Researcher - Modelling Environmental Impacts of Trade

2 weken geleden

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Nederland VU Amsterdam Voltijd

Your Role

We are seeking a talented researcher to join our team at VU Amsterdam to work on the Horizon Europe ENhanced understanding of Trade Impacts on Climate, industries, and the Environment (ENTICE) project. As a researcher, you will contribute to developing novel data and modelling capacity to enhance our knowledge and inform policymakers on the positive and negative impacts of trade and trade policy on climate and the environment.

Your Responsibilities

  • Conduct cutting-edge research on the impact of trade on land use changes and the environment.
  • Enhance the land use model GLOBIOM and links with macro-economic models to better capture impacts of trade between regions on the land use sector and the environment.
  • Process data, analyze results, and implement a range of scenarios on more sustainable trade agreements.
  • Carry out case-studies, mixing quantitative and qualitative methods to understand the impact on land use changes and the environment at a more fine-grained level.

Your Profile

  • A university master's degree in agriculture, environmental, trade economics with an affinity to sustainability issues.
  • Experience with or interest in quantitative research methodologies, including mathematical programming and scenario modelling.
  • Experience with data and spatial analysis and processing, preferably in R or QGIS.
  • Experience with (or willingness to learn) qualitative data gathering and analysis.
  • Organisational, communicative, and connective skills that allow you to collaborate with a wide variety of academic and societal actors.

What We Offer

A challenging position in a socially engaged organisation. At VU Amsterdam, you contribute to education, research, and service for a better world. And that is valuable. So in return for your efforts, we offer you:

  • A salary of minimum € 2,000.00 (PhD salary scale 85.0) and maximum € 3,000.00 (PhD salary scale 85.3) gross per month, on a full-time basis. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.
  • A position for at least 1 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 1 year. Afterwards, the possibility of expansion for 3 years exists. The job profile is based on the university job ranking system.

Additional Benefits

We also offer you attractive fringe benefits and regulations. Some examples:

  • A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have extra holiday leave hours on an annual basis. For part-timers, this is calculated pro rata.
  • 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus.
  • Contribution to commuting expenses.
  • A wide range of sports facilities which staff may use at a modest charge.
  • Solid pension scheme (ABP).

PhD Education Programme

We also offer a PhD education programme including training for teaching assistants and courses that are part of the SENSE graduate school.

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