The Danish Pioneer Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures, Land-CRAFT, based at the Department of Agroecology, Aarhus University, Denmark, is looking for a researcher with proficiency in environmental impact modelling, GHG inventories, MRV systems for agricultural sources, and land management scenarios. The position is offered as either a Tenure Track Assistant Professor or Associate Professor depending on the qualification of the applicant. You must indicate in your application, if you apply for the Tenure Track Assistant Professorship, the Associate Professorship, or both. The position is a full-time position and starts 1 February 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter.
Food security, climate change and loss of biodiversity represent three of today’s major societal challenges. Finding solutions requires studies that extend across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Land-CRAFT (https://land-craft.dk/), established in 2022, brings together experts on climate impact research and landscape analyses with backgrounds in biogeochemistry, agronomy, biology, geography, and social sciences from Aarhus and Copenhagen Universities, as well as our international partners: Colorado State University/NREL and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology/IMK-IFU. Digital technologies, including biogeochemical modelling and remote sensing, as well as interactions with stakeholders, are key components of Land-CRAFT.
The ideal candidate has experience in the use and application of biogeochemical models at large scales and a vision of how the increasing availability of Earth Observation information can be used to initialize, drive or complement routines in biogeochemical models and to calculate field to regional to global inventories of soil GHG fluxes or fluxes of other environmentally relevant substances. The candidate will also work on developing MRV frameworks and future sustainable agricultural production pathways under climate change conditions.
We expect that you will be an important part of the research environment and that you will contribute positively to the social working environment.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AS TENURE TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR:

You possess significant research qualifications that are recognized internationally, along with the potential to evolve into an effective research leader. Assessment of your qualifications is based on research output, including peer-reviewed publications, international research collaboration, potential to perform ground-breaking research, potential to attract external funding, communication skills, ability to collaborate and build relationships, etc. It will be evaluated positively if you have stayed at or been employed at least one internationally recognized research institutions. Tenure track positions are usually aimed at candidates who have not previously held an assistant professor position.

YOUR QUALIFICATIONS AS ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR:

You have established yourself as a prominent researcher within your specific field of research and you possess documented solid research and teaching qualifications at a high international level. Assessment of your qualifications are based on research output, including high-level peer-reviewed publications, international research collaboration and long-term research stay(s) at another internationally acknowledged university or research institution, documented ability to attract external funding, demonstrated ability to deliver high-quality undergraduate/graduate teaching and supervision of students, good communication skills and ability to collaborate and build relationships. You are ready to take co-responsibility for the development of the department’s research and education at the highest international level and for ensuring that we maintain a good work environment.
For more information, please see Criteria for evaluating Candidates.
Please refer to the tenure track guidelines for the tenure review criteria and for the tenure review process.

WHO WE ARE

At the Department of Agroecology, our main goal is to contribute to sustainable solutions to some of the world’s biggest problems within the areas of food production and environment. We want to make a difference by contributing to both fundamental knowledge generation and the attainment of sustainable production systems via innovative research, contracted policy advice, and education. We offer professional laboratories, greenhouses, and field-scale research facilities, advanced computing capacities as well as an extensive national/ international researcher network. The department consists of nine research sections with around 350 highly skilled employees (about 50% are scientific staff). More information can be found here.
We believe in encouraging inclusion, acceptance, and understanding by employing staff who bring unique perspectives to our department.

Please refer the Job description for details