PhD Biodiversity monitoring for nature-inclusive agrifood transitions

Wageningen University & Research • Bleiswijk, South Holland • Posted July 11, 2026

About the Role

The specific focus of this PhD project is biodiversity monitoring and biological pest control as an ecosystem service. You will study how biodiversity implementation in the two case areas is related to biological pest control as an ecosystems service and validate key performing indicators

Your job

Are you motivated to contribute to the transition toward nature-inclusive agriculture and horticulture? And are you interested in biodiversity, ecosystem services and biological pest control? Then join the NWO-KIC project RISE – Resilient Integrated Systems for Ecosystem restoration as a PhD candidate. You will co-develop an interactive spatial decision-support framework for agrifood transitions in an interdisciplinary team of four PhD candidates, collaborating closely with farmers, growers and societal stakeholders. 

Biodiversity restoration in agriculture and horticulture is urgently needed, but difficult to realize in practice. Farme...