PhD: Nature-Inclusive Dairy Transitions & Biodiversity

European Plant Science Organisation; Netherlands; Remote; EUR 29,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

The European Plant Science Organisation is inviting applications for a PhD position in the Netherlands, linked to the DECISION project. The role focuses on understanding diverse values of nature across stakeholders and evaluating nature-inclusive transitions for business and biodiversity.

You will design farm typologies and co-design interventions to support ecosystem services. You will conduct interviews and workshops with stakeholders, develop scenarios, and disseminate findings through

Responsibilities

• Develop a Research Proposal and a Training and Supervision Plan, to structure the PhD trajectory
• Advancing conceptual thinking by linking farm heterogeneity and typologies, diverse values and valuation of nature, and theory of transitions and transformations
• Conducting and analyzing semi-structured interviews and workshops with stakeholders
• Develop scenario analysis and/or other ‘future’ studies
• Disseminate results by publishing papers in scientific journals, presenting in international conferences, and creating content items dedicated to stakeholders
• Work as a team player, contributing to the activities and wider aims of DECISION project.

Job description

The European Plant Science Organisation is inviting applications for a PhD position in the Netherlands, linked to the DECISION project. The role focuses on understanding diverse values of nature across stakeholders and evaluating nature-inclusive transitions for business and biodiversity.

You will design farm typologies and co-design interventions to support ecosystem services. You will conduct interviews and workshops with stakeholders, develop scenarios, and disseminate findings through