AI for Climate-Resilient Buildings — Research Fellow

Brunel Law School; Uxbridge; Hybrid; GBP 38,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Annual leave

Training and development

Job summary

Brunel University London invites applications for a Research Assistant or Research Fellow to contribute to CLIMABUILD, a Horizon Europe project developing AI-enabled digital technologies to improve resilience and sustainability of the built environment.

The role involves developing mathematical and data-driven approaches, contributing to AI-enabled solutions such as LLMs and knowledge graphs, and publishing results. Hybrid working is offered with a fixed-term contract.

Qualifications

• Applicants should hold a relevant degree in Civil, Environmental, Building or Infrastructure Engineering, Computer Science or a closely related discipline.
• Appointment at Research Fellow level will require a PhD or equivalent research experience.
• Essential competencies include analytical and computational skills, programming experience (e.g. Python, MATLAB or R), knowledge of resilience, sustainability or lifecycle assessment, and familiarity with AI technologies, including LLMs.

Responsibilities

• Develop, apply or support mathematical, computational and data-driven approaches for assessing the resilience, sustainability and lifecycle performance of buildings and infrastructure.
• Contribute to AI-enabled digital solutions, including Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), knowledge graphs, digital twins and intelligent decision-support tools.
• Investigate climate adaptation and low-carbon renovation strategies through lifecycle assessment, scenario analysis, uncertainty evaluation and multi-criteria optimisation.
• Support the development, integration and validation of innovative methodologies and digital tools, working with project partners and Living Labs.
• Contribute to scientific publications, project deliverables, stakeholder engagement and research dissemination.

Skills

Analytical skills

Computational skills

Python

MATLAB

R

AI technologies

Resilience or lifecycle assessment

Communication skills

Education

Civil/Environmental/Building/Infrastructure Eng or Computer Science

Tools

Python

MATLAB

R

Job description

Brunel University London invites applications for a Research Assistant or Research Fellow to contribute to CLIMABUILD, a Horizon Europe project developing AI-enabled digital technologies to improve resilience and sustainability of the built environment.

The role involves developing mathematical and data-driven approaches, contributing to AI-enabled solutions such as LLMs and knowledge graphs, and publishing results. Hybrid working is offered with a fixed-term contract.