Doctoral student in Circular building solutions and life cycle assessment - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering (SEED) conducts interdisciplinary research at the intersection of environmental issues, societal change and technological innovation, focused on developing more sustainable social systems.

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Planning and Decision analysis with a specialisation in Strategies for sustainable development.

The SEED department is hiring a PhD student for interdisciplinary research on environmental aspects of new building solutions using re-used materials to support the circular and resource efficient building sector of the future. The successful candidate will be part of the European Horizon 2020 project ReCreate that aims to develop new knowledge and business models for the re-use of concrete elements in new buildings. The project is inter-disciplinary and as a PhD student you will cooperate with researchers from different departments at KTH and three other universities in Europe. The research is also carried out in cooperation with actors from the Swedish building industry.

The PhD project will focus environmental assessment of circular building solutions in a life cycle perspective, including method development. The work also embraces studies of strategies to realize the environmental potentials of construction material re-use, in practice. This entails for example development of circular business models and studies on barriers to re-use of construction materials, of regulatory and social acceptance character.

The person we look for is expected to have a background in environmental or civil engineering specialized in environmental science, preferably combined with a competence in for example building and structural engineering, architectural design and or building and planning processes.

Supervision

The doctoral student will be supervised by Docent Tove Malmqvist Stigell

What we offer

• The possibility to study in a dynamic and international research environment in collaboration with industries and prominent universities from all over the world.Read more
• A workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH’s Doctoral student salary agreement.
• A postgraduate education at an institution that is active and supportive in matters pertaining to working conditions, gender equality and diversity as well as study environment.
• Work and study in Stockholm, close to nature and the water.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.
• The Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Sciences and Engineering (SEED) offers a strong, mission driven and inter-disciplinary research environment.

Eligibility

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a degree at advanced level,
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 higher education credits at advanced level, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge
• Requirements for English equivalent to English B/6, read more here.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach,
• analyse and work with complex issues and
• produce scientific texts.

The PhD project further requires that you have an inter-disciplinary approach and interest, and preferably experience of both quantitative and qualitative research work. You are well familiar with tools for environmental systems analysis, like life cycle assessment. Experience of work with assessment of environmental aspects of circular building solutions, is seen as a merit.

For the projects you will work in, you need to be able to read and communicate to a certain extent in Swedish.

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal competency. 

Target degree: Doctoral degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years ' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time.

Union representatives

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Doctoral section (Students’ union on KTH Royal Institute of Technology)

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Application

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/entral European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original documents are not issued in one of these languages.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

Other information

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Disclaimer: In case of discrepancy between the Swedish original and the English translation of the job announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.