The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture – together with society. ZALF is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). The institute maintains further locations in Brandenburg (Dedelow, Paulinenaue) as well as in Hesse (Giessen, Witzenhausen, and Geisenheim).

As part of the project “Safeguarding Overlooked Ecosystems: Protect, Manage and Restore Grasslands and Savannahs in Argentina, Colombia and Paraguay”, the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) e.V., in collaboration with Vida Silvestre Argentina, is seeking to recruit for an immediate start to a:

• Postgraduate student in Sustainable Production, Agronomy, Biology, Ecology, Agroecology, Geography, Natural Sciences, Sociology, or Agricultural Economics, or related fields.
• Interest in applied research and sustainable ecosystem management.
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• Ability to work in a team and motivation to collaborate in international networks.

Your responsibilities:

• Formulate and develop a research project focused on the protection, restoration, and sustainable management of grasslands and savannas in Argentina.
• Write a scientific article in collaboration with project partners.
• Work closely with Vida Silvestre Argentina during the support period, through relationship building, dialogue, and coordination.
• Strengthen ties between local universities, project partners, Vida Silvestre Argentina, and ZALF.

• Letter of admission or certificate of enrollment from a local university.
• Conceptual proposal for the research project (max. 3 pages).
• Documents may be submitted in Spanish or English.

• An interdisciplinary work environment that promotes autonomy and critical thinking.
• Integration into an international team with a collaborative and dynamic atmosphere.
• Opportunity for cooperation in international scientific networks.
• Financial support to aid in the development of the research project (€1,000).

Please submit your application with the required documents, see the “Online Application” button below. For email applications, please create a PDF document, max. 5 MB; compressed PDF documents, archive files such as zip, rar, etc. Word documents cannot be processed and therefore cannot be considered!) quoting the reference SULU_research2026_Argentina by 31.03.2026.

If you have any questions, please contact: Carla Baldivieso at carla-rene.baldiviesosoruco@zalf.de.

When you apply, we collect and process your personal data in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the EU GDPR solely for the purpose of processing your application and for purposes arising from possible future employment at ZALF. Your data will be deleted after six months.