Postdoc (f/m/d)
State of the Nexus: systematic review and synthesis

Organizational unit

Institut für Meteorologie und Klimaforschung Atmosphärische Umweltforschung (IMKIFU)

Job description

Do you have sound knowledge of land ecosystems, climate change and land use change? Do you have very good systematic review and text mining skills? Are you keen to apply these to address societal and ecological research challenges? If so, we can offer you a post-doctoral position within a multidisciplinary, international research environment, with partners at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology KIT), Germany, the University of Melbourne (UoM), Australia and the University of Hohenheim, Germany.

C4LaNd is a new research training group that brings together senior and doctoral researchers from the natural, social, economic and engineering sciences to address the challenges of sustainably using land for the benefit of both people and nature. C4LaNd will also provide two systematic review papers during its five-year funding period, synthesizing knowledge gained in C4LaNd as well as the broader literature. This activity is led by a post-doctoral researcher. The position is within the Global Land-Ecosystem Modelling Group (https://lemg.imkifu.kit.edu/) at KIT-Campus Alpin (IMKIFU) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen. Further information can be found at C4LaNd.earth.

Lines of research include:

• develop the overarching questions of the Nexus review and a structure of the foreseen manuscripts
• lead the systematic literature review and subsequent synthesis and assessment
• utilize modern tools for automated text mining and content analysis, including machine learning approaches
• coordinate with contributing researchers to this effort
• lead drafting and revision of manuscripts
• document the workflow

Starting date

01.10.2026

Personal qualification

You have:

• a Ph.D. degree in environmental science, ecology, meteorology, or related areas
• experience in systematic literature reviews and meta-analyses, including machine learning techniques for content analyses
• capacity to synthesize and assess information from diverse literature sources
• organizational skills and experience in leading group-efforts
• fluency in English, written and spoken
• delight in engaging within a multi-disciplinary international team
• willingness to travel