Postdoctoral researcher 'Model-based food system evaluation'

Schweizerische Bundeskanzlei; Ettenhausen; Vor Ort; CHF 110.000 - 140.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Working for Switzerland

Embracing diversity

Staying healthy at work

Zusammenfassung

Agroscope seeks a PhD-level contributor to advance the Swiss food system model, evaluating impacts of production, policy, and trade changes. You will work on cutting-edge methodology and collaborate across interdisciplinary teams to publish findings in leading journals.

The role requires a PhD in agricultural economics or economics, strong English, and knowledge of two Swiss languages, with a team-oriented, performance-driven approach.

Qualifikationen

• Must hold a PhD in agricultural economics or economics.
• Excellent command of English.
• Knowledge of two official Swiss languages is required.
• Team-oriented and performance-oriented.
• Familiarity with ex-ante optimization and GAMS is valuable.

Aufgaben

• Optimizing a food system model to evaluate impacts on the Swiss food system under various scenarios.
• Assessing synergies and trade-offs of different scenarios.
• Developing the food system model using cutting-edge methodologies.
• Contributing to and analyzing inputs from other interdisciplinary work packages.

Kenntnisse

English proficiency

Two Swiss languages

Team-oriented

Performance orientation

GAMS

Ausbildung

PhD in agricultural economics or economics

Tools

GAMS

Jobbeschreibung

This is how you can contribute

• Optimizing food system model to evaluate the impacts on the Swiss food system from production, technological, foreign trade, dietary and policy changes
• Assessing synergies and trade-offs of various scenarios
• Development of the food system model using cutting edge methodology
• Contributing to and analyzing inputs from other interdisciplinary work packages of the project
• Publishing findings in leading journals in the field of agricultural economics
• Contributing to political and social debates

This makes you unique

• PhD in agricultural economics or economics
• Experience in ex-ante optimization models and knowledge of GAMS
• Team-oriented and performance-oriented individual
• Excellent command of English
• Knowledge of two official Swiss languages

Our benefits

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the successful Swiss model and work for the public good.
• Embracing diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we draw on our expertise and contribute different perspectives.
• Staying healthy at work We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

Good food, healthy environment

Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. Its researchers work at a number of sites in Switzerland. Headquartered in Bern-Liebefeld (as of 2026: Posieux), Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER.