Research Scientist LCA of Food and Nutrition Systems

Agroscope is looking for a:

Research Scientist LCA of Food and Nutrition Systems

8046 Zürich (expected place of work 1725 Posieux FR)

good food, healthy environment

The ’Life Cycle Assessment’ Research Group investigates environmental impacts and sustainability assessment in the agriculture and food sector. It develops methodologies, data and tools, applying them in projects concerning agricultural production systems, farms, or the agricultural sector with a view to improving agricultural products, foods, diets, nutritional scenarios, and agricultural policy measures.
The job remit focuses on the following priorities:
(i) Life cycle assessment of foods (e.g. meat- and milk alternatives)
(ii) Life cycle assessment of dietary patterns (iii) Life cycle assessment of whole food systems (including production and consumption, imports and exports) (iv) Evaluation of agricultural and food policy measures.
The SALCA life cycle assessment methods, indicators for nutrition and models of the agriculture and food sector are used here.

About us

The ’Sustainability Assessment and Agricultural Management’ Research Division develops decision-making bases to help policy-makers create optimal framework conditions for a competitive and multifunctional Swiss agricultural sector. The analysis of a wide range of data from the agriculture and food sector enables the identification of promising operating strategies and policy measures. The Research Division deals with issues concerning digitalisation in agriculture.

Agroscope is the Swiss federal centre of excellence for research in the agriculture and food sector. Its researchers work at a number of sites in Switzerland. Headquartered in Bern-Liebefeld (as of 2026: Posieux), Agroscope is attached to the Swiss Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research EAER.