Announcement of PhD and post-doctoral positions
The Faculty of Organic Agricultural Sciences at Universität Kassel/ Witzenhausen and the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences at Georg-August-Universität Göttingen jointly invite applications for a
Announcement of PhD and post-doctoral positions
Agriculture is one of the oldest examples of a coupled Social-Ecological System (SES), in which environmental and societal components mutually depend on each other. These interdependencies are changing rapidly since urbanisation has become a global challenge. The DFG-funded Research Unit FOR2432 will address agricultural transitions in the rural-urban interface, exemplified by the emerging megacity Bangalore.
In the context of this Research Unit, starting by April 1, 2016, we hereby announce a total of 17 positions for PhD candidates and a post-doctoral scientist at the Universities of Kassel and Göttingen in the fields of crop and dairy production (5), land use analysis and agroecology (4), agricultural economics (6), human geography (1), and SES theory (1). For details please refer to http://www.uni-kassel.de/go/for-2432.
Extensive field work in India is required in all of the positions announced. Fitness for service in the tropics is therefore mandatory. The Universities of Kassel and Göttingen are equal opportunity employers and aim to increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Qualified women are therefore explicitly invited to apply. In case of equal qualification, physically challenged persons will be given preferential consideration.