Senior Researcher Sustainability Assessment (80 - 100 %)
Berner Fachhochschule
Zollikofen
Key information
- Publication date:22 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zollikofen
Job summary
Join HAFL, a leader in sustainable development and education.
Tasks
- Develop courses on sustainability assessment and circular economy.
- Supervise student projects and academic works in sustainability.
- Lead research projects analyzing food system sustainability.
Skills
- Master’s degree related to food systems or sustainability required.
- Experience in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methods essential.
- Strong communication skills in German and English needed.
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What you will do here
- Develop and conduct courses at bachelor and master level on topics of sustainability assessment (especially Life Cycle Assessment, LCA), circular economy, and sustainable transformation
- Supervise student projects (competency certificates and student papers)
- Acquire, work on, and lead research and service projects in the field of sustainability analyses and assessments of food systems
- Publish research papers in scientific and practice-oriented journals
- Help shape the strategic further development of the research group on sustainability assessment of food systems and contribute to the profiling of the Environmental and Resource Management (URM) degree program
What you ideally bring with you
- Completed master's degree (university of applied sciences or university) related to food systems, circular economy, or sustainability assessment, e.g., in geography, environmental, agricultural, or food sciences
- Didactic training or proven experience in higher education teaching
- Doctorate or equivalent scientific qualification is an advantage
- Several years of experience in applying the Life Cycle Assessment method (LCA)
- Good oral and written language skills in German and English, and ideally also in French
Here are already some of our plus points
- An almost unbelievably wide variety of topics and a brilliant mix of research and teaching.
- Responsibility in exciting future projects that attract attention beyond the boundaries of the professional world.
- Focus on practice-oriented research and the training of committed people instead of profit maximization.
- Great freedom in designing working hours – including mobile work.
- Collaborate with smart minds from various professional fields who, like you, want to make a difference.
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The School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL)
At HAFL , a department of BFH, we connect people, nature, and technology for sustainable development. As a pioneering think tank, we produce and convey knowledge for today’s and tomorrow’s world – solid, fresh, flexible.
