PhD Climate Risk Modelling: Multi-Risk Simulations & Adaptation

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam); Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 34,138 - 43,311; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

ABP pension scheme

Commuting allowance

Personalized benefits package

Job summary

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM) invites applications for a PhD candidate to develop new methods for assessing climate risk due to consecutive droughts and at various scales in Europe. The project uses the GEB framework with Agent-Based Models, hydrological and flood models to simulate multi-hazard interactions and societal impacts.

You will contribute to modelling, data collection, and analysis, and interact with international project partners, presenting findings at conferences and in

Qualifications

• MSc degree in earth science, hydrology, computer science, environmental science, or equivalent.
• Solid scientific coding skills in Python; willingness to advance Python and HPC skills.
• Preferably experience in hydrology and affinity with agent-based modelling and large-scale data processing with societal relevance.
• Ability to work independently and with an interdisciplinary research group.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop multi-risk simulation models for compound and consecutive floods and droughts.
• Create new modelling tools to represent complex systemic interactions between climate, environment, society and adaptation.
• Assess how adaptation can reduce climate risks under different climate scenarios.
• Present research at scientific conferences and publish results in scientific journals.
• Contribute about 10% of time to teaching and supervising bachelor and master programs.

Skills

Python programming

Education

MSc in earth science / hydrology / computer science / environmental science or equivalent

Job description

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (IVM) invites applications for a PhD candidate to develop new methods for assessing climate risk due to consecutive droughts and at various scales in Europe. The project uses the GEB framework with Agent-Based Models, hydrological and flood models to simulate multi-hazard interactions and societal impacts.

You will contribute to modelling, data collection, and analysis, and interact with international project partners, presenting findings at conferences and in