Drainage of peatlands for agricultural purposes leads to rapid
soil carbon losses as CO2. In Switzerland, these emissions are about 14 %
of direct agricultural emissions. They go along with soil degradation
and the loss of soil and ecosystem functions. The PhD position announced
here will investigate policy instruments that set incentives to
implement alternative management practices to reduce negative
environmental impacts. The research will employ productivity analysis to
develop performance indicators for the management options and policy
instruments. The theoretical part is complemented by an empirical part
based on field work in the project region in western Switzerland. This
PhD position is part of the project “Sustainable Management of Organic
Soils” in the National Research Programme NRP 68 "Sustainable use of
soil as a resource" funded by the Swiss National Science Foundation.
Project Partners are the Agroscope Reckenholz-Tänikon ART and the Bern
University of Applied Sciences. The research will be undertaken in close
collaboration with a second PhD funded within this project, who will be
affiliated at the ART and University of Basel and who focuses on
identifying optimal management practices. The duration of the position
is three years. The starting date is in the first half of 2013,
depending on the successful candidate’s availability.
Candidates should have a Master's degree in Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, or Agricultural Economics. Knowledge of the methods of productivity analysis is desirable but not required. Excellent knowledge of German or French for fieldwork purposes (farmer interviews) is a necessity. The successful candidates will be full-time PhD student at ETH Zurich, under the supervision of Prof. Stefanie Engel and Dr. Adrian Muller. In addition to their doctoral research and related PhD courses, they will provide some minor assistance to the Chair.
For further informationyou may contact Adrian Muller at amueller@env.ethz.ch. See http://www.pepe.ethz.ch for information about the Chair and its research.
Please send your application including the following information: (i) Motivation letter; (ii) Educational history with the names of universities, years of attendance and completed degrees; (iii) a list of attended courses in economics (particularly microeconomics and econometrics) specifying the grades; (iv) names of two academic referees that could be contacted for more information; (v) publications (if any) by 28 Feb 2012. Submit your application at the button below and address it to: ETH Zurich, Mr. Rolf Oertli, Human Resources, 8092 Zürich.
Candidates should have a Master's degree in Economics, Environmental and Resource Economics, or Agricultural Economics. Knowledge of the methods of productivity analysis is desirable but not required. Excellent knowledge of German or French for fieldwork purposes (farmer interviews) is a necessity. The successful candidates will be full-time PhD student at ETH Zurich, under the supervision of Prof. Stefanie Engel and Dr. Adrian Muller. In addition to their doctoral research and related PhD courses, they will provide some minor assistance to the Chair.
For further informationyou may contact Adrian Muller at amueller@env.ethz.ch. See http://www.pepe.ethz.ch for information about the Chair and its research.
Please send your application including the following information: (i) Motivation letter; (ii) Educational history with the names of universities, years of attendance and completed degrees; (iii) a list of attended courses in economics (particularly microeconomics and econometrics) specifying the grades; (iv) names of two academic referees that could be contacted for more information; (v) publications (if any) by 28 Feb 2012. Submit your application at the button below and address it to: ETH Zurich, Mr. Rolf Oertli, Human Resources, 8092 Zürich.
deadline: 2013-02-28
