ATSAF-JobNews 2022 and Junior Scientists Program

The Center for Development Research (ZEF, www.zef.de) is an international and interdisciplinary research institute of Bonn University and has a position opening for a Postdoctoral Researcher (100%)
The “Theory of Change and Impact Modeler” will be employed within the project INTERFACES, which is funded by the German Federal Research Ministry (BMBF). INTERFACES supports and coordinates outreach activities for four Research and Development (R&D) projects working on sustainable land management in Sub-Sahara Africa funded
under the umbrella of BMBF’s Strategy “Research for Sustainability”. INTERFACES will support collective processes, that enable and contribute to gender-responsive transformative change between all relevant stakeholders, such as scientists, policy-makers and practitioners in Africa.

Deadlines: 4 Nov 2022

The University of Göttingen has a position opening for a postdoctoral researcher to join the RTG 2654 "Sustainable Food Systems", funded by the German Research Foundation (DFG). The position should be filled as soon as possible with a limited contract of three years. The salary is, in accordance with the German public service, scale E13 TVL (100%). This is a qualification position for junior researchers pursuing an academic career after the PhD degree. The position is focused on research and has no regular teaching obligations.

 

Organisation/Funding Institution: University of Göttingen

Location: Göttingen, Germany

The Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU) is seeking a project manager for the project HealthyDiets4Africa funded as a Research and Innovation Action (RIA) by the European Union. The project aims to combat malnutrition in eight West-, Central- and East African countries through diversification of the food systems. It involves twenty partners from Africa and Europe that represent different research areas (nutritional and food sciences, crop science, agricultural and food economics) and stakeholders (companies, extension experts, political lobbyists). The project manager will be based at JLU Giessen and support the Scientific Coordinator and the project partners in the management and administration of the project. The position is at the Chair of Crop Production and Yield Physiology, Institute of Crop Production and Plant Breeding I at the Department of Agricultural Sciences, Ecotrophology and Environmental Management. The salary is in accordance with the collective labour agreement of the State of Hessen (E13 TV-H).

 

Organisation/Funding Institution: Justus Liebig University Giessen (JLU), Research and Innovation Action (RIA) by European Union Deadlines: 22 Nov 2022

 

With around 350 members ATSAF - Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Tropische und Subtropische Agrarforschung e.V. (Council for Tropical and Subtropical Research) connects key players in German development-oriented agricultural research. This includes professors of German universities with a focus on development-oriented agricultural research and a matching teaching concept, that supports the training of young researchers in this field. Contacts to and stays at International Agricultural Research Centers are invaluable in bringing young scientists early into practice.

With our “ATSAF – CGIAR++ Junior Scientists Program” financed by BMZ via giz FIA, we enable students to gain practical experience in project-based scientific work at an International Agricultural Research Center and support them in completing their Master’s degree.