Tätigkeitsprofil:
Key responsibilities:
- contribute to literature reviews in the field of adaptation to climate change, agricultural systems in sub-Sahara Africa and Southeast Asia, food security, smallholder farmers and climate policy, to inform agricultural questionnaire development and survey design
- support the design and implementation of household surveys and randomized controlled trials
- support data pre-processing and cleaning of quantitative socio-economic data, agricultural data and climate data
- transcribe interviews and focus group discussions for further scientific analysis
- support with coding of qualitative interview data
- support project reporting, project management and communication activities for ongoing projects
- help to organise workshops and events at PIK
Anforderungsprofil:
You are a Bachelor or Master student, enrolled at a German university, and ideally meet the following requirements:
- studies in the field of economics, geography, agricultural science, political science, sociology, development studies, or another relevant field
- knowledge of statistical methods and familiarity with programmes and programming languages such as Stata, R, or Python
- experience with multiple types of data (e.g. socio-economic surveys, biophysical data, agricultural data, climate data, semi-structured interviews)
- familiarity with academic literature, citation databases and literature search
- ability to document your work clearly and accessibly to other users
- excellent communication skills and fluency in oral and written English; proficiency in other languages, in particular French, is an asset
We expect:
- the ability to work independently and on your own initiative
- a methodical and systematic approach
- structured and goal-oriented thinking
- capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics
- creativity and openness to new approaches
- a high level of competence in oral and written German and English
- reliability, engagement, and a high level of motivation
- capacity for teamwork