International Research Training Group:
Competition for land - Tackling the climate and biodiversity crises through the food, energy and materials nexus (C4LaNd)

C4LaNd is an International Research Training Group that addresses a classical “wicked problem”: how to meet the ever-increasing and often conflicting demands on land for food, renewable energy, and materials without compromising biodiversity conservation and climate action.
The joint research program offers a total of 48 doctoral positions at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany, Hohenheim University, Germany and the University of Melbourne, Australia and covers natural sciences, social sciences, and economics to deliver high quality, coordinated research towards land use becoming part of the solution to the climate and biodiversity crises, rather than a major cause.
The first cohort of 12 doctoral students in Germany and 12 in Melbourne will begin from October 2026.

Last update: 2026-04