Do you want to be part
of the multidisciplinary Synergia team of 18 PhD
candidates, 2 postdocs and 6 PDEng from 5 Dutch universities
working towards the next-generation agricultural production systems that are
sustainable, circular and regenerative?
The Synergia programme is a crossover programme funded by the Netherlands
Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). Synergia contributes
to the UN Sustainability Development Goals for the environment
(depletion of scarce resources, global warming, acidification, eutrophication,
nutrient losses, and biodiversity loss), labour (availability of skilled
workers), and society (consumer/societal acceptance of novel technology and
production methods). Synergia goes beyond current precision
agriculture (PA) and precision livestock farming (PLF) and is
developing the new concept of ‘Technology-4-Ecology-based farming’
(T4E) where biological/ecological principles in farming lead the
development of new farming systems, and the required technological knowledge,
principles and tools.
Our multi-disciplinary team with biology,
ecology, agronomy, technology and social science backgrounds,
will explore how current and future farming technologies can enable and support
truly ecology-based farming systems.
In the programme Wageningen University & Research, University of
Twente, Eindhoven University of Technology, Technical University Delft, Radboud
University, TiFN and a broad range of
private sector partners collaborate. Next to the 26 full
time researchers (18 PhD students, 6 PDEng students and 2 Postdocs),
over 30 experienced researchers will contribute to the programme. The programme will run from 2020 to 2027.
Vacancies
At the moment there are no vacancies.