We're inviting applications for PhD / Junior Researcher positions at the Chair of Agricultural Production and Resource Economics, Technical University of Munich (TUM).
Join a leading research group at the intersection of agricultural economics, sustainability, digital transformation, and policy analysis, embedded in both the TUM School of Management and the TUM School of Life Sciences.
๐ง Your ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฐ๐๐ย could include:
* natural resources and environment,
* digitalisation, AI and smart technologies in the livestock sectors,
* climate change and policy,
* agricultural, food and environmental policy impact analysis, and/or
* production efficiency and food markets.
๐ Youโll contribute to ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ถ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต projects (e.g. Smart4Welfare, URSOILL), benefit from TUMโs international research networks, and receive top-tier supervision.
๐ Weโre looking for candidates with:
_ A ๐๐๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฒ in economics, agricultural economics, or related disciplines
_ Proven ๐พ๐๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ธ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ (econometrics, machine learning, statistics)
_ ๐ ๐ผ๐๐ถ๐๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ปย to work in an interdisciplinary, global environment
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๐ฐ๐ฒ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ผ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ป๐ด๐น๐ถ๐๐ต, and the will to aquire certain working language of German
๐ ๐๐ฝ๐ฝ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐น๐น ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐บ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ป๐๐ถ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ด๐ต ๐๐๐ง๐ฎ๐๐ซ๐ฒ 9, 2026
