As part of BrightSpace, the Agricultural Model Young Researcher Network (AMYRN) was established in April 2024.
The aim of this initiative is to support building a network of young researchers that have an interest in using modelling approaches to inform agricultural policies. Agricultural models such as AGMEMOD, CAPRI, GLOBIOM and MAGNET are frequently used in large-scale land use, biodiversity, climate change and food security assessments for the EU or at global level. It requires specialized knowledge and expertise to operate, maintain and improve these models, which often involves the use of specialistic software (e.g. GAMS and GEMPACK) and processing of large (geo-spatial) datasets.
The AMYRN allows young researchers who are interested in working with one of the BrightSpace models or use other modelling approaches (e.g. econometric, biophysical, etc.) to model the EU agriculture Safe and Just Operating Space, to spend 2-3 months at one of the BrightSpace partner institutes and collaborate with BrightSpace model experts.
AMYRN is primarily meant to fund PhDs and early-career postdocs, whose work is already funded by
BrightSpace, which means that their research activities are linked to one or more of work package tasks as specified in the BrightSpace proposal.
The exchanges of the AMYRN fellows allow young researchers to obtain practical experience with the various BrightSpace models and helps building the necessary capacity to operate those models in the future.
Source: WR
