PhD: Dynamic Food System Modelling & Sustainability

DTU - Technical University of Denmark; Kongens Lyngby; On-site; DKK 320,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

DTU - Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a PhD Student in dynamic food system modelling. The project aims to develop dynamic modelling for sustainability assessments of microbial foods, integrating nutrition as the functional unit within AESA.

You will contribute to regionalising environmental carrying capacities, temporal dynamics and prospective pLCA, collaborating with BRIGHT and DTU Sustain, with a start date in 2027.

Qualifications

• Two-year Master’s degree in environmental engineering, integrated food studies, sustainability assessments, or equivalent.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Fluent in English and proficient with common IT systems.
• Experience with LCA or AESA; mathematical modelling is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Integrate nutritional functional units (nFU) into AESA.
• Develop spatially differentiated AESA by regionalizing carrying capacities and life cycle impacts.
• Incorporate temporal dynamics into AESA for changing capacities over time.
• Combine pLCA with AESA to assess future food-system sustainability.

Skills

Organizational skills

Project management

English proficiency

IT literacy

LCA/AESA experience

Mathematical modelling

Education

Master’s degree in environmental engineering, integrated food studies, sustainability assessments, or similar

Job description

DTU - Technical University of Denmark invites applications for a PhD Student in dynamic food system modelling. The project aims to develop dynamic modelling for sustainability assessments of microbial foods, integrating nutrition as the functional unit within AESA.

You will contribute to regionalising environmental carrying capacities, temporal dynamics and prospective pLCA, collaborating with BRIGHT and DTU Sustain, with a start date in 2027.