Postdoctoral Fellow: Urban Morphology for Heat Mitigation

Laplace Expert Ltd; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 41,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Delft University of Technology is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Climate Morphology in Delft. The role focuses on how urban form affects heat exposure and the performance of climate-adaptation measures, across cross-city case studies in The Hague, Bari, and Bucharest.

The appointment emphasizes geospatial characterisation, analytics, and policy-relevant modelling. The postdoc will work on urban fabric analysis, scenario design, and evidence communication for

Qualifications

• PhD in architecture, urban climate, geography, environmental engineering or a related computational built-environment field.
• Strong GIS and quantitative modelling competence.
• Experience with Python/R for climate and urban morphology analyses.

Responsibilities

• Examine how urban morphology influences heat exposure and the performance of climate-adaptation measures.
• Compare neighbourhood morphology across cross-city case studies and test scenario designs.
• Characterise urban fabric geospatially and conduct microclimate or energy-related assessments.

Skills

GIS

Urban microclimate modelling

Python

R

Spatial clustering

Education

PhD in architecture/urban climate/geography or related field

Tools

Python

R

GIS

Job description

Delft University of Technology is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral Researcher in Urban Climate Morphology in Delft. The role focuses on how urban form affects heat exposure and the performance of climate-adaptation measures, across cross-city case studies in The Hague, Bari, and Bucharest.

The appointment emphasizes geospatial characterisation, analytics, and policy-relevant modelling. The postdoc will work on urban fabric analysis, scenario design, and evidence communication for