PhD Scholarship: Dynamic Food Systems Modelling

DTU; Kongens Lyngby; Remote; DKK 279,000 - 391,000; Full time

Job summary

DTU Sustain, in collaboration with BRIGHT, invites applications for a PhD Student in dynamic food system modelling. The project aims to develop dynamic modelling approaches for sustainability assessments of microbial foods and food system transformations, integrating nutrition as the functional unit within AESA.

The successful candidate will work on regionalized AESA, temporal dynamics, and the integration of pLCA to explore future technological developments and eco-efficiencies in sustainable

Qualifications

• Two-year Master’s degree (120 ECTS points) in environmental engineering, integrated food studies, sustainability assessments, or closely related disciplines.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills.
• Fluent in spoken and written English; literacy in common IT systems.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

LCA

AESA

Mathematical modelling

English

Education

Master’s degree (120 ECTS)

Tools

IT systems

Job description

DTU Sustain, in collaboration with BRIGHT, invites applications for a PhD Student in dynamic food system modelling. The project aims to develop dynamic modelling approaches for sustainability assessments of microbial foods and food system transformations, integrating nutrition as the functional unit within AESA.

The successful candidate will work on regionalized AESA, temporal dynamics, and the integration of pLCA to explore future technological developments and eco-efficiencies in sustainable