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The Regional Center for Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency (RCREEE) is facilitating and managing the appointment of an expert in the Energy Department of the League of Arab States (LAS).
The work of the expert will be done under the supervision of the Director of Energy Department. The expert will join energy department (LAS) to contribute to the on-going scope of work by attending and participating in workshops and conferences geared towards the fostering, boosting and development of the region’s energy sector. The position requires the candidate to possess very good analytical skills and knowledge of the energy sector and the different key players regionally and internationally.
The expert will be able to work in an official environment and work closely with decision makers and various organizations and institutions.

Deadline: April 15, 2018.

Info and applications.

The Department of Economics at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU) invites applications for two-year Post-Doctoral positions to join its research group “Agricultural and Food Economics”. There are two open positions. One is related to a research focus on efficiency and productivity in agriculture, and especially the possible existence of rational inefficiency. The other position is related to a research focus on animal health economics.

Successful applicants are expected to (1) actively contribute to the group’s research in this field; (2) develop independent research leading to high quality scientific journals’ publications, and (3) eventually apply for external research funding. You may also be expected to supervise students’ theses at all levels, within the research area of the group.

Evaluations will start in April. Interviews will likely be conducted in May.

More info ad contacts via Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences.

CIHEAM-IAMM announces a vacancy for the position of Scientific Administrator specialised in quantitative economics applied to territorial development in the context of climate change.

The profile of the candidate must focus on:

-Economic analysis and measurement of the impacts of climate change on rural / agricultural territories,

- Economic modeling, evaluation and forecasting applied to rural territories in a high uncertainty context,

- Economic studies of main sectors of rural territories - agricultural and environmental sectors (water, land, forests), energy and tourism sectors and the adaptation of these territories to climate change.

More info and how to apply via CIHEAM-IAMM web site. 

In 2017, INRA is recruiting 32 research scientists to reinforce its teams. Positions are open to all nationalities. Applications are open from 26 January to 1st March (for online applications) or 3 March 2017 (for paper applications).

Positions will be open in numerous fields of research: human nutrition, intestinal microbiota, plant genetics, animal genetics, quantitative genetics, population dynamics and genomics, neurobiology of behaviour, animal nutrition, plant ecophysiology, functional and behavioural ecology, modelling of plant cell walls, process engineering and biotechnology, systems biology and synthetic biology, animal health, life science and environmental mathematics and informatics, economics, sociology and organizational sciences.

More info and applications on INRA web site.