PhD in land use modeling

The Chair for Planning of Landscape and Urban Systems (PLUS) at the Institute for Spatial and Landscape Planning, ETH Zurich, is a young, dynamic and interdisciplinary research team addressing problems of sustainable spatial and landscape development. Starting in September 2026 or by mutual agreement, we are looking for a PhD in land use modeling.

Project background

The 4-year PhD position is funded by the NCCR CLIM+ program ( ), financed by the Swiss National Science Foundation. NCCR CLIM+ supports Switzerland in the transformation towards a climate-resilient society. Together with stakeholders, the interdisciplinary NCCR CLIM+ research community tackles unexplored solution spaces to the climate crisis and develops a blueprint for actionable climate research worldwide. The project will be carried out in a collaborative environment between WSL, Agroscope, and ETH Zürich, providing extensive technical know-how and...