Economist for the assessment of the economic impacts of land degradation

The International Center for Tropical Agriculture needs your expertise to extend its research agenda on assessing the economic impacts of land degradation. An important research institute with supra-regional operations, CIAT is a member of the CGIAR Consortium, a renowned research network of partners dedicated to agricultural research for development. Currently an international team of more than 40 researchers has been carrying out work on tropical soils and land degradation coordinated by the CIAT soil team based at the regional office in Nairobi. Amid growing awareness of the economic consequences of global land degradation processes, CIAT intends to intensify its research on assessing the economic impacts of land degradation and related counter-measures. The use of innovative incentive systems such as payments for ecosystem services will form part of this. In the process of intensifying its research, CIAT envisages close cooperation with national and international partners, especially with the Economics of Land Degradation initiative (ELD, http://www.eld-initiative.org/), founded in 2011, and the Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS, http://www.iass-potsdam.de/).• Developing macro-economic models on the costs and benefits of measures for reducing land degradation• Supporting the evaluation of pilot projects• Feeding research results into international scientific dialogue• Intensifying and maintaining a supra-regional network of experts, especially with the partners from the ELD initiative (such as UNCCD and IFPRI), the IASS and national partners• Supporting the ongoing development and implementation of the research agenda on the economic impacts of land degradation• Doctorate / PhD in economics or other relevant subject specialising in the use of macroeconomic assessments in environmental and resource conservation• Several years of professional experience in developing and applying macroeconomic models in the area of natural resources, ideally in land degradation• Knowledge of innovative financing approaches, e.g. payments for ecosystem services• Experience in communicating research results• Readiness to engage in inter-institutional scientific cooperation• Citizenship of an EU member state• Varied tasks with a high level of individual responsibility in an international environment• Collaboration with other development cooperation organisations• Thorough preparation for the assignment abroad• Local employment contract as an integrated expert for an initial period of two years with the possibility of an extension• Attractive monthly allowances and social security benefits in addition to the local salaryPlease submit your application using our online portal at http://www.cimonline.de/, where you will also find further details about the job offer and the benefits we provide. If you have any questions, you can contact:
Matthias Brandes-Geiger
Tel.: +49 (0)6196-79 3572