PhD Student (f/m/d)

at  LeibnizZentrum fr Agrarlandschaftsforschung eV

LEIBNIZ-ZENTRUM FÜR AGRARLANDSCHAFTSFORSCHUNG E.V. - HR

Die Mission des Leibniz-Zentrums für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V. als national und international agierendes Forschungszentrum ist es, an der ökonomisch, ökologisch und sozial nachhaltigen Landwirtschaft der Zukunft zu forschen – gemeinsam mit Akteuren aus der Wissenschaft, Politik und Praxis. Das ZALF ist Mitglied der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft und unterhält neben dem Hauptstandort in Müncheberg (ca. 35 Minuten mit der Regionalbahn von Berlin-Lichtenberg) eine Forschungsstation mit weiteren Standorten in Dedelow sowie Paulinenaue.
The Research Area 2 “Land Use and Governance” is offering a PhD position in the working group “Sustainable Grassland Systems“ in the FNR funded joint research project: Networking of climate and nature conservation with strategies for the biomass utilization of paludicultures and peatland photovoltaics; (PaludiLab). Sub-project 1: Hydrology in combination with biomass under PV systems. PaludiLab aims to set up landscape laboratories in typical and representative peatland agricultural landscapes in Germany, in which innovative and complex measures in the landscape context can be developed, tested, demonstrated and implemented as models. These landscape laboratories are located in Schleswig-Holstein (Lottorf), Lower Saxony (Rastede), Brandenburg (Rhin-Havelluch) and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Ostzingst). In addition to a range of peatland rewetting strategies, the ecosystem services of landscape sections are also systematically included and analyzed. The overarching goal of the joint project is to achieve an economically viable combination of income sources biogas, peat substitute and electricity production to demonstrate a sustainable and long-term economic basis for the rewetting of moorland areas. In addition to practical partners, the project is being carried out in the landscape laboratories together with the universities of Potsdam, Rostock and Göttingen.
Subject to final approval of funds, we are offering a 65% (26 hours per week) position from 1st of October or later for 3 years at our location in Paulinenaue as
PhD Student (f/m/d)

REQUIREMENTS:

• Master in Agricultural Sciences
• willingness to undertake extensive field work
• statistical and quantitative assessment skills
• knowledge of the reactions of peat ecosystems to changing environmental factors
• knowledge of nature conservation-oriented management methods for peat areas
• knowledge about the appropriate management of peat soils and suitable measures for their protection
• scientific and applied experience at the interface between ecological and economic peatland management
• knowledge in the field of grassland science, stocktaking and vegetation
• experience in project work in terms of peatland sciences
• good teamwork skills with a willingness to work across disciplines
• as international research facility based in Germany, we require good to very good written and spoken English skills

Please refer the Job description for details