About the position

There is a temporary position available for a period of 3 years at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management as a PhD Candidate. The position is a fixed-term position with the primary goal of qualifying for work in professional or academic research positions. This position is one of four positions announced simultaneously, within the new PhD cluster S-MOB, the other three departments being the Department of Sociology and Political Science, the Department of interdisciplinary studies of culture (KULT) and the Department of Psychology.

The position is connected to the Ph.D.-program at the Faculty of Economics and Management and the faculty will be your employer.

Information about the Department

The Department is organized into six sections:

• Managerial Economics, Finance and Operations Research
• Health, Safety and Environment Management
• Strategy and Business Development
• Operations Management
• Experts in Teamwork
• Section of Economics and management (CampusGjøvik)

The position is part of the Managerial Economics, Finance and Operations Research section.
For further information about the department, see our website www.ntnu.no/iot.

Main duties and responsibilities

The PhD Candidate at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management will analyze pathways to a sustainable mobility system. The PhD Candidate will develop and extend mathematical programming models and use them for holistic analyses across transport, energy, other sectors, and the broader economy, in support of the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon transport sector.

The focus of the research will be on the transport sectors and the boundaries and interactions with other actors and sectors, and the energy system. Specifically, we wish to include sector interactions, environmental and climate effects, and to reflect consumer behavior such as technology choice and usage, and policy uptake.

Potential research questions include: How does the reshaping of the transport sector affect the broader economy? How do developments and policies in the transport sector interact with the increasingly more renewable and decentralized energy system?  How robust are effects when considering a life-cycle perspective rather than a narrow sector focus?

Qualification requirements

• A Norwegian master’s degree is in operations research or another relevant field or acknowledged foreign master’s degree or equivalent, with excellent results.
• Applicants must have a strong record from their previous studies and must have a weighted average grade for the last two years of their master's or equivalent education (equivalent to 120 ECTS credits) of B or higher in terms of NTNU’s grading scale. Applicants with no letter grades from previous studies must have an equally good academic foundation. Applicants who are unable to meet these criteria may be admitted only if they can document that they are particularly suitable candidates for education leading to a PhD degree.
• A solid background in operations research or optimization
• Experience in programming
• Fluency in written and spoken English

Other qualifications

• Experience with scientific publishing in the relevant area will be regarded as an advantage
• Experience in interdisciplinary work will be regarded as an advantage
• Knowledge and experience concerning the transportation sector, renewable energy, energy systems and markets, stochastic programming, climate and environmental analysis will be regarded as an advantage
• Experience with Python or similar programming language will be regarded as an advantage

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal suitability, in terms of the qualification requirements specified in the advertisement. NTNU is committed to following evaluation criteria for research quality according to The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment - DORA.

Personal characteristics

• Personal suitability to enter cross-disciplinary research teams.
• Suitable candidates should have the ability to cooperate, have good communication skills, be flexible and solution-oriented

We offer

• exciting and stimulating tasks in a strong international academic environment
• an open and inclusive work environment with dedicated colleagues
• favourable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• employee benefits

Salary and conditions

The Ph.D.-position is paid according to salary level 54 in the national salary scheme, currently gross NOK 479.600,- per year (position code 1017), of which 2 % is deducted for the State Pension Scheme.

Employment in a Ph.D.-position requires admission to the Ph.D.-program in Industrial Economics and Technology Management. Information about this Ph.D.-program is found at http://www.ntnu.edu/studies/phiot. You apply for admission to the Ph.D.-program after you are offered the position.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criterias in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU

The employee is expected to accept possible changes in work tasks.

Primary residency in Trondheim is a prerequisite.

General information

Working at NTNU

A good work environment is characterized by diversity. We encourage qualified candidates to apply, regardless of their gender, functional capacity or cultural background.

The national labour force must reflect the composition of the population to the greatest possible extent, and NTNU wants to increase the proportion of women in its scientific posts. Women are encouraged to apply. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life (http://trondheim.com/). Having a population of 200 000, Trondheim is a small city by international standards with low crime rates and little pollution. It also has easy access to a beautiful countryside with mountains and a dramatic coastline.

Under the Freedom of Information Act (Offentleglova), information about the applicant may be made public even if the applicant has requested not to have their name entered on the list of applicants.

About the application

The applicant must specify which of the four positions he/she is applying for.

Publications and other academic works that the applicant would like to be considered in the evaluation must accompany the application.

Joint works will be considered. If it is difficult to identify the individual applicant's contribution to joint works, the applicant must include a brief description of his or her contribution.

Please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no including:

• CV
• Diplomas and certificates
• Recommendations
• Publication list
• Tentative research statement of a maximum of five pages of text (not including notes, figures/tables, references, appendix).

Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Diploma Supplement is required to attach for European Master Diplomas outside Norway. Chinese applicants are required to provide confirmation of Master Diploma from China Credentials Verification (CHSI): http://www.chsi.com.cn/en/).

For further information about the position, contact Professor Ruud Egging, +47 73597612, ruud.egging@ntnu.no.

Application deadline: 15.11.2019

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Faculty of Economics and Management

The Faculty of Economics and Management is NTNU’s newest faculty, with academic communities in Trondheim, Ålesund and Gjøvik. Our research and programmes of study cover a wide range within economics, management and technology, focusing on interdisciplinarity and collaboration at regional, national and international levels. Our academic groups are important contributors to Norwegian industry and economic policy. The Faculty has four departments and a Faculty administration.

Deadline 15th November 2019
Employer NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Municipality Trondheim
Scope Fulltime
Duration Temporary
Place of service Trondheim