PHD Candidate

Logo of EURAXESS Job offer - JOB - Netherlands - Wageningen University and Research Centre via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 9 July 2026 9 Jul 2026 Wageningen University & Research Research Field Agricultural sciences » Agronomics Agricultural sciences » Phytotechny Biological sciences » Biodiversity Biological sciences » Biology First Stage Researcher (R1) Type of Contract Hours Per Week Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Are you motivated to contribute to the transition toward nature-inclusive agriculture and horticulture? And are you interested in biodiversity, ecosystem services and biological pest control? Then join the NWO-KIC project RISE - Resilient Integrated Systems for Ecosystem restoration as a PhD candidate. You will co-develop an interactive spatial decision-support framework for agrifood transitions in an interdisciplinary team of four PhD candidates, collaborating closely with farmers, growers and societal stakeholders. Biodiversity restoration in agriculture and horticulture is urgently needed, but difficult to realize in practice. Farmers operate in complex systems: they are embedded in value chains, regional communities, regulatory environments, ecological landscapes, and business models that often prioritize short-term productivity and profitability. RISE addresses this challenge by developing systems-based tools and implementation pathways that help stakeholders make nature-inclusive decisions that are ecologically meaningful, economically viable, and socially supported. RISE is an interdisciplinary project involving Eindhoven University of Technology, Wageningen University & Research, Leiden University, and Inholland University of Applied Sciences, together with a broad network of societal partners from agriculture, horticulture, regional development, water manage...