Post.Doc Position– Circular Economy and Climate Change Mitigation

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The postdoctoral fellowship position is a temporary position where the main goal is to qualify for work in senior academic positions.  

The Industrial Ecology Program (IndEcol), Department of Energy and Process Engineering (EPT) at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) has an opening for a PhD position on Circular Economy and Climate Change Mitigation. The position will be working on the Horizon Europe project CircEUlar, a Horizon Europe Project led by IIASA in collaboration with leading European institutions.

The circular economy has been recognized at the EU and global levels as an important mechanism to achieve sustainable development goals (SDGs). Both the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the UN International Resource Panel (IRP) has pointed to potential synergies between reducing material footprints and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. However, a better and more detailed understanding of these synergies (and potential trade-offs) are desired across the economy.

To enable such analysis, the project will be linking of different modelling frameworks such as Integrated Assessment Models (IAMs), Material Flow Analysis (MFA), Multi Regional Input-output models (MRIO) with sectoral models of Transport, Building etc.

The selected candidate will play a key role in executing NTNUs tasks in the project under the leadership of Professors Strømman and Wood, and in collaboration with the broader consortium. This includes in particular adapting, interfacing, and applying scenario-based MRIO modeling with a combined focus on both climate change mitigation and circular economy. The duration of the position is 3-4 yrs.