PhD in Multi-Scale Circular & Climate-Resilient Building

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft); Netherlands; On-site; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

Relocation assistance

Flexible work schedules

Job summary

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is hiring a PhD researcher to work on the Horizon Europe AURORA project. The research focuses on developing a resilient and circular multi-scale assessment framework for designing construction and renovation pathways, including a digital database and city-scale application.

You will collaborate with Architecture & Built Environment and Civil Engineering faculties, under supervision of senior professors.

Qualifications

• MSc in Building Sciences or related discipline.
• Knowledge of circular construction and resilience analysis.
• Experience with multi-scale approaches for materials to urban systems.
• English communication skills (spoken and written).
• Dutch knowledge is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Map integrated construction and renovation strategies across building typologies.
• Develop a catalogue of pre-evaluated configurations for resilient, circular options.
• Integrate assessed technologies into parametric datasets for planning workflows.
• Apply the framework to a Dutch urban neighborhood case-study.

Skills

Circular construction

Resilience analysis

Building technologies

Building performance

GIS

Python

English communication

Independent teamwork

Education

MSc in Building Sciences or related

Tools

GIS software

Python

Job description

Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is hiring a PhD researcher to work on the Horizon Europe AURORA project. The research focuses on developing a resilient and circular multi-scale assessment framework for designing construction and renovation pathways, including a digital database and city-scale application.

You will collaborate with Architecture & Built Environment and Civil Engineering faculties, under supervision of senior professors.