The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver knowledge and solutions for ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture. ZALF aims for excellent and integrated research with societal impact. The institute is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). ZALF is currently establishing its Innovation Centre for Agricultural System Transformation (IAT). Beginning in 2026, the IAT will operate as a new and permanent structural unit within ZALF with 19 working groups conducting research in the context of agricultural living labs. The IAT working groups will collaborate with diverse actors in the co-design and shared assessment of cultivation systems, value networks and joint innovations in support of a larger transformation towards more sustainable and equitable agriculture. The research is focused on five agricultural landscape living labs in Hesse and Brandenburg. The IAT working groups are in Giessen, Kassel, Geisenheim, and Müncheberg. More details can be found
With its Tenure Track System, ZALF aims to recruit excellent scientists with expertise aligned with the IAT by guaranteeing a permanent contract upon successful evaluation.
We are offering at our IAT location in Müncheberg a full-time position as
Tenure Track scientist as working group head (m/f/d) on “Participatory resilience assessment of farming systems”
Reference No. IAT-T02-2025
Call description
This Classic Tenure Track Call invites applications of scientists with qualifications to lead a new working group focusing on the development and implementation of participatory methods for the assessment of farming system resilience considering diverse changes within and beyond the system. Such changes may include new management practices or value chains as well as external socio-demographic, economic, technological and environmental driving forces. The ambition is to ensure that agricultural innovations co-developed in living labs build resilience under future conditions. All research should be embedded in a living lab context, primarily in Germany, but also in other world regions.

Please refer the Job description for details