Research Scientist: Site-specific Agricultural

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Zurich, Schweiz Agroscope is looking for a: Vollzeit

**good food, healthy environment**
The 'Integrative Agroecology' Research Group coordinates and pools the know-how of various groups in order to calculate a range of agri-environmental indicators and forms the heart of 'MAUS', the new Swiss agri-environmental monitoring programme. We have significant expertise in collecting, plausibility-checking and managing agricultural data. In addition, our group coordinates major EU partnership programmes for the whole of Agroscope.

How can Swiss agriculture be transformed in order to achieve its environmental objectives? We investigate this issue in the 'Site-Adapted Agriculture' project, in which we define scenarios and determine their environmental impacts with various models.

**Your tasks**:

- Calculating scenarios with various agri-environmental models (e.g. GHG emissions)
- Adapting existing models in the spheres of plant-protection product risk and nutrient transport
- Exchange with various experts in the field
- Statistical analyses of the spatial model results
- Authoring scientific publications, presenting the results at conferences

**Your profile**:

- Master's degree in Agricultural Sciences, Environmental Sciences or a related discipline
- Very good programming skills in R and experience in handling different data formats
- Experience in authoring scientific publications
- Knowledge of two official Swiss languages and a very good command of written and spoken English

**Additional information**:
(English is not an official Swiss language, please choose German, French or Italian as correspondence language).

Start date: 01.05.2024 or to be agreed. This is a two-year fixed-term post.

Reference number: JRQ$540-9190

**About us**:
The 'Agroecology and Environment' Research Division investigates the effects of agriculture on the environmental dimensions of climate, air, soil, biodiversity, nutrient cycles and water. Based on the principles of agroecology and using real-world data, we develop solutions for a sustainable agricultural sector. The interconnectedness of the disciplines is essential here for identifying synergies and trade-offs.

Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. Its researchers carry out their work at a number of sites in Switzerland. Headquartered in Bern-Liebefeld (as of 2026: Posieux FR), Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER.

We offer you a varied job in an interesting work environment as well as thorough training and a modern research infrastructure. Flexible working hours and good employee benefits are additional perks of the job.

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