAINS
aims to identify leverage points that support a transition to sustainable
landscape management in the value chains of products associated to distinct
Mediterranean landscapes. This exciting project offers an interdisciplinary
research agenda that addresses landscapes and value chains as a critical
link between distant places and processes. The research associate will
study how the value of landscape products is captured in four
multifunctional landscapes in the Mediterranean, and how goods, financial
resources, and information about these landscapes are transmitted along the
value chains to and from the distant places of distribution / consumption.
Value-chain analyses, multi-site ethnographies, and semi-structured
interviews will be combined to elicit the knowledge, relationships, values,
and practices of different actors along the value chains.
*Key tasks:*
· Designing and performing a sub-project that analyses how value
chains of landscape products (cork, nuts, and other tree crops) create
linkages between producer landscapes and places of consumption
· Contributing to the social-ecological synthesis of the project
· Publication of project insights in scientific journals and other
outlets for multiple target groups
*Your profile:*
· Master degree in ethnography / economic geography / human
ecology / sustainable food systems or related fields within the
environmental social sciences
· Knowledge of ethnographic and ideally value-chain analysis
approaches
· Experience in conducting surveys in the field, using
(qualitative and quantitative) participatory methods, and ability to
perform fieldwork under challenging conditions
· Familiarity with concepts and approaches of sustainability
science (ecosystem services, multifunctional land use, social-ecological
systems)
· Excellent written and oral English (and ideally French)
communication skills
· Experience in working cohesively in an interdisciplinary team
environment
· Skills to publish in international journals
*We offer:*
· A collegial and open-minded working atmosphere within a team of
highly motivated researchers from different scientific backgrounds covering
all career stages
· A unique experience of conducting place-based research in four
rural areas in Portugal, Spain and Morocco together with an
interdisciplinary research team and local stakeholders
· The opportunity of carrying out your PhD in an international
setup and contributing to the growing research field of landscape
sustainability
Witzenhausen is a lively and beautiful university town famous for its
sustainable agriculture bachelor and masters programs. It is within a short
commuting distance by train from the cities of Kassel and Göttingen, which
are nodal points in the German railway system and therefore very well
connected by train to the rest of Europe.
Application deadline: *01.07.2019*.
Please submit your application, preferably in digital form as a single PDF
document. Application documents should include: motivation letter, CV,
Master and Bachelor level certificates and transcripts, and names and
contact details of two academic references. Please address all selection
criteria under clearly labeled headings in up to one short paragraph each.
Applications indicating the Position Number, which may be in digital form,
should be sent to the President of the University of Kassel, 34109 Kassel,
Germany or bewerbungen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, quoting the reference number 32369.
For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Tobias Plieninger, E-Mail:
plieninger@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
The protection of your personal data is important to us, therefore we will
handle your personal data carefully. If you give us your data, you allow us
to store and use them in accordance with the Hessian Data Protection and
Freedom of Information Act. You can object to this at any time. Your
personal data will then be deleted.
The University of Kassel is an equal opportunity employer and aims at a
clear increase of the proportion of women in research and teaching.
Qualified women are therefore expressly requested to apply. Under the
precondition of equal qualification, disabled persons will be preferred.
Attachment:
vacany_announcement_phd-researcherdocx.pdf
Description: Adobe PDF document
