Bachelor/Master thesis in computer vision for weeds detection (PDF, 201 kB, 09.10.2025)Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: 6 months minimum
Working Place: Posieux
Language: English (or French)
Contact: Hassan-Roland Nasser
Email: roland.nasser@agroscope.admin.ch
Bachelor/Master thesis in computer vision for livestock farming (PDF, 345 kB, 09.10.2025)Starting date: as soon as possible
Duration: 6 months minimum
Working Place: Posieux
Language: English (or French)
Contact: Hassan-Roland Nasser
Email: roland.nasser@agroscope.admin.ch
Master thesis: Roughage provision to piglets (PDF, 272 kB, 09.10.2025)Starting date: Flexible, ideally from January 2026
Duration: 6 – 12 months
Working Place: Posieux
Language: English, French
Contact: Ariane Stratmann, BLV, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3003 Bern; Email: ariane.stratmann@blv.admin.ch
Bewegungsverhalten von Mastschweinen (PDF, 365 kB, 09.10.2025)Startdatum: ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 6 – 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Posieux
Sprache: Deutsch/ Französisch
Kontakt: Ariane Stratmann, BLV, Schwarzenburgstrasse 155, 3003 Bern, Email: ariane.stratmann@blv.admin.ch
Tackling the trade-off between agricultural production and groundwater protection targets (PDF, 930 kB, 01.10.2025)Start: nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 6-12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Reckenholz - Agroscope
Sprache: Englisch/Deutsch
Kontakt: Annelie Holzkämper, E-Mail: annelie.holzkaemper@agroscope.admin.ch
Evaluation of leaf area estimation methodologies for determining Eco physiologically relevant parameters in orchards (PDF, 200 kB, 17.09.2025)Starting date: Flexible, ideally from February 2026
Duration: 6 Months
Working Place: Tänikon (TG) with fieldwork in central Switzerland and/or Thurgau
Language: French, German or English
Contact: Camilo Chiang, Email: camilo.chiang@agroscope.admin.ch
Effects of Irrigation on Grassland Communities in the Lower Engadin Valley (PDF, 727 kB, 03.09.2025)Starting date: February 2026 (flexible)
Duration: according to your academic institution
Working Place: Agroscope, Zürich, Switzerland
Language: English, German
Contact: Marco Barandun, PhD student; Email: marco.barandun@agroscope.admin.ch
Macroplastics in the soil after removal of ground stabilisation grids in horse housing systems (PDF, 350 kB, 01.09.2025)Starting date: October 2025
Duration: 6 months
Working Place: Avenches & Home Office
Language: English or German
Contact: Marianne Cockburn, E-Mail: marianne.cockburn@agroscope.admin.ch
Exploring the precrop-effect of narrow-leaved lupins/lentils in mixed and pure cropping systems (PDF, 331 kB, 14.07.2025)Starting date: September 2025 or in agreement
Duration: January 2026
Working Place: Reckenholz - Agroscope
Language: English/German
Contact: Philippa v. Nathusius, E-Mail: philippa.vonnathusius@agroscope.admin.ch
Masterarbeit: Entwicklung eines Konzepts zur Erhöhung der Teilnahmebereitschaft von landwirtschaftlichen Betrieben an On-farm Studien (PDF, 635 kB, 08.04.2025)Start: Ab sofort oder nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 6 – 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Zürich, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
Sprache: gute Deutsch- und Französischkenntnisse sind von Vorteil
Kontakt: Juliane Hirte, Email: juliane.hirte@agroscope.admin.ch
Elizabeth Haab, Email: elizabeth.haab@agroscope.admin.ch
Exploring functional diversity in Phaseolus vulgaris (PDF, 464 kB, 03.04.2025)Start: June 2025 - or in agreement
Duration: 6 Months
Workplace: Agroscope Wädenswil
Language: English or German
Contact: Cora Schouten
Email: cora.schouten@agroscope.admin.ch
Master thesis: Pesticide residues in soils (PDF, 398 kB, 16.12.2024)Beginning: immediately or upon agreement
Duration: 6-12 months
Place: Agroscope Zürich, Reckenholzstrasse 191, 8046 Zürich
Language: EN or DE
Contact: Vanessa Reininger
Email: vanessa.reininger@agroscope.admin.ch
Detection of Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum) introgressions in perennial ryegrass (L. perenne) (PDF, 539 kB, 26.11.2024)Starting date: Spring 2025 (flexible)
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: Agroscope location Zürich Reckenholz
Swiss Plant Breeding Center (SPBC), located at FiBL in Frick
Language: English or German
Contact: Christoph Grieder
Email: christoph.grieder@agroscope.admin.ch, roland.koelliker@usys.ethz.ch
Masterarbeit «Emissionsmindernde» perforierte Laufflächen für Milchvieh (PDF, 977 kB, 21.11.2024)Start: Frühjahr 2025 (oder nach Vereinbarung)
Dauer: ca. 6 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope-Standort Tänikon; CH-8356 Ettenhausen
Sprache: gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse
Kontakt: Michael Zähner michael.zaehner@agroscope.admin.ch; Sabine Schrade sabine.schrade@agroscope.admin.ch
Masterarbeit CowToilet: Untersuchungen in der Praxis (PDF, 428 kB, 21.11.2024)Start: Frühjahr/Sommer 2025 (oder nach Vereinbarung)
Dauer: ca. 6 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope-Standort Tänikon; CH-8356 Ettenhausen
Sprache: gute Deutsch- und Englischkenntnisse
Kontakt: Michael Zähner michael.zaehner@agroscope.admin.ch; Sabine Schrade sabine.schrade@agroscope.admin.ch
