About this role
Job offer - JOB - Netherlands - Wageningen University and Research Centre via AcademicTransfer - Posted on: 27 July 2026 27 Jul 2026 Wageningen University & Research Research Field Agricultural sciences » Agricultural products Agricultural sciences » Agronomics Engineering » Agricultural engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Application Deadline 17 Aug 2026 - 21:59 (UTC) Country Type of Contract Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Are you interested in optimization and data science? Are you motivated to contribute to answering one of the key challenges facing agricultural systems today: how can agricultural supply chains remain resilient in a world of increasing climate uncertainty? This PhD project offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of climate change, food systems, and advanced optimization modelling. You will develop cutting-edge operations research models and methods to redesign agricultural supply chains that can withstand extreme climate events and shifting agroecological conditions. Hosted by the chair of Operations Research and Logistics group of Wageningen University, the project focuses on quantifying how climate change impacts the resilience of agri-food supply networks. Building on state-of-the-art models for robust and responsive food supply chains, you will investigate how disruptions such as droughts, floods, heatwaves, and other climate-related shocks might affect critical decisions on facility location, storage, processing capacity, procurement, and inventory management. - stochastic and robust optimization, - large-scale supply chain design, - and advanced algorithms for solving complex optimization problems. You will work with real-world case studies to design future-proof supply chain networks for key agricultural products in vuln...