Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg | Vacancy: Research associate in agri-environmental governance, policy analysis and commons research

Research Associate (100%) in agri-environmental governance, policy analysis and commons research

The Professorship of Agricultural, Environmental and Food Policy with a focus on Governance and Natural Resources (Prof. Insa Theesfeld) is member of the Institute of Agricultural and Nutritional Sciences at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg http://www.landw.uni-halle.de/prof/agrarpolitik/.

The Professorship offers a full time position starting after 01.08.2016 for a Research Associate (100%)

This position is initially for 3 years. A prolongation is foreseen.

The salary is based on German federal public service scale according to qualification and tasks up to E13 TV-L.

Application deadline is 10^th May 2016

Tasks:

• Participation and research in the current research program at the department related to sustainable natural resource use, agri-environmental governance and commons research.
• Application and organization of third party research proposals and projects.
• Establishing a new research focus in the frame of the themes covered by the department and related acquisition of funds.
• Teaching classes and supervision of students.

Requirements:

• The preferred candidate has a PhD in a related field and wishes to qualify further for an academic career.
• Background in qualitative and/or quantitative empirical methods to be applied to institutional analysis, political analysis and/or resource economics.
• Experience in acquisition of third party funds and the organizational processing of projects is an asset.
• Fluent levels of English and German languages are required.

Full information can be obtained by: http://personal.verwaltung.uni-halle.de/jobs/wissmi/

(ZUV-Info: 403/2016; Reg.-Nr.: 5-3414/16-H) which provides the legally binding vacancy announcement.

For further questions, please contact Prof. Insa Theesfeld: itheesfeld@yahoo.de