Doctoral student in participatory urban energy modelling - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The UrbanT research group is an interdisciplinary team of researchers at SEED/ABE fostering sustainable urban transitions through collaborative processes informed by analytics and ICT.

Project description

Third-cycle subject: Industrial Ecology

This PhD position is proposed within the project ‘Integrating data-driven decision-support, energy models and data analytics in urban transition governance’. The project will study possibilities for the use of urban data in a more reflective and needs-oriented way to enable informed decisions in the transition to climate-neutral cities. It builds upon the Oden data ecosystem – the fusion of data, models and decision-support tools for urban building energy data analytics in Stockholm and other Swedish cities.

This project will focus on a ‘real-life’ case study of large-scale implementation of energy efficiency measures across an urban district in Stockholm.

Your work

The aim of your work will be to contribute to the body of knowledge from a system perspective on the role of urban building energy data, models and tools in supporting urban transition to climate neutrality. You will develop new energy models and data-driven decision-support tools for energy efficiency in buildings in close collaboration with stakeholders in Stockholm (municipality, property owners, energy utility and energy service companies). This work is based on the Oden data ecosystem and MUBES UBEM.

Supervision:

Assoc. Prof. Olga Kordas and Dr. Oleksii Pasichnyi  is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Final decisions are made on admission.

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, a city with a high quality of life, cultural diversity and beautiful nature.
• Help to relocate and be settled in Sweden and at KTH.

Admission requirements

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 second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement 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.

• MSc in engineering
• Knowledge in building energy simulations and their corresponding real-world performance is critical.
• Experience in programming (Python, R, Matlab, etc.), databases and business intelligence (SQL, Tableau), statistics and machine learning, GIS and spatial analysis, web development is meriting.
• Knowledge of Swedish is a merit but not compulsory.

During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• strong communication skills, oral and written,
• have a professional approach
• address challenges in creative and innovative manner and
• analyse and work with complex issues.

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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To apply for the position

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/Central European Summer Time).

We are looking forward to receiving your application with the following documents:

• 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 document is not issued in one of these languages.Copies of originals must be certified.
• 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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