PhD: Sustainable Autonomous Haulage for Flower Supply

The University of Manchester; Manchester; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 23,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

UKRI stipend

Research training grant

Job summary

The University of Manchester invites applications for a four-year PhD studentship focused on international flower trade, sustainability, and autonomous logistics. The successful candidate will study social costs of transitions and the environmental footprint of cold-chain and autonomous haulage futures.

The stipend follows the UKRI minimum rate (£21,805/year) plus £1,000/annum enhancement, with a research training grant up to £20,000 for the full program.

Qualifications

• Applicants are expected to hold (or be about to obtain) a minimum upper second-class undergraduate honours degree (or equivalent) in either engineering, materials science, or social sciences.
• Research experience in the qualitative or quantitative assessment of sustainability is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Investigate international flower trade focusing on social costs of proposed transitions and unintended consequences of efficiencies.
• Assess material and environmental consequences of transitions using life cycle assessment and techno-economic analysis.
• Frame risk and reward for emergent technologies and inform future policy and system designs.

Skills

Qualitative analysis

Quantitative analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree (UK upper second class) or equivalent

Job description

The University of Manchester invites applications for a four-year PhD studentship focused on international flower trade, sustainability, and autonomous logistics. The successful candidate will study social costs of transitions and the environmental footprint of cold-chain and autonomous haulage futures.

The stipend follows the UKRI minimum rate (£21,805/year) plus £1,000/annum enhancement, with a research training grant up to £20,000 for the full program.