Junior researcher – climate adaptive land use scenario modelling

Required qualifications and competences

• Master’s degree with relevance to land use modelling (e.g., geography, geoinformatics, spatial planning or natural resource management)
• Interest in the role of demographic change, climate change adaptation/mitigation, political and economic developments for future land use
• Experience in GIS data analysis and/or socio-economic modelling
• Favourable: Experience with the CLUE modelling framework or similar software
• Interest in stakeholder processes
• Ability to work in team settings
• Excellent communications and writing skills in English; knowledge of German an asset

Duties and responsibilities

• Analysis of the interplay between climate change adaptation/mitigation and land use evolution
• Development of storylines for future land use scenarios in co-evolution with changing adaptation/mitigation strategies (regional scale, until 2050)
• Production of GIS datasets, maps etc.
• Active participation in inter- and transdisciplinary exchange within the alpS Centre and externally
• Preparation of a PhD thesis highly encouraged

AlpS offers

An attractive working environment, subject-specific supervision, a strong network of universities, companies and public authorities, flexible working hours.