The Department of Eonomics and Social Sciences, Institute of Sustainable Economic Development at BOKU University in Vienna (Austria) is currently seeking a Postgraduate Research Associate (project employment) https://boku.ac.at/fileadmin/data/H01000/mitteilungsblatt-jobs/2024/KZ186_oD... https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/268633 Reference Number: 186 Application Deadline: 11 Sep 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Brussels) Extent of employment: 28 hours per week Duration of employment: 1st of October 2024, limited to 30th of September 2025 (with option to extend for a further 2 years) Workplace: 1180 Vienna, Feistmantelstraße 4 Gross monthly salary and pay grade in terms of collective agreement for university staff (payable 14 times per year): B1, € 2.505,20 Responsibilities: ● Collaboration in the research project FORLand on the land use behavior of farms ● Collaboration in the research project GHGFarm on the greenhouse gas emmission efficiency of farms ● Collaboration in teaching ● Presentation of research results at relevant scientific conferences (national, international) ● Publication activities in international scientic journals Required skills and qualifications: ● Diploma degree in Economics, Agricultural Economics or other equivalent university degree ● Excellent in German and English ● Interest in economic and ecological issues in the field of agriculture ● Experience in handling large amounts of data ● Knowledge and experience in the application of quantitative research methods in economics (data analysis, mathematical optimization, econometrics) ● Programming skills in R, STATA, GAUSS or other statistical software Desired skills and qualifications: ● Knowledge of modelling greenhouse gas emissions from agricultural operations ● Experience in productivity and efficiency analysis (data envelopment analysis, stochastic frontier analysis) ● Solid knowledge of microeconomic theory of production ● Knowledge and experience in mathematical optimization (especially linear programming) ● Knowledge and experience with regression analysis ● Ability to work in a team ● to complete a doctoral program in social science and economic at BOKU is desired University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna seeks to increase the number of its female faculty and staff members. Therefore qualified women are strongly encouraged to apply. In case of equal qualification, female candidates will be given preference unless reasons specific to an individual male candidate tilt the balance in his favour. People with disabilities and appropriate qualifications are specifically encouraged to apply. Please send your job application incl. ● motivation letter ● CV ● Bachelor and Master degree certificates ● Copy of Master thesis or other scientific study to Personnel Management, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Peter-Jordan-Straße 70, 1190 Vienna; E-Mail: recruiting@boku.ac.at. (Reference code: 186) - Please, provide the reference code in your application! We regret that we cannot reimburse applicants travel and lodging expenses incurred as part of the selection and hiring process. https://boku.ac.at/wiso/inwe