[ES_JOBS_NET] assistant professor in land use and food systems in Amsterdam

[Malek, Z. (Ziga)]

Dear colleagues,

Please share our vacancy for an Assistant Professor at the Institute for Environmental Studies of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam:

This Assistant Professor will develop a food systems oriented research line within the Environmental Geography department of the Institute for Environmental Studies. Specifically, the Assistant Professor will develop projects that look at the interrelations between food systems and land use in the context of sustainability transitions. The successful candidate is expected to address both the demand and supply side of food systems and use an interdisciplinary set of methods, including quantitative and spatial  approaches. The candidate will take an active role in science-policy interfaces in order to achieve impact on food system transitions. Research will include collaboration inside as well as outside the department, and is based on externally funded PhD and postdoc projects. The Assistant Professor is expected to contribute to teaching in both food system oriented courses as well as broader environmental science courses, and supervise Msc thesis research.


Your duties

  *   conduct research on food systems in relation to land use
  *   teaching in general and more specialized environmental science courses as part of our teaching programmes
  *   supervision of Masters and Bachelors theses
  *   work together with the department's staff in the acquisition of external funds for PhD and postdoc projects
  *   (co-) publish scientific papers
REQUIrEMENTS

  *   PhD in geography or a related discipline with a demonstrable expertise in applying state-of-the-art socio-ecological systems analysis methods
  *   good writing skills
  *   experience in academic teaching
  *   strong willingness to work in an interdisciplinary environment
  *   Since some of the teaching programs are only provided in Dutch, speaking Dutch or willingness to learn Dutch within a couple of years is required.

More information and application on: https://werkenbij.vu.nl/ad/ud-food-systems/dcxhgz


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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Working days: Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu | T +31 20 59 85 670 | ziga.malek at vu.nl<mailto:ziga.malek at vu.nl>
Personal links: http://research.vu.nl/en/persons/žiga-malek |https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6981-6708
Mailing address: De Boelelaan 1111, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherlands
Visiting address: NU-8A65
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Latest papers:

Malek et al. (2022): Regional disparities in impacts of climate extremes require targeted adaptation of Fairtrade supply chains [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.oneear.2022.07.008>]

Schrammeijer et al. (2022): Mapping demand and supply of functional niches of urban green space<https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:kuK5TVdYjLIC> [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolind.2022.109031>]

Negacz et al. (2022): Saline soils worldwide: Identifying the most promising areas for saline agriculture<https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=NsePDZEAAAAJ&sortby=pubdate&citation_for_view=NsePDZEAAAAJ:KUbvn5osdkgC> [link<https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jaridenv.2022.104775>]

If this email arrives outside office hours, please do not feel obliged to reply until normal working hours. I have a small toddler that can impact my working hours when working from home.

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