Researcher (Postdoc)

**registration number**: fb19-0010-wmz-2025 **Entry date**: 2025-10-01 **Application deadline**: 2025-07-27 **Salary**: E 13 TV-H **Duration**: 4 years **Volume of employment**: fulltime The University of Marburg, founded in 1527, offers a variety of excellent programs of study for around 22,000 students and confronts the important topics of our time through excellent research across a broad spectrum of sciences. Researcher (Postdoc) The position is offered for a period of 4 years, if no former times of qualification must be considered. The starting date is 1 October 2025. The position is fulltime (100 %) with salary and benefits commensurate with a public service position in the state Hesse, Germany (TV-H E 13). We are looking for a highly motivated talent within the interdisciplinary DFG research group "The role of nature for human wellbeing in the Kilimanjaro Social-Ecological System" ( ). You will be based in Work Package 1 of Subproject 7 to map and model stakeholder demand for Nature’s Contributions to People on Mount Kilimanjaro, using public participatory GIS and social-media analytics to expose demand-supply mismatches in the Kilimanjaro Social-Ecological System. **Tasks**: - Lead PPGIS workshops in 14 villages in Tanzania - Assess and upscale social actors-specific NCP demand - Use clustering and deep-learning on social-media data to upscale outputs into high-resolution NCP-demand maps - Calculate and link mismatch maps to geolocated household data to test scale - and social actors-specific impacts on well-being - Assist in analysis of data-driven scenarios for Nature’s Futures Frameworks - Lead and coordinate synthesis work with the other subprojects The position is limited to the period which is adequate to the duration of the qualification period. The qualification goal is a habilitation or an equivalent qualification required for a professorship. Within the scope of the assigned duties it will offer the possibility of independent scientific research for further qualification. The limitation complies to - 2, 1 WissZeitVG. **Profile**: - completed academic university degree (Diploma, Master’s, or equivalent) and a doctorate in Geography, or proof that the doctoral degree will be obtained by the start of the employment - very strong skills in remote sensing, geoinformatics and the programming language R - advanced GIS & spatial analysis (QGIS/R) - Expertise in machine-learning based upscaling - familiarity with the research group and its subprojects - very good written and spoken English as well as personal motivation for the advertised position **We offer**: - an interesting and wide range of work - a wide range of design options and personal development options - ticket for free use of public transport in Hesse Contact for more Information Vertr. Prof. Dr. Dirk Zeuss +49 6421-28 25962 We support women and strongly encourage them to apply. In areas where women are underrepresented, female applicants will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. As a certified family-friendly university, we support our employees in balancing family and career. A reduction of working time is possible. Applicants with a disability as discribed in SGB IX (- 2 Abs. 2, 3) will be preferred in case of equal qualifications. Application and interview costs can not be refunded.