PhD scholarship in Designing trajectories towards absolute sustainable and healthy diets
2 months ago
We seek a dedicated and independent PhD candidate with an interest in sustainability assessment and food systems, and in generating evidence that is relevant to inform policies that contribute to a sustainable future.
Global food systems pose significant challenges to planetary boundaries. To address negative sustainability impacts and drive food systems’ transformations, decision-makers need data-driven insights into the environmental and health consequences of food production and consumption. This research project aims to bridge these gaps by leveraging modeling and multiple data sources to create pathways toward absolute sustainability, factoring in potential future changes in food production and consumption.
In this PhD project, you will contribute to defining nutritional and environmental boundaries for absolute sustainability assessment of diets and food systems. By analyzing nutrition requirements, dietary patterns, health outcomes, and environmental impacts you will evaluate the sustainability of diets in two different settings (countries) and design trajectories towards absolute sustainability of food systems.
As a PhD student, you will join our team at the Risk-benefit Research Group at the National Food Institute (DTU Food) and work closely with the Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment of the Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering (DTU Sustain).
The 3-year period will include an external academic stay. The PhD project will be supervised by both DTU Food and DTU Sustain.
Responsibilities and qualifications
Your tasks will include carrying out independent research, scientific publication and dissemination, and teaching. You will support the team with knowledge in environmental assessment and data science competences. Additionally, as a PhD student at DTU it is mandatory to take courses of a duration of 30 ETCS during the 3-year period.
You will be engaged in research, supervision and innovation related to absolute sustainability assessment of food systems. More specifically, you will:
- Consistently define diet-related boundaries with regional environmental boundaries, including land, water and pesticide use, eutrophication, and climate change.
- Determine environmental and health impacts of diets in two widely different countries.
- Use optimization techniques or other science-based approaches to define future scenarios that meet absolute targets for environmental sustainability, while maximizing benefits for environment and human health.
- Be involved in collaboration with international partners.
- Write scientific publications and present at conferences both at national and international level.
- Be involved in teaching.
You must have a two-year master's degree (120 ECTS points) or a similar degree with an academic level equivalent to a two-year master's degree.
Approval and Enrolment
The scholarship for the PhD degree is subject to academic approval, and the candidate will be enrolled in one of the general degree programmes at DTU. For information about our enrolment requirements and the general planning of the PhD study programme, please see DTU's rules for the PhD education.
Assessment
Your application will be assessed by Sara Monteiro Pires, Olivier Jolliet and Lea Sletting Jakobsen.
We offer
DTU is a leading technical university globally recognized for the excellence of its research, education, innovation and scientific advice. We offer a rewarding and challenging job in an international environment. We strive for academic excellence in an environment characterized by collegial respect and academic freedom tempered by responsibility.
Salary and appointment terms
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union. The period of employment is 3 years.
The starting date will be December 1st, 2024 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is full-time.
Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 10 September 2024 (23:59 Danish time) .
Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file . The file must include:
- A letter motivating the application (cover letter)
- Curriculum vitae
- Grade transcripts and BSc/MSc diploma (in English) including official description of grading scale
You may apply prior to obtaining your master's degree but cannot begin before having received it.
Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.
All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, race, disability, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply.
Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.
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