Postdoc Opportunities in Environmental Sustainability in Germany

Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg is inviting applications for a Senior Research Fellow (Postdoc) in the newly established Max Planck Research Group Constellations of Global (Dis)Ordering (DISORDER) , headed by Dr. Gordon Friedrichs . The project examines how global order is transformed as states, especially great and middle powers, pursue competing visions of international order through institutions, economic and technological interdependence, a...

Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d): Usable Extreme Weather Projections at Impact-Relevant Scales at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI-GEA), Jena, Germany. This postdoctoral opening sits in the Carl Zeiss Stiftung Independent Research Group on High-End Climate Risks (CZS-HECR), which studies worst-case climate outcomes, unprecedented and compound extremes, and their societal impacts. The project combines climate physics, Earth system analysis, targeted climate model experiments, advan...

Postdoc opening in Climate Adaptation using Computational Social Science methods at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) in Leipzig, Germany . The project asks a timely question: how can we tell whether cities are actually implementing the climate adaptation measures they promise? The research will combine NLP , machine learning , and data mining to analyse urban climate adaptation plans, monitoring reports, and public procurement records, with the aim of tracking adaptation pro...

We’re hiring for a Postdoc position in Urban/Public Economics at Universität Potsdam . The post is shared by Rainald Borck , Professor at Universität Potsdam, and points to the Berlin School of Economics RAP – Call for Applications 2027 . This opportunity is relevant for candidates working in Economics , especially Urban Economics and Public Economics . The post does not include detailed eligibility criteria, funding terms, or a deadline in the text shown, so applicants should review the linked ...

Postdoctoral Researcher in Drivers and Statistics of Accelerating Extreme Weather Trends at the Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology (MPI-GEA), Jena, Germany. This postdoctoral opening sits in the Carl Zeiss Stiftung Independent Research Group on High-End Climate Risks (CZS-HECR) , which studies worst-case climate outcomes, unprecedented and compounding extremes, and their societal impacts. The project combines climate science , atmospheric science , Earth science , physics , statistics , and...

Fully funded postdoc opportunity in remote sensing and land degradation at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Halle (Saale), Germany . The position is part of the TransMoP Project and is aimed at researchers with a strong background in Geography , Geoinformatics , Environmental Science , Land-System Science , Geoecology , or a closely related field. The post emphasizes expertise in remote sensing , spatial analysis , and analysis of Earth-observat...

Postdoctoral opportunity in Remote Sensing and Land Degradation at the Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) in Halle (Saale), Germany . The position is part of the TransMoP project and focuses on environmental change in Central Asia , making it a strong fit for candidates interested in environmental science , geography , earth science , and related spatial analysis of human–environment interactions. This is a 3-year postdoctoral position . The post does no...

Open postdoc position in urban climatology at the University of Münster , Germany. The project focuses on greenhouse gas dynamics in the city of Münster and will use eddy covariance flux observations together with mechanistic modelling . The successful candidate will be nominated as a fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation . This is a 2-year postdoc opening. The post explicitly states that female candidates only are eligible. A demonstrated background in eddy covariance or mechanistic m...

Leibniz Institute of Agricultural Development in Transition Economies (IAMO) is advertising a postdoctoral researcher position in remote sensing and land degradation within the TransMoP project ( Transcending Boundaries: Navigating Mobility and Persistence in Arid and Degraded Landscapes ). The research will examine how land degradation and climate change influence human mobility and staying behavior in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in environment...