The PhD will improve the existing national scale economic model (TargetEconBES) to allow more targeted scenario development for afforestation strategies. This will require integration of new data sources and close interaction with experts from different environmental science domains.

It is envisaged, that the project will enhance the methodologies to evaluate alternative land use scenarios and produce an overall analysis of the value of establishing new forests in different places in Denmark. Through spatially explicit environmental economics modelling, the project will integrate data on the current land use, the economic and environmental values of alternative uses, and develop landscape level scenarios to identify where new forests could achieve significant environmental benefits in cost effective ways.

Qualifications 

We are looking for candidates within the field(s) of environmental and agricultural economics. In particular, we are looking for candidates with prior experience in economic modelling related to environment, agriculture and natural resources. Experience with GAMS or other operations research software, ArcGIS and R will be an advantage.