Postdoctoral Research Fellowship: Agricultural & Environmental Economics

Requirements:

• The successful candidate will preferably have a doctorate, completed in the last five years, in Agricultural Economics or Environmental Economics.at a higher education institution in South Africa or abroad.
• If not yet in possession of a doctoral degree, they need to submit a written statement from the Registrar (or equivalent) at the issuing University confirming that they satisfactorily fulfilled the Universitys requirements for a doctoral degree at the time of application for a postdoctoral research fellowship. Details of the qualification and expected date of graduation should be included in the statement.
• The successful candidate may not be in the employment of UFH (including Time on Task) at the time of taking the postdoctoral fellowship.
• The successful candidate may not be employed in any other institution/company during their postdoctoral fellowship.
• The successful candidate may be of any age, gender or nationality (subject only to the visa regulations of the Department of Home Affairs)
• Preference will be given to South African females

Conditions:

• By the end of their first year, the PDRF is expected to have submitted papers amounting to 2 units for review on the topic of their postdoctoral research which meets the following minimum requirements
• PDRF extending into their second and subsequent years are expected to have published (or have in-press) 2 units. All papers must be on the topic of the postdoctoral research and details of the papers must be submitted by the host to the PGS office by the end of each renewal year.

Project requirements:

• Demonstrate relevant experience and understanding of the Circular Economy, Food and Nutrition Security, Agroecosystem and Climate Change.
• Evidence of relevant publications in the environmental economics domain.
• Proficiency in advanced environmental econometrics modeling.

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