PhD: Sustainable Urban Form & Demographic Change

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics; Leiden; Hybrid; EUR 36,000 - 45,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Holiday allowance 8%

End-of-year bonus 8.3%

ABP pension

Hybrid working

Home-working allowance

Laptop provided

Job summary

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics seeks a PhD Researcher to study Environmental Impacts of Spatial Demographic Change in Leiden. The project links population dynamics with urban form to assess future energy needs and GHG emissions.

You will develop models, integrate with life-cycle assessments, and explore adaptive reuse and planning strategies across Europe in a multi-disciplinary setting.

Qualifications

• Masters degree in Sustainability Sciences, Urban Planning, Engineering, Geospatial Science, or related discipline.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-resolution activity demand models for building and transport sectors under future spatially refined scenarios of European demographic change.
• Integrate activity demand projections with material flow and life-cycle models to quantify future energy requirements, material intensity, and GHG emissions.
• Evaluate adaptive reuse and circular strategies for vacant buildings and underutilized transport infrastructure in depopulating and/or aging regions.
• Design integrated spatial planning scenarios to support high wellbeing and low resource/emissions pathways across population change and urban/rural contexts.

Skills

English proficiency

Scientific writing

Communication skills

Collaboration

GIS analysis

Large datasets

Programming

Material Flow Analysis

Life Cycle Assessment

Demography & environment

Creativity

Education

Masters degree in Sustainability Sciences, Urban Planning, Engineering, Geospatial Science, or related discipline

Job description

Leiden University Centre for Linguistics seeks a PhD Researcher to study Environmental Impacts of Spatial Demographic Change in Leiden. The project links population dynamics with urban form to assess future energy needs and GHG emissions.

You will develop models, integrate with life-cycle assessments, and explore adaptive reuse and planning strategies across Europe in a multi-disciplinary setting.