PhD student - A hundred percent renewables – how many percent sustainable?

The successful candidate will work in the project "A hundred percent renewables – how many percent sustainable?" with the aim to address and identify technical, economic and policy challenges for Sweden to reach the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045.

Information about the research
The position on offer will join a team of senior researchers, postdocs and PhD students dedicated to research aimed identifying and evaluating different pathways towards sustainable Swedish and European energy systems. The PhD work has the aim to increase knowledge about how the transition to a 100 % renewable electricity system will influence different sustainable development goals (SDGs), and how the energy transition can be carried out in a resource-efficient way, while ensuring security of supply and competitiveness.

The work will combine technology assessment, SDG analysis and energy systems modeling, applying and further developing an energy systems modeling package, developed within the research group. The modeling will have a focus on developing a post-processing and interpretation methodology of the modeling results with the aim to be able to describe and quantify how different energy transition scenarios will impact different environmental goals.

The project is funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and is carried out in co-operation with the IVL Swedish Environmental Institute.

Major responsibilities
Your major responsibilities as PhD student is to pursue your own doctoral studies. You are expected to develop your own scientific concepts and communicate the results of your research verbally and in writing, both in Swedish and in English. The position also includes teaching on Chalmers' undergraduate level or performing other duties corresponding to 20 per cent of working hours. You are expected to write a licentiate thesis within 2-3 years and defend your doctoral thesis within 4-5 years.

Position summary
Full-time temporary employment. The position is limited to a maximum of five years.

Qualifications
To qualify for this position, you must have a master's level degree corresponding to at least 240 higher education (ECTS) credits in Environmental science, Economics, Political science, Civil or Environmental Engineering, Engineering Physics or equivalent. Excellent writing and communication skills in English is required.

Chalmers continuously strives to be an attractive employer. Equality and diversity are substantial foundations in all activities at Chalmers.

Our offer to you
Chalmers offers a cultivating and inspiring working environment in the dynamic city of Gothenburg. 
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Application procedure
The application should be marked with Ref 20200205 and written in English. The application should be sent electronically and be attached as pdf-files, as below:

CV: (Please name the document: CV, Family name, Ref. number)
• CV
• Other, for example previous employments or leadership qualifications and positions of trust.
• Two references that we can contact.

Personal letter: (Please name the document as: Personal letter, Family name, Ref. number)
1-3 pages where you:
• Introduce yourself
• Describe your previous experience of relevance for the position (e.g. education, thesis work and, if applicable, any other research activities)
• Describe your future goals and future research focus

Other documents:
• Copies of bachelor and/or master’s thesis.
• Attested copies and transcripts of completed education, grades and other certificates, eg. TOEFL test results.

Please use the button at the foot of the page to reach the application form. The files may be compressed (zipped).

Application deadline: 25 May, 2020

For questions, please contact:
Filip Johnsson, Energy technology
E-mail: filip.johnsson@chalmers.se
Phone: +46 31 772 14 49

Mikael Odenberger, Energy technology
E-mail: mikael.odenberger@chalmers.se 
Phone +46 31 772 1444

Information about the department
The Department of Space, Earth and Environment contains five divisions, with research and education spanning from global challenges related to sustainability and energy supply to astronomy and space sciences. The department is host to two major infrastructures, Onsala Space Observatory and Chalmers Power Central, and consists of about 250 employees.

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