PhD: Adoption of Functional Agrobiodiversity and Modelling Ecosystem Services

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Amsterdam, Nederland VU Amsterdam Voltijd

Your function

You will be part of a multidisciplinary project (FABforward) on various aspects of functional agrobiodiversity (FAB), funded by the Dutch Research Council (NWO). You will mainly work on economics and ecosystem services of FAB adoption by farmers. The position involves working across multiple research institutes. At the Institute for Environmental Studies (IVM) at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, you will design and implement a survey and choice experiment aimed at assessing FAB adoption by Dutch farmers. The survey findings will provide input to your work on natural capital models for FAB-related ecosystem services, and on applying these models in a spatially explicit way; this work will be mainly carried out at the National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM) and Wageningen Environmental Research (WENR). You will be supervised by Dr Mark Koetse and Prof. Pieter van Beukering from IVM, supported by RIVM and WENR staff.



Your duties



you develop, improve and apply models for ecosystem services provided by FAByou design and implement a survey and choice experiment among Dutch crop farmers on barriers and incentives for FAB adoptionyou model costs and ecosystem services benefits of various FAB adoption scenarios

Your profile

you hold a MSc degree in environmental sciences, economics, or a related fieldyou have knowledge of and experience with development and application of spatial models using Python, QGIS, batch/command prompt is desirableyou have keen interest in contributing to the sustainability of agricultural systemsyou desire to work in a multidisciplinary team

We realise that each individual brings an unique set of skills, expertise and mindset. Therefore we are happy to invite anyone who recognises themselves in the profile to apply, even if you do not meet all the requirements.


What do we offer?

An interesting 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.,00 (PhD scale 85.0) and maximum € 3.,00 (PhD scale 85.3) gross per month, on a full-time basis. This is based on UFO profile PhD candidate. The exact salary depends on your education and experience.a position for at least 0.8 FTE. Your employment contract will initially last 1 year. Afterwards, if there is sufficient perspective, this will be extended to a total of 4 years. Your dissertation at the end of the fourth year forms the end of your employment contract.

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



A full-time 38-hour working week comes with a holiday leave entitlement of hours per year. If you choose to work 40 hours, you have 96 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 bonussolid pension scheme (ABP)contribution to commuting expensesoptional model for designing a personalized benefits package

Additionally, 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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