Postdoctoral Research Associate in Sustainable Agriculture

**About the Role**



We are seeking a Farm Sustainability Researcher to join an exciting, rapidly
expanding international research project which seeks to reduce the
environmental impacts of thousands of farms worldwide using digital tools. You
will be part of the HESTIA team, a growing and motivated team of environmental
scientists, software developers, and behavioural change specialists. The team
is based within the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science in the
Department of Biology and the Oxford Martin School.





**About You**



You will assist on the design and development of benchmarking and advice tools
to support farmer decision-making. Your benchmarking and advice tools will
form the foundation experimental trials which test whether enabling farmers to
quantify their environmental impacts, benchmark against other farmers, and
receive advice on how to improve their environmental impacts, affects their
attitudes, behaviour and farm sustainability outcomes. You will design these
tools by collaborating with an advisory group of farmers, and if desired there
will be opportunities to visit farms and collect data. You will have a
relevant graduate-level degree, experience researching sustainable farming and
the ability to work with farmers. Some travel within Europe will be required
for fieldwork.





**How to apply**



Where Covid-19 has resulted in substantial disruption to your work or research
outputs, please explain this by providing an additional paragraph in your
supporting statement.





The University of Oxford is committed to equality and valuing diversity. All
applicants will be judged on merit, according to the selection criteria.





This post is full time (although applications to work part time will be
considered on a case-by-case basis) and available immediately.





The closing date for applications is 12.00 noon on Wednesday 1st May 2024,
interviews are likely to be scheduled for 14th May. Applications for this
vacancy are to be made online via our e-recruitment system, and you will be
required to upload a supporting statement and CV as part of your online
application.