Applications are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Natural Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Biology programme. Drylands have been inhabited for thousands of years, supporting diverse societies that have developed adaptive strategies to thrive in these challenging environments. With increasing threats to food security in dryland regions, there is an urgent need to explore more sustainable food production methods and improve landscape and ecological resilience. We offer a PhD position within the framework of the MSCA Doctoral Network AGRI-DRY (Dryland Agriculture and Land Use; Past, Present and Future Resilience. The PhD position at Aarhus University aims to provide a nuanced understanding of the environmental factors that facilitated the use of traditional crop species and explore the emergence of specific agricultural practices. The successful candidate will use a combination of transient crop models, ecological niche models, transient climate simulation models, and land cover reconstructions to study the impact of climate change and management practices on the productivity and environmental performance of alternative crop species over the past 8,000 years.
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