PhD in Climate Adaptation: Data Analysis & ABM

Qabird; Delft; On-site; EUR 34,138 - 43,311; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health-insurance discounts

Monthly work-costs contributions

Flexible work schedules

Holiday allowance 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

Job summary

The PhD Position – Climate Change Adaptation Research at TU Delft invites applications from highly motivated candidates to join a Europe-wide team examining policy-relevant questions on adaptation to climate change. The project ADELE focuses on evaluating effectiveness and limits using survey data and agent-based modeling.

Responsibilities include developing large-scale household surveys across three European countries and contributing modular ABM components to open-source repositories.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in a related field.
• Experience with data analysis and statistics.
• Strong interest in developing and analysing surveys.
• Experience with agent-based modeling or programming in Python/Julia.
• Domain interest in climate change or adaptation.
• Teamwork and communication in international projects.
• Fluent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Large-scale survey development and data analysis across three European countries.
• Agent-based modeling and ex-ante assessment using existing ABMs.
• Contribute modular ABM components to open-source repositories.

Skills

Data analysis

Survey design

Teamwork

English fluency

Python/Julia

Climate adaptation

Survey data handling

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Python

Julia

Agent-based modeling

Job description

The PhD Position – Climate Change Adaptation Research at TU Delft invites applications from highly motivated candidates to join a Europe-wide team examining policy-relevant questions on adaptation to climate change. The project ADELE focuses on evaluating effectiveness and limits using survey data and agent-based modeling.

Responsibilities include developing large-scale household surveys across three European countries and contributing modular ABM components to open-source repositories.