Phd On Integrating Resilience and Sustainability

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Delft, Nederland TU Delft Voltijd

**PhD on Integrating Resilience and Sustainability for Future-Proofing Urban Infrastructure Systems**:
**_Challenge: Achieving sustainable and resilient infrastructure._**

**_Change: Integrated infrastructure management to enable transitions._**

**_Impact: Improved understanding of infrastructure management tradeoffs._**

**Job description**:
The Department of Engineering Systems and Services at the Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD student to join our research team.

The increased severity and frequency of extreme weather events have substantial impacts on the built environment and pose significant societal risks. In many cities, these risks are compounded by aging infrastructures (roads, water distribution systems, and energy grids among others), evolving (inter)dependencies, and growing demand from rapid urbanization. This is particularly true in cities of the Global South, where infrastructure development and management have historically been haphazard and uncoordinated, resulting in more pronounced impacts of climate extremes in recent years. Therefore, aligning infrastructure growth, replacement and management with the transition to sustainable and resilient cities becomes crucial, to enabling urban infrastructure systems to meet user expectations, emission targets and withstand unanticipated shocks.

However, research on sustainability and resilience within the context of infrastructure asset management remains fragmented. Infrastructure operators often prioritize short-term needs and lack clarity regarding system-level, long-term sustainability transitions. Additionally, there is ample empirical evidence for systemic risks that stem from cross-infrastructure dependencies. Understanding these cascading risks and integrating them into management approaches will be instrumental in making our infrastructure systems futureproof under resource constraints.

The aim of this position is to develop the theoretical and empirical foundations to address the emerging uncertainties to manage sustainable and resilient urban infrastructure systems, especially in cities that are infrastructure-deficient (e.g., in Global South) or have inadequate resources for systematic maintenance.

**Requirements**:
You have a master’s degree (or equivalent) in Civil Engineering, Operations Research, Transportation Engineering, Systems Engineering, or a related field. (essential)
- You bring your strong background and expertise in civil infrastructure systems management and network optimization.
- You have excellent programming skills (e.g., Python or/and Java) and familiarity with network optimization algorithms.
- You have excellent working knowledge of geospatial tools, such as ArcGIS, QGIS, and geopandas or willingness to learn these packages.
- You are experienced in data collection, analysis (including statistical analysis), and visualization.
- You are an analytical and problem-solving thinker, with a keen interest in interdisciplinary research.
- You are an effective communicator and you have good technical writing skills in English, as proven by your publications or thesis.
- You enjoy both working independently and collaboratively within a team.

**TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)**:
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

Challenge. Change. Impact

**Faculty Technology, Policy and Management**:
The Faculty of TPM provides an important contribution to solving complex technical-social issues, such as energy transition, mobility, digitalisation, water management and (cyber) security. TPM does this with its excellent education and research at the intersection of technology, society and policy. We combine insights from both engineering and social sciences as well as the humanities. TPM develops robust models and designs, is internationally oriented and has an extensive network of knowledge institutions, companies, social organisations and governments.


**Conditions of employment**:
From 1 September next, a salary increase of 3.7% applies due to a Collective Agreement amendment, followed by an additional 1% increase on 1 January 2025. In addition, most employees employed on 1 September 2024 will receive a one-off payment of €300 gross based on full-time employment.

The TU Delft offers a customisable compensation package, discounts on health insurance, and a monthly work costs contribution. Flexible work schedules can be arranged.

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