Your tasks and responsibilities:

• Quantify and map the current and future food production potentials with a process based agro-ecosystem model that has been established at the chair working group (LPJmL)
• Compare food production potentials with future food demand
• Lead advances in model implementation of alternative agricultural systems, such as agroforestry, intercropping, multiple cropping, silvopastural systems etc.
• Identify future drivers of change in food systems, including climate change impacts, and their effect on food production and agricultural productivity
• In the long term, advance the coupling of the agro-ecosystem model to a spatial-explicit economic model of your choice in order to account for international trade of agricultural goods
• Together with other team members, analyse trade-off between food production, nature conservation, water extraction and energy production
• Third-party funding acquisition
• Writing scientific publications
• Teaching and student mentoring (5 SWS).

Your qualifications:

• PhD degree in Agricultural Sciences, Agronomy, Agricultural Management, Land Use, Geography, or similar
• Strong background in quantitative assessment of food production systems
• Experience or the ability to acquire a good level in scientific programming (e.g. C, Python, FORTRAN) for modelling purposes
• Prior experience in interdisciplinary work is a plus
• Experience in teaching at higher education level and mentoring students is a plus
• The ability to work independently and on your own initiative
• Structured and goal-oriented thinking
• Capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics
• Creativity and openness to new approaches
• A high level of competence in oral and written English
• Competence in oral and written German or willingness to learn German
• Reliability and a high level of motivation
• Willingness to travel for work (project meetings, workshops etc.)
• Capacity for teamwork
• Excellent communication skills
• Organisational talent and management skills
• Capacity for networking and building a productive scientific network.

Benefits:

• Personal development through the LMU qualification program.
• Support in relocating to Munich through the LMU Gateway service.
• Support for child care (for example emergency care, holiday programme).
• A stimulating working environment in a new, dynamic, ambitious and innovative team.
• Working in an interdisciplinary milieu, focusing on questions relevant for society, economics and politics.
• Living in one of the most prosperous cities in Germany, Munich, with beautiful landscapes nearby and numerous cultural, sport and leisure events.
• Workplace health promotion.
• Theater and culture: special events, discounts and vouchers.
• Mobility: job tickets and discounted membership with Share Now (car sharing).

It is a qualification position for a total of six years, with a possibility to do a habilitation (German qualification as university lecturer). This is organized as a full-time A13/E13 position for three years and its prolongation for three more years in case of positive evaluation and fulfilment of official requirements.

We seek to increase the share of women in scientific positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply.

Also possible in a part-time capacity.People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.

Contact:

We look forward to receiving your application!
Please fill in the application template under https://wp.geographie-muenchen.de/en/job-application/

For questions regarding the application please contact Prof. Dr. Marianela Fader: M.fader@lmu.de

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