PhD in Environmental Science on the theme Environmental Change, Department of Theme

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We are looking for a doctoral student in environmental science that wants to research sustainable changes in Swedish agriculture.

Your work assignments

Do you want to help develop future financing solutions for a sustainable climate change in the agricultural sector? We are looking for a doctoral student who wants to work with interactive, co-creating methods to strengthen the validity of sustainability communication.

As a doctoral student, you become part of a competent, open and welcoming research group at Linköping University. Here, researchers with different backgrounds - social scientists, scientists and engineers - and we value diversity in experience and perspectives. Together, we develop and use new methods for environmental research, often in collaboration with other universities or different social actors.

The project Verifarm, which is financed by Formas, is an interdisciplinary research project where we receive funding and investment in the agricultural sector's climate change and the promotion of biodiversity. This is done by combining expertise from social and scientific disciplines within the broad research field environmental science, with industry knowledge from the banking sector and farmers' professional expertise.

Your work will include, among other things, to investigate how different actors understand, value and use information on agriculture's climate and biodiversity impact in relation to financing and investment. You will plan and implement empirical studies, for example through interviews, focus groups, workshops or other dialogic and participant-based methods, and carry out analysis in a larger interdisciplinary project group in collaboration with farmers and representatives from the banking sector. The work involves both cooperation and independent research work.

The specific focus on your thesis work will be developed within the project's overall issues and in dialogue with the project group. The thesis issues, empirical materials and method elections will therefore partly be formed by the knowledge, competence and the experience you as a doctoral student bring in the project. Depending on your background, the work can, for example, have an emphasis on sustainability reporting and ESG, financing and investment decisions, dialogue and collaboration between different actors, or on how environmental and sustainability information is developed, communicated and used in practice. Common focus on how knowledge and dialogue can contribute to effective financing solutions for agricultural climate change and the promotion of biodiversity.

You will write scientific articles, present results at conferences, and participate in the postgraduate courses. As a doctoral student, you devote to your postgraduate education and the research project where you are included. In your work, also began to teach or participate in other institution assignments, up to 20 percent of full-time.

Your qualifications

You have departed from advanced level or completed courses of at least 240 higher education credits at least 60 Higher education credits at advanced level or in any other way acquired mainly corresponding knowledge. Special eligibility has the one who has knowledge equivalent 90 higher education credits in any topic of central importance to the subject environmental science. Relevant education background for the advertising employment is environmental science, environmental communication, business administration or equivalent.

We are looking for you who are motivated, curious and can take responsibility for own work, while you enjoy collaborating. Good knowledge of Swedish and English, both in speech and writing, is a requirement. Since the service contains field work is a driving license (class B) Merit.

The following documented qualifications are a requirement:

• Experience of data collection and analysis using qualitative research methods
• Knowledge of climate or sustainability residues
• Good ability to scientific writing

The following documented qualifications are particularly merit:

• Experience of dialogic, co-creating and / or participant-based methods, especially focus groups or workshops, with several types of players
• Knowledge of climate and / or sustainability residues in agriculture
• Knowledge of Biodiversity
• Knowledge of and / or experience of sustainability reporting, ESG, CSRD, corporate responsibility, or sustainability regulations
• Knowledge of financing, investment and banking sector
• Experience of collaboration between academia and social actors
• Good ability to communicate with people in international environments

The selection is made on the basis of independent study or reports, certificates of professional activities, ratings and interviews. In addition, the applicant should attach a preliminary draft of a possible doctoral project in the above described frames (maximum 1 page). This draft is also included as a assessment documentation and applicants called for interview will be given the opportunity to develop it.

If the employment

In connection with access to the employment you will be adopted to postgraduate education. Read more about the respective faculty postgraduate education https://liu.se/forskning/forskarutbildning

The employment is time-limited to normal four years full time. Extension of employment up to five years is based on the degree of teaching and institution assignments. In special reasons, additional extension can take place. You are employed at a beginning of a year, and then the employment is renewed by a maximum of two years at a time, based on the study plan.

Access date January 2027 / As soon as possible, by arrangement.

Salary and benefits

The doctoral manager is regulated on the basis of a locally agreed pay ladder. The entry salary for our doctoral students is 33 700 SEK / month (from the outside 2026 years of pay ladder). Read more about benefits for employees https://liu.se/jobba-pa-liu/formaner.

Application

You are looking for this employment by clicking the "Apply" button below. Your application must be Linköping University Last the 2 November 2026. The application that comes after the last application date is not taken into account.

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