Postdoctoral Fellow - Land Use and Soil Data

Job Description

This position has an initial appointment of 2 years.

Location

This role is in-person. Work primarily takes place at North Campus, Edmonton.

The successful candidate will work closely with Drs. Feng Qiu and Xiaoli Fan, as well as an interdisciplinary team of experts, on an economic valuation of soil data project funded by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).

Responsibilities

• Developing models that optimizes land allocation across various uses.
• Assessing the economic, environmental, and social value of publicly available soil data for land conservation, planning, and management decisions.
• Preparing presentations, drafting reports, and composing academic publications.

Qualifications

• PhD in agricultural and applied economics, operations research, or a closely related field.
• Excellent written and oral communicatio...