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PhD position in Grassland Management and Grassland-based Production Systems

'As a researcher, I appreciate the relaxed attitude of the BFH with regard to working hours. The great flexibility offered in terms of time allows me to work on solutions for the future whenever I'm inspired - even at unconventional times.' Mascha Kurpicz-Briki

PhD position in Grassland Management and Grassland-based Production Systems

fulltime
Limited for 3 years
Zollikofen
Start 01.01.2026 or by arrangement
Homeoffice possible
To start with, here are some of our strong points
  • International teaching staff that combines tradition with innovation and excellence with experiment and thus gives students individual guidance towards their own careers.
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  • When looking for solutions, it helps to be curious and to think truly outside the box.
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  • Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
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  • Great freedom in the organisation of work times – including mobile working.
And here are even more good reasons to opt for BFH
What you'll be doing here
  • This PhD explores the balance between greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and soil carbon sequestration in Mongolian steppe pastoral systems as a facet of One Health in Social Ecological Systems: Optimizing natural resources, livelihoods and health of humans and animals in Mongolia
  • Investigate the digestibility and fermentation potential of key forage species and their role in pastoral productivity and GHG emissions
  • Assess how soils across diverse Mongolian landscapes contribute to carbon sequestration
  • Combine experimental results with mechanistic modelling to generate scenarios for sustainable herding systems
  • Provide insights relevant to local herding communities and international climate policy
What you'll bring with you
  • Master (or equivalent) in a life sciences discipline (e.g. animal science, biology, ecology, environmental science, agricultural science, soil science or a related field)
  • Experience in laboratory and field research is a plus
  • Knowledge of plant, soil and livestock systems (training will be provided, so enthusiasm and capacity to learn are more important than specific prior expertise)
  • Good organisational and time management skills
  • Flexibility and enthusiasm for fieldwork, including travel to remote areas
  • Good English communication skills, both written and spoken
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School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences

At HAFL, a department of BFH, we're all about connecting humans, nature and technology towards sustainable development. As a ground-breaking, pioneering think tank, we are engaged in the creation and teaching of knowledge for the world of today and of tomorrow – bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, resilient and always solidly grounded at the same time.

Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciences makes perfect sense.

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Dr. Beat Reidy
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