School of Water, Energy and Environment
Energy and Power/ Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy
Research Assistant (if close to completing PhD) or Research Fellow (if PhD obtained) in Disaster Risk Modelling
Fixed Term Contract for 18 months
£33,809 per annum (Research Fellow) or
£31,061 per annum (Research Assistant)
Location: Cranfield, Bedfordshire
We welcome applications from passionate and skilled researchers to join our team to develop agent-based models to address complex problems, in this case improving disaster risk modelling in Africa.
About the Role
Management of Disaster Risk and Societal Resilience (MADIS) is an internationally funded project through Belmont Forum and EPSRC. Our project partners include Penn State University in the USA and University of São Paulo in Brazil. MADIS aims to address the dearth of knowledge on the interaction and interdependencies between different risk, resilience and vulnerability indices and their relationship to the impacts of droughts. In particular, we would like to improve the representation of institutional, infrastructural (with a specific focus on energy infrastructure), societal dimensions in drought risk analysis. Currently, we have two roles to fulfil for this project. While the other role will focus on analysing governance aspects using social science methods, this role will develop an agent-based model to assess the effectiveness of different governance structures and different renewable energy policy goals to respond to disasters and the resulting economic, social and environmental impacts on different stakeholders and communities. The model we develop will be applied and validated in selected African partner countries through primary research via online surveys and expert workshops and interviews.
About You
You will be educated to doctoral level in the development of agent-based models to analyse governance issues, ideally related to disaster risk management. With excellent team-working and inter-personal skills, you will have peer reviewed journal publication record.
In return, you will have exciting opportunities for career development by collaborating with a vibrant, multi-disciplinary team, and to be at the forefront of world leading research and education, joining a supportive team and environment.
About Us
As a specialist postgraduate university, Cranfield’s world-class expertise, large-scale facilities and unrivalled industry partnerships are creating leaders in technology and management globally. Learn more about Cranfield and our unique impact here .
Cranfield Energy and Power is one of eight themes at Cranfield University offering world-class and niche post-graduate level research, education, training and consultancy. Providing a sustainable, secure and affordable energy supply is fundamentally important to our lives. Cranfield is advancing the potential solutions in energy and power to ensure our future needs are met.
As one of the four centres within Energy and Power, Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy (CESS) pioneers multi-disciplinary approach by bringing together energy and power systems modelling, digital tools (peer to peer trading, AI), social, policy and regulatory aspects of energy transitions, with a focus on simulation and modelling.
Our Values and Commitments
Our shared, stated values help to define who we are and underpin everything we do: Ambition; Impact; Respect; and Community. Find out more here .
We aim to create and maintain a culture in which everyone can work and study together and realise their full potential. We are a Disability Confident Employer and proud members of the Stonewall Diversity Champions Programme. We are also committed to actively exploring flexible working options for each role. Find out more about our key commitments to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and Flexible Working here .
Working Arrangements
Collaborating and connecting are integral to so much of what we do. Our Working Arrangements Framework provides many staff with the opportunity to flexibly combine on-site and remote working, where job roles allow, balancing the needs of our community of staff, students, clients and partners.
How to apply
For an informal discussion about this opportunity, please contact Dr Nazmiye Ozkan, Reader in Energy Economics and Head of Centre for Energy Systems and Strategy, on (T): +44 (0)1234 75 4296 or (E): [email protected]
Please do not hesitate to contact us for further details on E: [email protected] Please quote reference number 4048.
Closing date for receipt of applications: 22 May 2022
Similar Positions
-
Postdoctoral Fellow In Earthquake And Landslide Multi Hazards, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, 10 days ago
Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) Two year fixed-term role. Āu Mahi | What Y...
-
Postdoctoral Fellow/Research Associate In Earthquake And Landslide Multi Hazards, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, about 7 hours ago
Te Kura Aronukurangi | School of Earth and Environment Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) Two year fixed-term role. Āu Mahi | What Y...
-
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Canterbury, New Zealand, about 7 hours ago
Pūhanga Metarahi me te Rawa Taiao | Civil and Natural Resources Engineering Located in Ōtautahi | Christchurch, Aotearoa | New Zealand Full-time 37.5 hours per week (1.0 FTE) Fixed term position u...
-
Postdoc Position In Section For Pathobiological Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Denmark, about 13 hours ago
We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic postdoc for an 18-month position, starting 1 August 2024 or as soon as possible thereafter. Cardiac arrhythmias are disturbances of electrical sig...
-
Postdoc Computational Science For Energy Materials (X/F/M), AcademicTransfer, Netherlands, 20 days ago
Postdoc Computational science for energy materials (X/F/M) Postdoc Computational science for energy materials (X/F/M) Published Deadline Location today 5 May Eindhoven Have you recently completed ...
-
Postdoctoral Researcher In Neuroendocrinology, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, about 8 hours ago
The Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS) conducts world leading research in aging, dementia, epidemiology and care sciences. This research extends from basic molecular and c...