Researcher (F/m/d) Carbonleak

The Institute for Market Analysis of the Johann Heinrich von Thünen Institute, Federal Research Institute for Rural Areas, Forestry and Fisheries, in Braunschweig is offering a position is looking for 01.11.2025 limited until 30.11.2026 a **Researcher (f/m/d) CarbonLeak**full-time (currently 39 hours/week) to support the area of „CarbonLeak“.

The BMLEH-funded Carbon Leak project brings together scientists from different disciplines and is being carried out by the Thünen Institutes of Forestry and Market Analysis. It analyses the effects of German and European climate protection measures on global agricultural and timber markets.
- The increased requirements for the emissions balance of the land use, land use change and forestry (LULUCF) sector adopted in the German Climate Protection Act may lead to a significant reduction in logging and agricultural production in Germany. Such changes can be expected to have considerable market effects, such as a price-related decline in the use of wood or increased imports. In addition, this can lead to a shift in timber harvesting and agricultural production to third countries (leakage/spillover effects). In the work package ‘Modelling the effects of environmental and climate measures on shifts of production and trade in the agricultural sector’, the effects of climate measures in the agricultural and timber sector on agricultural production, land use and emissions are to be analysed.

**Job-ID**:
J000000107

**Location**:
Braunschweig

**Start date**:
01.11.2025

**Organization**:
Institut für Marktanalyse (MA)

**Job Category**:
Natural sciences

**Working hours**:
Full-time / part-time possible

**Published**:
28.07.2025

**Your Tasks**:

- Further development of the general equilibrium model MAGNET and implementation of simulations and scenario analyses.
- Definition and utilisation of interfaces between the MAGNET model and the wood market and land use models.
- Coordination and close co-operation with the project team, e.g. for scenario development and networking with existing working groups.
- Preparation of project reports and scientific publications.
- Presentation of methodology and results at national and international conferences.

**Your profil**:
**Professional requirements**:

- Completed university degree (Univ. Dipl., M.Sc.) in agricultural sciences with a focus on agricultural economics, economics, business informatics or comparable disciplines, doctorate preferred
- Very good knowledge of EU agricultural and trade policy
- Qualified experience with quantitative trade models as well as knowledge and experience in programming (e.g. with GAMS or GEMPACK)

**Personal requirements**:

- Scientific curiosity and critical judgement
- Independent, goal-orientated way of working
- Ability to present research results in an understandable way for different target groups
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to work in a team and ability to work independently and autonomously
- Fluency in written and spoken English, good knowledge of written and spoken German is an advantage

**Our offer**:

- **Responsibility and a sense of purpose**: responsible work in a dedicated team, involvement in a dynamic, interdisciplinary research institute and proximity to current policy and practice-relevant topics
- **Flexibility and work-life balance**: flexible working time models, fundamental mobile working and teleworking, certified employer berufundfamilie audit with a wide range of offers for reconciling work and life phases
- **Prospects**: further training opportunities for the area of responsibility and individual development
- **Security and benefits**: collectively agreed, fixed-term employment with attractive social benefits (e.g. company pension scheme, annual one-off payment, capital-forming benefits) upon fulfilment of the collective agreement and personal requirements according to pay group 13 TVöD
- **Health**: company health management and preventative healthcare programmes
- **Mobility**: JobTicket, public transport connections, free parking spaces and the option of using e-charging stations