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The Department of Food and Resource Economics offers a 3-year postdoc position within the field of quantitative economic research in consumer behavior and value chains, with main focus on food demand and related domains, and often as part of interdisciplinary research collaborations. The postdoc will be involved in research projects with economic perspectives on economic incentives and barriers for healthy and sustainable dietary behavior, economic mechanisms in the prevention of food loss and waste, resource allocation along the food value chain, and other economic aspects of the food system, at domestic and international levels. Furthermore, the postdoc will be involved in the department’s teaching activities and commissioned research for the Danish government, and in the development of new research proposals and grant applications.

We welcome candidates with strong backgrounds in economic theory, econometrics and other quantitative methods for empirical economic analysis and with prior experience in empirical economic analysis of consumer behavior.

Required/desired qualifications

  • PhD degree in economics or similar.
  • Experience with quantitative economic analysis of consumption behavior or similar
  • Excellent English language skills and willingness to present work in diverse settings, including international conferences
  • Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration
The postdoc’s duties will include research within economics of food consumption and food value chains as well as teaching. The post may also include performance of other duties.

Further information on the Department is linked at http://www.science.ku.dk/english/about-the-faculty/organisation/. Inquiries about the position can be made to professor Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, email: jorgen@ifro.ku.dk.

The position is open from 1st August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

The University wishes our staff to reflect the diversity of society and thus welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.

Terms of employment
The position is covered by the Memorandum on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

Terms of appointment and payment accord to the agreement between the Ministry of Finance and The Danish Confederation of Professional Associations on Academics in the State.

Negotiation for salary supplement is possible.

The application, in English, must be submitted electronically by clicking APPLY NOW below.

Please include

  • Curriculum vitae
  • Diplomas (Master and PhD degree or equivalent)
  • Research plan – description of current and future research plans
  • Complete publication list
  • Separate reprints of 3 particularly relevant papers
The deadline for applications is 18th May 2025, 23:59 GMT +2.

After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the Interview Committee.

You can read about the recruitment process at http://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/.

Interviews will be held in June 2025.

Please note in your application that you found the job at Jobindex

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