PhD position for NWO project on Sustainable Consumption

Institution: Tilburg University
Location: Tilburg, the Netherlands
Employment type: PhD
Duration of employment agreement: 4 years fulltime
Start date: January 1, 2023 (preferred)
Application deadline: October 15, 2022

Tilburg School of Economics and Management (TiSEM) is the largest school of Tilburg University. The department of Marketing offers an internationally oriented and lively research environment aiming for top quality with approximately 25 staff members and 10 PhD students. Many researchers have a strong quantitative background in mathematics and statistics and have an international reputation in key areas of business and economics like marketing research, econometrics, and game theory. 

Project description
This PhD position focuses on studying the consumption of sustainable foods, for instance, plant-based substitutes for animal-based food items. Using very large panel datasets tracking individual consumers’ food purchases in 2004-2021, the objective is to study what makes consumers switch to buying sustainable foods in supermarkets. The results of the project will be used to make recommendations about how to stimulate a transition to more sustainable food consumption. The project involves an international research team with leading researchers and as such provides a unique learning environment for a PhD student. 

The position is part of an NWO OC project and involves econometrics, marketing, and micro-economics. It requires the use of advanced methods of data analysis, probability theory, optimization, and work-flow management.