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<div style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">apologies for cross-posting, please forward this </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">PhD</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">opportunity</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> to
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Many thanks, </span></div>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Are you interested in sustainable food and farming systems, and would you like to join an interdisciplinary project on improving plant protein production in Europe? </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Institute
for Environmental Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> invites candidates to apply for</span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">POSTDOC "</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">SCENARIOS FOR
PLANT PROTEINS IN EUROPE: IMPLICATIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY"</span></b></span><br>
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<div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The European consumption of plant proteins depends almost completely on import of grain legumes. Increasing domestic production of grain legumes is considered an important strategy
for improving Europe’s food security, and might have significant co-benefits, such as increasing resilience of European farming systems and reducing fertilizer use, pesticide use and greenhouse gas emissions. What is the potential for expanding plant grain
legume production in Europe? How large are the co-benefits and who are the beneficiaries? What are impacts and trade-offs on the environment, land use and value chain? How can increased grain legume production contribute to increasing sustainability of European
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The postdoc will contribute to the interdisciplinary project LegumeGAP, that explores options for increasing production and sustainability of plant protein production in Europe. LegumeGAP
is an interdisciplinary project that unites among others agronomists, economists, plant breeders and spatial ecologists from eight European countries.</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><b><br>
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<div><strong style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Your duties:</span></strong><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"></span>
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<li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">EU scale analysis of plant protein yield gaps and windows of opportunity for legume production</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Impact assessment and analysis of trade-offs of legume production at EU and global level</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Development and analysis of scenarios for plant protein production in Europe</span></li><li><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Contribute to various cross-partner tasks, including an European-level farmers survey, EU scale modelling of potential crop yields and yield gaps, analysis and mapping of different
yield gap components and drivers for it</span></li></ul>
<div><strong style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">What are we offering?</span></strong></div>
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</b></font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €3,123 (scale 10) and a maximum
€4,274 (scale 10), depending on your education and experience. The job profile is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for 1 FTE.</span><br style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">The initial employment contract will affect a period of 1 year, with the possibility of extension to in total 3 years.</span><br style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Additionally, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam offers excellent fringe benefits and various schemes and regulations to promote a good work/life balance, such as a maximum of 41 days of annual
leave based on full-time employment, 8% holiday allowance and 8.3% end-of-year bonus, solid pension scheme (ABP), contribution to commuting allowance based on public transport.</span><font face="Roboto, Arial"><br>
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<div><strong style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Application</span></strong></div>
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</b></font><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Are you interested in this position? Please apply via
</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">the website below</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> and upload your curriculum vitae and cover letter before</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></span><strong style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">12
March 2019</span></strong><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">.</span></div>
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<strong style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Vacancy questions</span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"> </span></strong></div>
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</b></font><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">If you have any questions regarding this vacancy, you may contact:</span><br style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Name: Dr. Nynke Schulp</span><br style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Position: Assistant Professor, IVM, Environmental Geography group</span><br style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">E-mail: nynke.schulp@vu.nl </span><span style="font-family: Roboto, Arial;"><br>
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