Postdoc position in Agricultural / Environmental and Resource Economics
At the Department of Business and Sustainability, we offer an opportunity for a postdoc in an interesting and relevant field.
Do you want to contribute to a cutting-edge research project focused on the environmental and social impacts of pesticide usage in Danish agriculture? And do you want three-year research position as our new post doc?
The Department of Business and Sustainability at the University of Southern Denmark in Esbjerg invites applications for a post doc position as of September 1, 2024, or as agreed.
Your research focus
The position is attached to the larger project: “Greener Fields for Safer Plates: Sustainable Pesticide Solutions (SAFEPLATE)”
The project is led by Associate Professor Julia Bronnmann and is fully funded by the Carlsberg Foundation. The overall goal of the project is to foster meaningful stakeholder dialogues, to propose innovative strategies for mitigating the negative consequences of pesticides, and to inspire collective action to promote sustainability in Denmark's agriculture.
You will be responsible for the research activities concerning the research question: “How do Danish farmers perceive the impacts of pesticide usage and regulation hereof, including the influence of the pesticide tax?”. As such you will play a key role in exploring how Danish farmers perceive the 2013 Danish pesticide tax, their incentives for adopting alternative pest management strategies, and the challenges they encounter when transitioning to sustainable farming.