Organisation/Company IRTA Department Human Resources Research Field Agricultural sciences » Agronomics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 31 Aug 2026 - 23:35 (Europe/Madrid) Country Spain Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37.5 Offer Starting Date 1 Jan 2027 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? No
Offer Description
We are looking for a PhD Candidate to join the Sustainable Field Crops team, based in La Tallada d’Empordà (Girona). We offer the opportunity to be part of an organization with a dynamic, collaborative work environment focused on professional development.
The selected candidate will assess multi-focus sustainability impacts from boosting agroecological practices in arable cropping systems based on a range of field experiments and modelling tools. This is a project funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).
Key researchers for the position: Dr.



Jordi Doltra and Dr. Francesc Domingo.
Tasks and Responsibilities:
- Performing literature review, data collection and management, data analysis and visualization
- Conducting field experiments, sampling and measuring plant, soil, gas emissions and other environmental variables.
- Using and adjusting soil-crop simulation models for system analysis at multi-scale level
- Performing quantification of agronomic, environmental and socio-economic impacts in novel and business-as-usual cropping systems
- Coordinating with other researchers from IRTA and other partners in the project
- Disseminating the research findings at national and international conferences
- Writing papers for scientific journals and technical articles
- Contributing to the teamwork environment and collaborations within the research group
- Degree in Agronomy, Biology, Environmental Science, Soil Science or related ones.
- Master's deg

📌 PhD candidate in Agroecological practices for better arable crop production and soil health (España)
🏢 IRTA
📍 España