Research Assistant

The position is for 8 months and with start from 1 November 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The candidate will work in close collaboration with the principal investigator in Horizon Europe projects to assist with project activities and day-to-day tasks for smooth implementation of the projects.

Further information on the Department can be found at www.plen.ku.dk. Inquiries about the position can be made to Bhim Bahadur Ghaley (bbg@plen.ku.dk)

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Educational and work experience

The candidate should have the following qualifications and work experience

• Master’s degree in environmental and natural resource economics
• Experience in implementing crop-soil-atmosphere process models viz. Yield-SAFE, Farm-SAFE and FARMTREE tool and system dynamics
• Statistical analysis of field trial data with GenStat and R software
• Experience in socio-economic studies and farm economics including scenario building
• Valorization of agricultural products from diversified production systems viz. agroforestry and cereal-legume intercrop
• Quantification and valuation of ecosystem services in agroecological practices
• Experience on report writing as deliverables and milestones for Horizon Europe projects
• Experience working with arable cropping systems in temperate zones
• Experience on workflow consisting of field sampling, data synthesis and analysis for valorization into manuscript
• Experience in carrying out environmental footprint analysis of agroecological practices
• Experience in agroforestry and cereal-legume production systems

Terms of employment

The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Questions
For further information about the position please contact Bhim Bahadur Ghaley (bbg@plen.ku.dk )

Application
The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

• Curriculum vitae
• Diploma and transcripts of records (BSc and MSc)
• Publication list

The deadline for applications is 1 August 2025, 23:59 (GMT +2)

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.