PhD candidate in Smart Energy Systems

• Master’s degree in the area of informatics, data science, or business administration with excellent grades and a demonstrable interest in ICT, simulation and modeling, cognitive science and/or business analytics;
• well-developed analytical and methodological skills, creativity, precision, and perseverance;
• the drive to publish in top-level academic journals in the field of energy and management;
• mastery of both written and spoken English

Conditions

You will be appointed for an initial period of 18 months with a possibility to extend it for another 2,5 years, pending positive evaluation. As part of your contract, you will spend 20% of your time on teaching. You will be classified as PhD candidate (promovendus) in the Dutch University job-ranking system (UFO), providing a gross monthly starting salary of €2.222 in the first year (which increases to €2.840 in the final year) with an additional end-of-year bonus (8.3%) and holiday allowance (8%), in accordance with the Collective Labour Agreement for Dutch Universities.

What do we offer:

• a unique combination of technical and business research;
• a friendly and informal working environment;
• high-level of interaction and technical support;
• considerable scope to define the more detailed focus of the investigation within the broader realm of smart energy systems in relation with your own expertise/interest;
• access to high-end computing facilities.

Amsterdam is a very international city where almost everybody speaks and understands English.

Additional information

• Prof. Anwar Osseyran

You may submit a cover letter, complete curriculum vitae, statements of research and teaching, and two research papers (published or unpublished). In addition, you should include name and contact information for at least three professional references.

Please apply using this link and include job reference number 18-334. Please send your application before 2 July 2018.