Farm and landscape transition scenarios for a sustainable development in living labs -perspectives for the Danish Tripartite Agreement implementation
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Farm and landscape transition scenarios for a sustainable development in living labs -perspectives for the Danish Tripartite Agreement implementation
Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Agroecology programme. The position is available from 01 October 2025 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.
Title:
Farm and landscape transition scenarios for a sustainable development in living labs -perspectives for the Danish Tripartite Agreement implementation
Research area and project description:
If you are quick, you have the opportunity to apply for this exiting PhD project, supporting the development of a green Denmark, living labs in light of the Danish Tripartite agreement and further international impacts!
To promote a sustainable transition of farming systems and landscapes, the development of new whole farm and landscape scale impact assessment tools are urgently needed, e.g. to assess emissions and more Nature based Solutions for environmental and climate impact mitigation, and real world scenarios for the implementation of the Danish Tripartite agreement. To do this, new types of data collection and models are needed, including digital information in close collaboration with farmers and their advisors, and real-world testing with relevant stakeholders in living labs.
The PhD candidate will be embedded in an interdisciplinary and international oriented research environment, working closely with farmers and other stakeholders, seeking to understand factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices at the farm and landscape level. The study is in particular around critical case living labs, for example in the TRANSFORM-DK “Living Labs supporting the transformation of Danish Landscapes” but also work internationally in selected areas together with international partners, all within the connected Land-CRAFT.dk Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures. Thereby, our ambition is to be generic and develop, publish and test results in Denmark, and internationally.
We look forward for this PhD candidate to come a join our research team of fellow PhD students and researchers, related to the Department of Agroecology and the section for Agricultural Systems and Sustainability, including both national and international projects (e.g. the mentioned TRANSFORM-DK initiative and Land-CRAFT.DK Center, an connected research projects across Aarhus-Copenhagen University, SEGES and Innovation Centre for Organic Farming etc. with the project on Primary Emissions Activity Data for Mitigation assessment (PREMIS), and the international trans4num.eu EU-China project).
Project description:
For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.
Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant Master’s degree, or at least one year of a Master’s degree (open to 4+4 years students; even 3+5 years students may be considered).
Candidates with background in agricultural or environmental science, bioengineering, agroecology, biology, geography and landscape planning are preferred, but we open to all skillful candidates. Basic knowledge about biological/agricultural systems is an advantage.
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is AU Viborg, Department of Agroecology, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark.
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information regarding the PhD position are invited to contact:
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact: admission.gradschool.tech@au.dk
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 10 August at 23:59 CEST
Preferred starting date is 01 October 2025.
Please note:
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.
Title:
Farm and landscape transition scenarios for a sustainable development in living labs -perspectives for the Danish Tripartite Agreement implementation
Research area and project description:
If you are quick, you have the opportunity to apply for this exiting PhD project, supporting the development of a green Denmark, living labs in light of the Danish Tripartite agreement and further international impacts!
To promote a sustainable transition of farming systems and landscapes, the development of new whole farm and landscape scale impact assessment tools are urgently needed, e.g. to assess emissions and more Nature based Solutions for environmental and climate impact mitigation, and real world scenarios for the implementation of the Danish Tripartite agreement. To do this, new types of data collection and models are needed, including digital information in close collaboration with farmers and their advisors, and real-world testing with relevant stakeholders in living labs.
The PhD candidate will be embedded in an interdisciplinary and international oriented research environment, working closely with farmers and other stakeholders, seeking to understand factors influencing the adoption of sustainable agricultural practices at the farm and landscape level. The study is in particular around critical case living labs, for example in the TRANSFORM-DK “Living Labs supporting the transformation of Danish Landscapes” but also work internationally in selected areas together with international partners, all within the connected Land-CRAFT.dk Center for Landscape Research in Sustainable Agricultural Futures. Thereby, our ambition is to be generic and develop, publish and test results in Denmark, and internationally.
We look forward for this PhD candidate to come a join our research team of fellow PhD students and researchers, related to the Department of Agroecology and the section for Agricultural Systems and Sustainability, including both national and international projects (e.g. the mentioned TRANSFORM-DK initiative and Land-CRAFT.DK Center, an connected research projects across Aarhus-Copenhagen University, SEGES and Innovation Centre for Organic Farming etc. with the project on Primary Emissions Activity Data for Mitigation assessment (PREMIS), and the international trans4num.eu EU-China project).
Project description:
For technical reasons, you must upload a project description. Please simply copy the project description above and upload it as a PDF in the application.
Qualifications and specific competences:
Applicants to the PhD position must have a relevant Master’s degree, or at least one year of a Master’s degree (open to 4+4 years students; even 3+5 years students may be considered).
Candidates with background in agricultural or environmental science, bioengineering, agroecology, biology, geography and landscape planning are preferred, but we open to all skillful candidates. Basic knowledge about biological/agricultural systems is an advantage.
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is AU Viborg, Department of Agroecology, Blichers Allé 20, 8830 Tjele, Denmark.
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information regarding the PhD position are invited to contact:
- Tommy Dalsgaard, Tommy.dalgaard@agro.au.dk (main supervisor)
- Morten Graversgaard, morten.graversgaard@agro.au.dk (co-supervisor)
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact: admission.gradschool.tech@au.dk
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 10 August at 23:59 CEST
Preferred starting date is 01 October 2025.
Please note:
- Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
- The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
- Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.