Tenure track position to Personal Professor: Ecological Design of Foodscapes

The Farming Systems Ecology group focuses on the analysis and design of exemplar sustainable farming systems and foodscapes, that deliver multiple benefits to humankind, using natural processes as building blocks. We uniquely combine a strong platform of simulation models with hands-on, empirical assessments of outstanding examples of sustainable multifunctional farms and landscapes in all continents. Our multi-disciplinary team includes expertise in systems analysis, modelling, agro-ecology, agronomy, co-innovation, policy formation and immersive education.
 
We now seek to strengthen our team with expertise in the ecological design of foodscapes. The successful candidate will develop a research portfolio that focusses on connecting and integrating knowledge and data on food production, ecosystem services, ecological and socio-economic processes at landscape/community level, for a wide range of case-studies around the world, using a variety of modelling tools ranging from conceptual frameworks to simulation models and GIS. This work will contribute to a coherent modelling platform, being developed by the FSE group, which includes the integrated use of Augmented Reality for both research and educational purposes. The models will be used (by both the successful candidate and colleagues) for the analysis and design of exemplar sustainable foodscapes. Crucially, this includes the linking of the models to empirical examples of outstanding foodscapes around the globe, known as the "network of lighthouse farms & foodscapes".

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