Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Ref. AW07/054/0326 at Stellenbosch University

Duties/Pligte

• Providing leadership in data-intensive agricultural economics teaching, research and strategic initiatives within the Faculty of AgriSciences.
• Designing and delivering agro-food data literacy and data science modules that strengthen applied economic analysis (e.g. production economics, market and price analytics, impact evaluation, farm decision support).
• Advancing research in agricultural economics using large and novel datasets, and publishing in accredited journals.
• Building interdisciplinary collaborations with agro-informatics and digital agriculture partners (e.g. sensors/IoT, remote sensing, farm management data, value-chain traceability).
• Sourcing and managing local and international research projects, including stakeholder engagement and fundraising.
• Teaching and coordinating undergraduate and postgraduate modules in agricultural economics and quantitative methods.
• Supervising honours, master's and doctoral students; and co-supervising with agro-informatics collaborators where appropriate.

Job Requirements/Pos Vereistes

• PhD in agricultural economics or a closely related field.
• Demonstrated expertise in applied econometrics, data science and quantitative analysis of agro-food systems.
• Demonstrated experience in research data management and data science; and the ability to develop agro-food course material using R and Python.
• The ability and willingness to conduct undergraduate teaching in agricultural economics and related quantitative modules.
• The ability and willingness to conduct postgraduate teaching and supervision/co-supervision - supervision across disciplines will be advantageous.
• Peer-reviewed publications in agricultural economics and/or digital agriculture commensurate with the level of appointment.
• The ability to source and execute collaborative research projects.
• Relevant engagement with the agro-food sector (industry, government, producer organisations or civil society) commensurate with the level of appointment. 
• The ability to participate in multi-disciplinary research teams and strategic initiatives.
• Language proficiency for a multilingual University.

The ability to demonstrate and uphold Stellenbosch University's core values.
Closing Date: 25-Mar-2026