PhD in Spatial Land-Use Optimization for MATOPIBA

Comses; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Utrecht University in the Netherlands invites applications for a PhD position in Spatial Optimization of Land Use in MATOPIBA, Brazil. You will quantify trade-offs between productive agriculture and biodiversity, develop a spatial optimization algorithm, and compute Pareto frontiers under different climate and socio-economic scenarios.

The project is part of Frontiers of MATOPIBA landscapes, with collaboration across Brazil and Utrecht University, contributing to policy-relevant,

Responsibilities

• Travel to Brazil to interact with various stakeholders in land use in MATOPIBA
• Translate stakeholders’ preferences in terms of productivity and biodiversity into quantifiable indicators
• Develop a spatial optimization algorithm to optimize these indicators
• Compute Pareto frontiers under different climate and socio-economic scenarios
• Write academic articles and policy documents summarizing the findings

Job description

Utrecht University in the Netherlands invites applications for a PhD position in Spatial Optimization of Land Use in MATOPIBA, Brazil. You will quantify trade-offs between productive agriculture and biodiversity, develop a spatial optimization algorithm, and compute Pareto frontiers under different climate and socio-economic scenarios.

The project is part of Frontiers of MATOPIBA landscapes, with collaboration across Brazil and Utrecht University, contributing to policy-relevant,