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瑞典皇家理工大学

Doctoral student in industrial economics with focus on bio-CO₂ utilization

KTH

APPLICATION DEADLINE：25 September 2025

The PhD student will work for the new project "ACCELERATE - Accelerate Transition to and Scale-Up of bio-CO₂ Utilization" that is funded by the Stiftelsen för Strategisk Forskning SSF. The project is a collaboration between various schools at KTH, Stockholm University and an industrial consortium composed of Stockholm Exergi, Astra Zeneca, Biofiber Tech, Grimaldi Development, Tekniska Verken i Linköping, Perstorp AB, Nynas AB, IKEM and EnergiForsk. The aim of ACCELERATE is to develop innovative materials, processes, and systems for capturing and converting bio-CO₂ into high-value chemicals and pharmaceuticals for defossilizing chemical production.

The PhD student should have a background in industrial economics or similar, and some experience related to energy and/or climate change mitigation. An interest in Bioenergy, Carbon Capture, Storage and Utilization (BECCSU) is an advantage. The PhD student will work on the research area "value for society". This research area contributes to ACCELERATE by complimenting the technical analysis and adding new insights about the economic and societal impacts of bio-CO₂ utilization. This includes an analysis of how much different technologies and products cost, how markets and business models can be created, social impacts and how policy and regulations can be established for developing an effective adoption of bio-CO₂ utilization.

The PhD student will work with the PhD supervisor Prof. Frauke Urban https://www.kth.se/profile/fraukeu. The PhD student will also play an active part in the ACCELERATE project, which requires working together with industry and with researchers from different disciplines such as chemistry and sustainability assessments. The PhD student will be based at INDEK, the Department for Industrial Economics and Management.

Supervision: Prof. Frauke Urban is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission

Admission requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge
• background in industrial economics or similar

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

To apply for the position

Apply for the position and admission through KTH's recruitment system. It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the advertisement.

Applications must be received at the last closing date at midnight, CET/CEST (Central European Time/Central European Summer Time).

Applications must include the following elements:

• CV including your relevant professional experience and knowledge.
• Application letter with a brief description of why you want to pursue research studies, about what your academic interests are and how they relate to your previous studies and future goals. (Maximum 2 pages long)
• Copies of diplomas and grades from previous university studies and certificates of fulfilled language requirements (see above). Translations into English or Swedish if the original document is not issued in one of these languages. Copies of originals must be certified.
• Representative publications or technical reports. For longer documents, please provide a summary (abstract) and a web link to the full text.

鲁汶大学

PhD-Student “Towards Climate-Resilient Comfort: The Dual Role of Personalized Environmental Control Systems (PECS) and Heat Acclimation”

KU Leuven | Department of Biosystems

APPLICATION DEADLINE: 30 September 2025

Project

The frequency and severity of extreme weather events like heat waves – characterized by extended bouts of extreme heat and humidity, are rising at an alarming rate, and are leading to high levels of excess morbidity and mortality on a global scale, with those who do not have access to air conditioning being particularly vulnerable. Research focusing on improving the resilience of buildings and their systems is of fundamental importance, but it often considers occupants as static elements of the built environment having fixed thresholds of heat stress over prolonged periods – a fact further away from being true. The human body is far more resilient than we often realize.

Research has already shown that occupants are capable of passive heat acclimation (PHA) within a week of prolonged exposures to high temperatures by adapting their thermoregulatory responses. Thus, PHA represents a natural biological phenomenon that can effectively be leveraged when integrating resilience as a design parameter.

Simultaneously, one should not ignore the potential of personalized environmental control systems (PECS) – building integrated or wearable devices providing localized cooling to users, in being resilient and energy efficient cooling interventions, delaying the onset of heat stress in individuals under extreme heat. However, expecting people to continuously rely on PECS is unrealistic and eventually might compromise the benefits of PHA.

This leads us to the following research questions that will be investigated in this PhD research:

• What is the impact of different types of cooling PECS on PHA in humans during episodes of extreme heat?
• How much do individual variations contribute to this impact?
• How can we leverage the design and operation of PECS in conjunction with conventional background HVAC systems to alleviate heat stress while still reaping the benefits of PHA?

Profile

• You obtained (with distinction) a master’s degree in bioscience engineering or a master’s degree in human physiology with a specialty in human-environment interaction and thermoregulation.
• You have fundamental knowledge in thermoregulation, human heat stress responses, biostatistics and experimental methods, sensor technology and data acquisition
• You have research experience with human trials or clinical studies (especially involving thermoregulation), designing and running controlled environmental chamber experiments and monitoring human biological responses
• You have technical skills in instrumentation (chambers, sensors) and software (Matlab, Python, R) for physiological data analysis
• You are eligible to write an application for a grant for a PhD fellowship at FWO (see eligibility:https://www.fwo.be/en/support-programmes/all-calls/phd/phd-fellowship-fundamental-research/)
• You have an interest in human-centered designs and understanding occupational heat safety applications and are familiar with ethical and safety protocols for human testing
• You have strong critical thinking, attention to detail, excellent communication and time-management skills for interdisciplinary collaboration and working with human subjects
• Excellent writing and presentation skills and a knowledge of English are crucial
• You have a strong analytical ability and a sense of synthesis
• You can work independently, but also can function in a team and show sufficient initiative

Offer

We offer 100% employment for 4 years which should be sufficient to complete a PhD in this topic. You start with a full-time position for 1 year which can be extended to four years upon positive evaluation. Other working conditions can be found at https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/en/phd/phd-information

Interested?

For more information please contact: dr. ir. Douaa Al Assaad, mail: douaa.al-assaad@kuleuven.be

Please provide:

• A motivation letter and a CV with at least 2 reference contacts who can be contacted
• Your Master thesis (in pdf format)
• Bachelor’s and master’s studies full transcripts
• A certificate of an English language test (IELTS or TOEFL)