Postdoctoral Researcher in Remote Sensing and Land Degradation

Postdoctoral Researcher in Remote Sensing and Land Degradation
IAMO - Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies
Halle (Saale), Germany
The candidate will join the TransMoP project (Transcending Boundaries: Navigating Mobility and Persistence in Arid and Degraded Landscapes). TransMoP investigates how land degradation and climate change shape human mobility and staying in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. The postdoc will lead the geospatial analyses, assessing water stress, vegetation dynamics and land degradation using long-term climate and Earth-observation data. Tasks include data processing, time-series analysis and spatial mapping.
We expect:
A doctoral degree in geography, remote sensing, geoinformatics, environmental science, land-system science, geoecology, or a closely related field;
Strong expertise in remote sensing and spatial analysis, including time-series analysis of Earth-observation and climate data (e.g., Landsat, Sentinel, MODIS, ERA5), preferably applied to land degradation, vegetation dynamics, water stress, agriculture, or dryland systems;
Strong quantitative and geospatial programming skills, preferably in R and/or Python, and experience with GIS, statistical analysis and spatial modelling; change-detection, composite indicators, or dimensionality-reduction methods would be an asset;
Experience with research data management, open science and reproducible research workflows;
A publication record appropriate to the applicant’s career stage and excellent communication and English-language scientific writing skills;
Ability to work independently and across disciplinary boundaries within an international team, collaborating closely with researchers working on migration, livelihoods and qualitative research, and willingness to contribute to broader research-group activities beyond the postdoc’s immediate thematic work;
Willingness to undertake research visits in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan and collaborate closely with regional partners; familiarity with Central Asia and proficiency in a language spoken in the region (e.g., Russian, Uzbek or Kazakh) would be an advantage; willingness to contribute to the supervision of early-career researchers within the research group is expected.
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