ABOUT REGENERATION
Regeneration is an impact-driven startup on a mission to transform European agriculture. We support farmers in transitioning to regenerative agriculture by providing agronomic support to implement regenerative practices, and we measure and monetize, on behalf of the farmers, their performance in terms of soil organic carbon sequestration and on-farm emissions reduction.
The resulting carbon credits are sold to companies committed to investing in nature-based solutions to mitigate climate change.
We are a growing team based in Bordeaux, working across France and Belgium, with a deep commitment to scientific excellence, farmer value, and climate impact.
YOUR MISSION
“What gets measured gets managed.” One of the major challenges in scaling regenerative agriculture is robustly measuring its benefits. As our Research Intern, you will be at the heart of this effort.
You will contribute to improving how we measure, report, and verify (MRV) carbon sequestration in soils. Your focus will be on developing and refining our Long-Term Experiment (LTE) database, integrating scientific literature, and integrating soil sampling results. You will also contribute to testing and validating our soil organic carbon model — a key component of our project under the Verra Verified Carbon Standard (VM0042 methodology).
You will work in close collaboration with our Certification & Quality team and contribute directly to one of the most advanced soil MRV approaches under the Verra framework.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Develop and refine our LTE database: Collect, harmonize, and assess long-term soil experiment data to support model calibration and validation in order to enhance the modelling capacity to various crop functional groups.
- Literature review: Systematically identify and synthesize scientific publications relevant to soil organic carbon modeling and regenerative practices.
- Scientific outreach: Contact researchers and institutions to source data, clarify methodologies, and build collaborative relationships.
- Methodological innovation: Propose ways to integrate scientific findings into our soil model and project documentation.
- Technical writing: Contribute to sections of the project documentation, presenting your results.
- (Optional) Analyze soil sample and farm data if interested in applied data science.
WHO WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Master’s student in Soil Science, Statistics, Agronomy, Environmental Science, Geography, Environmental Engineering, or similar.
- Excellent scientific reading and synthesis skills for publications in French and English.
- Comfortable navigating peer-reviewed literature and databases.
- Strong attention to detail.
- Interest in carbon crediting frameworks.
- Excellent writing and spoken skills in English. Oral and written proficiency in French.
- Some familiarity with process-based soil models (e.g., RothC, AMG) is helpful but not required.
- European or possessing a working permit for France.
Mindset:
We value rigor, curiosity, and an analytical mind. You will be trusted with real responsibility and supported in your learning. Expect a startup environment: flexible, fast-changing, and innovative.
Diversity:
We strongly believe diversity drives better science and better impact. All applications are welcome.
PRACTICAL DETAILS
- Personal mentorship to support your learning journey.
- 3-6 month internship with 35 hours per week.
- Collaborative work environment in a coworking space in Bordeaux with the rest of the team.
- Flexibility in working from home and flexible hours.
- Performance-based final bonus.
- Provision of necessary technical equipment.
ARE YOU INTERESTED?
Send your CV or LinkedIn and a few words about your motivation to: wiebke@regeneration.eu
(Please: no AI-optimized CVs. We’re human and like to be surprised)
