DTU Tenure Track Researcher in Nutrition, Sustainability and Health Promotion with a focus on Sustainability and Dietary Patterns - DTU Food

The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. We provide you with the best conditions including a mentor, state-of-the-art research infrastructure, teacher training and relevant networks. After maximum 6 years you will be evaluated by an external assessment committee, and if evaluated positively, you will acquire a permanent Senior Researcher position.
The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. We provide you with the best conditions including a mentor, state-of-the-art research infrastructure, teacher training and relevant networks. After maximum 6 years you will be evaluated by an external assessment committee, and if evaluated positively, you will acquire a permanent Senior Researcher position.

The National Food Institute at the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) invites applications for a position as Tenure Track researcher in the Research Group on Nutrition, Sustainability and Health Promotion. One of the focus areas of the group is sustainable nutrition. The research group is interdisciplinary combining nutrition, health, environmental sustainability and sociological perspectives. It has a dynamic staff with especially national but also international visibility, and many research collaborations with other universities and organisations.

The research field concerns exploring the transition to sustainable diets, which can greatly enhance human and planetary health and contributing to the scientific foundation for advice and policies that promote the adoption of more healthy and sustainable diets. The focus is on exploring nutritional and environmental effects of existing and alternative dietary patterns, and ways of changing our dietary intake towards one that is healthier and more sustainable.

Responsibilities and qualifications
The DTU National Food Institute wants to strengthen our research within dietary patterns among population segments with a particular focus on environmental, nutritional and health sustainability. You will contribute to this research by:

• Contributing to research area of the integration of environmental, nutritional and health sustainability into the study of dietary patterns.
• Being involved in development of new externally funded projects within the area
• Dissemination of results in international scientific journals and at conferences
• Contributing to further development of the research field of the group and particularly of the sustainability perspectives.
• Engaging in advisory tasks for authorities and other stakeholders within the area of healthy and sustainable diets.

You must contribute to the teaching of courses supervise student projects. DTU employs two working languages: Danish and English. You are expected to be fluent in at least one of these languages, and in time are expected to master both.

As formal qualification you must hold a PhD degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field, such as nutrition (e.g., nutrition science, nutritional epidemiology), sustainability (e.g., environmental health, food systems), or a related discipline (e.g., public health).

You will be assessed against the responsibilities and qualifications stated above and the following general criteria:

• Research experience
• Experience and quality of teaching
• Research vision and potential
• International impact and experience
• Societal impact
• Innovativeness, including commercialization and collaboration with industry
• Leadership, collaboration, and interdisciplinary skills
• Communication skills

Flexibility and self-motivation are desired skills at DTU. In addition, we expect you to be a team player and actively seeking collaboration internally and externally.

Furthermore, preferred candidates:

• Have in-depth knowledge about the sustainability of foods, dietary patterns and nutrition, e.g. food systems, life cycle analysis,
• Have xperience with quantitative research methods, Experience in reproducible statistical analyses (preferably R and Python) and in the peer-reviewed publication of results.
• Must be able to work interdisciplinary but also independently and be able to build up your own research area

Salary and terms of employment
The appointment will be based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations. The allowance will be agreed upon with the relevant union.

Starting date is 1 August 2025 (or according to mutual agreement). The position is a full-time position.

The position is part of DTU’s Tenure Track program. Read more about the program and the recruitment process here.

You can read more about career paths at DTU here.

Further information
Further information may be obtained from Senior Scientific Officer, Scott Thomas McClure on scomc@food.dtu.dk.

You can read more about the DTU National Food Institute at https://www.food.dtu.dk/english

If you are applying from abroad, you may find useful information on working in Denmark and at DTU at DTU – Moving to Denmark.

Application procedure
Your complete online application must be submitted no later than 12 May 2025 (23:59 Danish time).

Applications must be submitted as one PDF file containing all materials to be given consideration. To apply, please open the link "Apply now", fill out the online application form, and attach all your materials in English in one PDF file. The file must include:

• Application (cover letter)
• Vision for teaching and research for the tenure track period
• CV including employment history, list of publications, H-index and ORCID (see http://orcid.org/)
• Teaching portfolio including documentation of teaching experience
• Academic Diplomas (MSc/PhD)

Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

All interested candidates irrespective of age, gender, disability, race, religion or ethnic background are encouraged to apply. As DTU works with research in critical technology, which is subject to special rules for security and export control, open-source background checks may be conducted on qualified candidates for the position.

DTU National Food Institute
DTU National Food Institute conducts research into and disseminates - through advice, innovation and teaching - sustainable and value-creating solutions in the area of food and health for the benefit of society. The vision is to make a difference by generating future prosperity through research into food and health. The institute works to prevent disease and promote health, develop new and better food products for a growing population and create sustainable technological solutions, including biosolutions. The institute’s tasks are carried out in interdisciplinary collaboration within e.g. nutrition, chemistry, toxicology, microbiology, epidemiology, modelling, and technology. This is achieved through a strong academic environment of international top class with correspondingly skilled researchers and employees. The Institute employs approximately 350 staff members.

Technology for people
DTU develops technology for people. With our international elite research and study programmes, we are helping to create a better world and to solve the global challenges formulated in the UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals. Hans Christian Ørsted founded DTU in 1829 with a clear mission to develop and create value using science and engineering to benefit society. That mission lives on today. DTU has 13,500 students and 6,000 employees. We work in an international atmosphere and have an inclusive, evolving, and informal working environment. DTU has campuses in all parts of Denmark and in Greenland, and we collaborate with the best universities around the world.

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