[ES_JOBS_NET] Associate professor in Global Land Use Modelling in Amsterdam

Tue Aug 2 00:49:02 MDT 2022

Dear colleagues,

Please share the following vacancy in your networks. Thank you!

Land use change is both a cause and consequence of Global Environmental Change, but at the same time it can also be a solution to environmental and social challenges. Given the strong global interconnections (telecoupling) through the trade of goods, commodities and services, local actions often have consequences in other world regions. Computational General Equilibrium models (CGE) are a tool to analyze these connections and evaluate the global impacts of policies and other interventions. Many sustainability interventions and policies affect land use, both locally and globally. The Associate Professor will build a research line that uses global scale models (preferably CGE modelling) to analyze how land use is changing in response to supply chain commitments such as zero-deforestation commitments, land use policies and other interventions. The succesful candidate is expected to use and further develop the land use representation of large-scale models to enable the simulation of alternative policies affecting land use (practices) and their contributions to global sustainability goals. The Asscociate Professor will work with colleagues to acquire funding for PhD students and postdocs working on this research line.

Your duties

  *   conduct innovative research on global land use consequences of policies and supply chain commitments
  *   develop improved methods for assessing land use in global-scale models (preferably CGE models)
  *   teaching in general and specialized courses in environmental science and environmental economics
  *   supervision of Masters and Bachelors theses
  *   acquire external funds through grant proposals
  *   publish scientific papers
  *   work on science-policy interfacing and outreach
REQUIREMENTS

  *   PhD in geography, environmental sciences or computational economics with expertise on land use
  *   proven track record in global scale modelling, preferably with CGE models
  *   good programming skills and experience in managing spatial data (GIS)
  *   experience in academic teaching
  *   experience to work on topics relevant to the science-policy interface and strong willingness to work in an interdisciplinary and international environment
  *   Since some of the teaching programs are only provided in Dutch, speaking Dutch or willingness to learn is Dutch (within a few years) is required
WHAT ARE WE OFFERING?
A challenging position in a socially involved organization. On full-time basis the remuneration amounts to a minimum gross monthly salary of €5,506 (scale 13) and a maximum €6,702 (scale 13), depending on your education and experience. The job profile: is based on the university job ranking system and is vacant for at least 0.8 FTE.

We offer a tenure track position initially for the duration of five years. After a successful evaluation at 18 months, permanent employment (tenure) will be granted. A career plan to grow to a higher position will be made and during the track performance will be evaluated. You will be offered guidance, training and mentoring.

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), good paid parental leave scheme, contribution to commuting expenses
About the institute
IVM is a leading environmental research institute that is internationally recognized for its high quality research output in a range of environmental disciplines, as well as for its interdisciplinary work. The mission of the institute is to contribute to sustainable development and care for the environment through scientific research and teaching. IVM aims to do excellent problem-oriented research that is useful to a wide range of stakeholders in the Netherlands and internationally. A unique strength of our research is to understand sustainability problems in their social and economic context. IVM research community works within four departments: Environmental Economics; Environmental Policy Analysis; Environmental Geography; and Water and Climate Risk. IVM is part of the Faculty of Science at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (www.ivm.vu.nl<http://www.ivm.vu.nl>). This position is based within the Environmental Geography department. The Environmental Geography department conducts interdisciplinary research on the spatial aspects of environmental and social challenges and the solutions sustainable land use can provide to these. This professorship is expected to intensively collaborate with colleagues in the Environmental Economics departement.
APPLICATION
Are you interested in this position? Please apply via the webpage below and upload your curriculum vitae and a motivation letter until 15/09/2022.

https://workingat.vu.nl/ad/sectorgelden-cgemodeller/wp51wl

Kind regards,
Met vriendelijke groeten,
Lep pozdrav,

Žiga

Dr. Žiga Malek
Assistant Professor in Land Use and Ecosystem Dynamics, Environmental Geography Group
Instituut voor Milieuvraagstukken (IVM) – Institute for Environmental Studies
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