Open Position: Professor in Rural Development in the Global South

A position as faculty professor of rural development in the Global South is available at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences (SLU), Uppsala, Sweden.

SLU offers a productive context for rural development research in which questions of agricultural production, agrarian change and land use are central. At SLU there is long experience from working with international aspects of agricultural production and development and SLU Global facilitates and strengthens SLU’s activities in the Global South.

The subject area of the position is in rural development studies, with an emphasis on questions related to agricultural production, agrarian change, land use and natural resource management, in the context of the Global Sourh.

The candidate is expected to further strengthen and develop research, research education and education at the Division for Rural Development. This implies a commitment and an ability to build a productive research environment over time.

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