PhD candidate (w/m/d)

Department of Ecological-Economic Policy Modelling (420d)

Code: 2026/187

Application deadline: 2026-12-01

The Department of Ecological-Economic Policy Modelling at the University of Hohenheim is seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to investigate demand elasticities for organic food products and how information interventions influence biodiversity-friendly food choices.

You will join a collaborative, interdisciplinary, and international research team combining qualitative research, econometric analysis, and economic modelling to investigate ecosystems, environmental policy, consumer behaviour, and sustainability outcomes.

Start 01.02.2027

Remuneration up to E13 TV-L

Scope 65 %

Duration fixed-term until 31.01.2030

Location Stuttgart-Hohenheim

Your tasks

Consumer preferences and demand modelling: Analyse large-scale household scanner data to estimate demand systems (e.g. AIDS/EASI models) for organic food products and investigate consumer preferences for organic and biodiversity-friendly foods.

Potentially: Evaluation of information campaigns: Support the design, implementation, and evaluation of a local biodiversity information campaign as a quasi-experiment. Assess its impact on food consumption behaviour using household scanner data and survey data, applying methods such as Difference-in-Differences or event-study analyses.

Contribute to scientific publications and p...

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