Doctoral student in digital solutions for sustainable building technology

Project description

Six doctoral positions are being advertised simultaneously within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment’s focus on digitalization and sustainability. 

Third-cycle subject: Sustainable buildings

The Department of Civil and Architectural Engineering wishes to hire a PhD student for a research project on how reuse can be implemented and optimized to balance economic and environmental benefits. The project is interdisciplinary and has a connection to previous and ongoing research at the School of Architecture and the Built Environment. As a doctoral student, you will collaborate both with researchers from different departments at KTH and have contacts with construction and real estate actors in Sweden.

We will explore how digital workflows can support different stakeholders in decisions regarding the reuse of building materials and components. This includes processes for material inventory and quality assurance as well as effective methods for analyzing how reuse in different situations can affect costs, use of virgin material resources and carbon dioxide emissions. An important aspect is to examine different stakeholders' information needs, driving forces and business models to understand how they can effectively participate in the reuse process and which digital user interfaces can be used to collect, share and communicate information for reuse in a practice.

Supervision: The doctoral student will be placed at the Royal Institute of Technology and is proposed to be supervised by Associate Professor Kjartan Gudmundsson and Associate Professor Malena Havenvid.

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.
• 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 division of Sustainable Buildings offers a strong research environment and exposure to several fields of built environment as well as collaborations with top international research groups.
• The doctoral student's tasks also include being involved in the department's teaching in the first and second cycle

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.

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 and
• analyse and work with complex issues.

The applicant is expected to have a master’s degree in Civil or Architectural Engineering with focus on building technology. The applicant is also expected to have a strong background in Building Information Modelling and experience with C#/Python programming or visual programming for BIM. A relevant master’s thesis work is a merit.

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

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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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).

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 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.

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