PhD position in Grassland Management and Grassland-based Production Systems

vor 1 Woche

Bern, Bern, Schweiz Kanton Bern Vollzeit CHF 40'000 - CHF 60'000 pro Jahr

To start with, here are some of our strong points

  • International teaching staff that combines tradition with innovation and excellence with experiment and thus gives students individual guidance towards their own careers.

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  • When looking for solutions, it helps to be curious and to think truly outside the box.

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  • Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.

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  • Great freedom in the organisation of work times – including mobile working.

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*What you'll be doing here*

  • This PhD explores the balance between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil carbon sequestration in Mongolian steppe pastoral systems as a facet of One Health in Social Ecological Systems: Optimizing natural resources, livelihoods and health of humans and animals in Mongolia
  • Investigate the digestibility and fermentation potential of key forage species and their role in pastoral productivity and GHG emissions
  • Assess how soils across diverse Mongolian landscapes contribute to carbon sequestration
  • Combine experimental results with mechanistic modelling to generate scenarios for sustainable herding systems
  • Provide insights relevant to local herding communities and international climate policy

*What you'll bring with you*

  • Master (or equivalent) in a life sciences discipline (e.g. animal science, biology, ecology, environmental science, agricultural science, soil science or a related field)
  • Experience in laboratory and field research is a plus
  • Knowledge of plant, soil and livestock systems (training will be provided, so enthusiasm and capacity to learn are more important than specific prior expertise)
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Flexibility and enthusiasm for fieldwork, including travel to remote areas
  • Good English communication skills, both written and spoken

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