The climate needs bright minds. The Potsdam Institute for Climate
Impact Research (PIK) addresses crucial scientific questions in
the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable
development. It is one of the world's leading research
institutions in its field and offers natural and social
scientists from around the world an inspiring environment for
excellent interdisciplinary research.
For the Research Department 2: Climate Resilience, PIK is
offering a
Postdoctoral or Doctoral researcher position (m/f/d)
(Position number: 19a-2022-Postdoctoral position,
19b-2022-Doctoral position)
in the working group “Adaptation in Agricultural Systems”,
starting as soon as
possible.
The position is funded until July
31st, 2026. Remuneration is in accordance with the
German public tariff scheme (TV-L Brandenburg) salary
group E 13 (100% for
a postdoctoral and 75% for a doctoral researcher). This
is a full-time position with a weekly working time of 40
hours per week but can be filled on a part-time basis.
Appointment is conditional on approval by the funding agency.
We are looking for a doctoral or postdoctoral researcher to
join our team in the field of climate impact attribution in
agriculture. Attributing the impacts of climate change is a new
and dynamic topic of research that will gain further importance
as both climate change and the public debate and legal frameworks
dealing with its impacts are progressing, including for example
the Warsaw International Mechanism for Loss and Damage (WIM).
The goal of the planned research is to estimate the share of
historical losses in agricultural production that can be
attributed to climate change. This includes both the impacts of
long-term changes in mean climate and, especially, the impacts of
individual climate and weather events. The geographic scope
ranges from sub-national to global, with a focus on low- to
middle-income countries at risk of food insecurity. The work is
carried out within different third-party funded projects, of
which climate impact attribution is one part amongst other
research work that supports climate change adaptation. Project
partners include for example the Food and Agriculture
Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Deutsche
Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ).
The successful applicant will analyse observational and
model-derived historical climate data together with observational
agricultural data. Modelling tools may include both
process-based and empirical crop models. The tasks are
done in cooperation with climate scientists and agricultural
economists. The applicant will join the growing team of
attribution scientists in the research group and benefit from
close collaboration and inspiring exchange to grow as, or advance
into, an expert in climate impact attribution in agriculture.
Either a postdoctoral or doctoral researcher will be appointed,
depending on the suitability of the respective candidates.
Key responsibilities:
- Design, perform, and interpret research in the field of
climate impact attribution in agriculture. The focus areas will
be based on the applicants’ interests and ideas as well as
project constraints; an interest in Sub-Saharan Africa is
desirable.
- Co-develop a statistical framework for estimating the
fraction of observed agricultural production losses that can be
attributed to climate change, considering a range of climate
hazards.
- Prepare and analyse historical and counter-factual climate
data without (anthropogenic) climate change, for example from the
ISIMIP or CMIP6 projects, for selected case studies.
- Apply crop models for selected case studies, using the
described climate data, with the aim of estimating the share of
crop losses that can be attributed to changes in mean climate or
to extreme climate and weather events.
- Coordinate and contribute to the implementation of research
projects through close collaboration with other researchers at
PIK as well as the stakeholders involved.
- Write and publish articles in peer-reviewed journals that
highlight findings from the research projects and present
research findings at international conferences.
- Liaise and maintain communication with project donors,
responding to information requests, preparing project progress
reports and policy briefs.
- Support data collection, literature review and analysis.
- Manage projects, develop new project proposals and apply for
funding.
We further encourage you to pursue your own research interests,
which should have a thematic overlap with the above
responsibilities.
Requirements:
- You hold a Master’s degree (for the doctoral position) or PhD
(for the postdoctoral position) in either one of Agricultural
Science, Statistics, Agricultural Economics or one of Physics,
Climate Science, Meteorology. Proven interest (doctoral) or
expertise (postdoctoral) in the other field is desirable.
Knowledge and work experience in climate impact analysis is
valuable.
- You have a solid understanding of (postdoctoral) or keen
interest in (doctoral) climate physics, extreme weather events
and climate change impacts.
- You have experience or are interested in process-based and
statistical crop modelling or related climate impact
modelling.
- You hold solid expertise in statistics, programing skills in
R or python (postdoctoral and doctoral). You are
familiar with (postdoctoral) or not afraid of (doctoral) large
data sets and associated file formats (e.g. NetCDF).
- Experience in project management and development of research
proposals is valuable.
- You have strong analytical and excellent scientific writing
skills, excellent communications skills, and you are fluent in
oral and written English.
- You have the ability to work independently, goal-oriented and
on your own initiative.
We offer:
- an inspiring, international, and interdisciplinary work
environment in one of the world’s leading research institutes on
climate change
- participation in user driven research projects with
international partners
- insights into international projects with extensive
stakeholder engagement
- opportunities for cooperation with PIK’s national and
international network of leading climate and agricultural
research institutes
- guidance and supervision in career development
- high-impact of your research through publications in renowned
journals and consortia
- flexi-time and mobile working (up to 40% of your
hours),
- a collective pay scheme and associated benefits as well as a
subsidized travel card.
PIK values equality and diversity. All qualified applicants will
receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic and
social origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender
identity, national origin, disability, care responsibilities, or
age. PIK seeks to increase the share of women in scientific
positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. In
cases of equal qualification and within the given legal scope,
women will be given preference. PIK also encourages applications
by parents returning from parental leave.
Please apply by 30.06.2022directly using our application form.
If you hold an international higher education qualification,
please also submit the Statement of Comparability from the
Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) with your application.
In the case that you do not yet have a ZAB Statement of
Comparability for your qualification, please be aware that you
will need to request this if your application is successful. You
can find further information on this website: https://www.kmk.org/zab/central-office-for-foreign-education.html
Application documents should comprise a letter of motivation
including research interests, CV, relevant certificates, and a
short sample of your work (e.g. journal publication, approx. 2-10
pages). For further information or to discuss the position please
contact Dr. Sabine Undorf at sabine.undorf(at)pik-potsdam.de.
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