Ecology and management of Philaenus spumarius, the main vector of Xylella fastidiosa in Europe (PDF, 196 kB, 01.10.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: A Ramél 18, 6593 Cadenazzo (TI), Switzerland
Language: Italian / French / English
Contact: Dr. Ramona Maggini (+41 58 463 06 95)
Email: ramona.maggini@agroscope.admin.ch
How the structure of the virome and the genetic diversity of Grapevine fanleaf virus affect the symptoms observed in grapevines in a vineyard (PDF, 162 kB, 23.09.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: 1260 Nyon (Changins) VD - Switzerland
Language: French/english
Contact: Dr. Arnaud Blouin (+41 58 465 71 31) arnaud.blouin@agroscope.admin.ch; Dr. Olivier Schumpp (+41 58 460 43 71) olivier.schumpp@agroscope.admin.ch
Master: Characterisation of new sources of resistance to crown rust in Italian ryegrass (PDF, 143 kB, 05.08.2024)Starting date: flexible
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz
Language: German or English
Contact: Jenny Kiesbauer
Email: jenny.kiesbauer@agroscope.admin.ch
Master: Analysis of Flavescence Dorée effectors (PDF, 176 kB, 08.07.2024)Starting date: upon agreement
Duration: 6 to 12 months
Working place: 1260 Nyon (Changins) VD - Switzerland
Language: French/English
Contact: Dr. Christophe Debonneville (+41 58 484 95 91) christophe.debonneville@agroscope.admin.ch; Dr. Olivier Schumpp (+41 58 460 43 71) olivier.schumpp@agroscope.admin.ch
Travail de master Développement d'un concept visant à augmenter la volonté de participation des exploitations agricoles aux études on farm (PDF, 619 kB, 19.04.2024)Date de début: de suite ou à convenir
Durée: 6 à 12 mois
Lieu de travail: Zurich
Langue: Français ou Allemand
Contact: Haab Elizabeth (elizabeth.haab@agroscope.admin.ch)
Master or Bachelor Thesis: Climate smart soil management (PDF, 329 kB, 04.04.2024)Starting date: flexible
Duration: 3+ month
Working place: Zurich
Language: English or German
Contact: Olivier Heller (olivier.heller@agroscope.admin.ch)
Insect-plant interactions: Life cycle analysis of the rape stem weevil and its interactions with its host plant leading to oil seed rape yield loss (PDF, 209 kB, 11.10.2023)Starting date: Desired start in March 2024
Duration: 6 to 12 month
Working Place: Nyon
Language: French or English
Contact: Laurie Magnin (laurie.magnin@agroscope.admin.ch)
MSc Thesis in Computational Ecology, Modelling livestock distribution (PDF, 679 kB, 28.09.2023)Starting date: flexible
Working place: Zürich
Contact: Manuel Schneider, (manuel.schneider@agroscope.admin.ch)
Engineering the soil microbiome for sustainable crop production through plasma technology (PDF, 296 kB, 21.09.2023)Starting date: ideally December 2023 or January 2024, with some flexibility
Duration: 12 months; the project involves a approx. 3 months research stay at the Leibniz Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) in
Greifswald, Germany. An application for a scholarship for a SEMP-Traineeship (Mobility for Higher Education: Swiss-European Mobility Programme (SEMP) | Movetia) would be supported to acquire financial support for the student.
Contact: Bender Franz (franz.bender@agroscope.admin.ch)
Erforschung des Produktivitäts- und Umweltpotenzials von blauen Lupinen und Hafer im Mischanbau / Exploring the productivity and environmental potential of intercropped blue lupins and oats (PDF, 6 MB, 23.01.2023)Starting time: End of April – early of May 2023
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Language: German, English
Contact: Yannik Schlup (yannik.schlup@agroscope.admin.ch)
Ecosystems services delivered from underutilised crops as smallscale agricultural landscapes (PDF, 1 MB, 24.01.2023)Starting time: End of April – beginning of May 2023
Working Place: Agroscope Reckenholz, 8046 Zürich
Language: English (basic knowledge of German is an asset)
Contact: Filippo Carmenati (filippo.carmenati@agroscope.admin.ch)
Evaluation des dégâts d'oiseaux dans les grandes cultures: Confrontation des observations de terrain aux perceptions des dégâts (PDF, 695 kB, 20.10.2022)Début: 2023 (date à convenir)
Durée: 6 mois
Lieu de travail: Agroscope, Rte de Duillier 50, 1260 Nyon
Contact: Amal Chantoufi / Alice Baux
The role of induced Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) on the host preference of Halyomorpha halys (Hemiptera: Pentatomidae) (PDF, 320 kB, 17.06.2022)Start: anytime
Duration: 6 -12Months
Workplace: Agroscope, Rte de Duillier 50, 1260 Nyon
Contact: Diana la Forgia
The impact of pesticides on soil life, plant symbionts and ecosystem functioning (PDF, 234 kB, 03.01.2023)Start: flexible
Duration: 6-12 months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Sustainable Food Production with Biologicals – Testing the effects of beneficial mycorrhizal fungi and other microbial consortia on crop yield (PDF, 233 kB, 03.01.2023)Start: flexible
Duration: 6-12 months
Workplace: Agroscope Reckenholz
Contact: Prof. Dr. Marcel van der Heijden
Nutzung von Nassreisfeldern im Vergleich zu Maisackern und Feuchtgebieten als Jagdgebiete für Fledermäuse (PDF, 418 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 12 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz
Kontakt: Yvonne Fabian
Welchen Einfluss haben unterschiedliche Düngungsintensitäten auf die Entwicklung von Libellenlarven in Nassreisfeldern? (PDF, 382 kB, 01.01.2023)Start: nach Vereinbarung
Dauer: 7 Monate
Arbeitsort: Agroscope Reckenholz
Kontakt: Yvonne Fabian
