About this role
This is NTNU NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim. At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world. You will find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here. Video: https://youtu.be/Xt-yHCN5QS0 Background Integration of Justice and Socio-Environmental Risks into Wind-to-Hydrogen Energy Modelling– PhD position connected to the FME NorthWind (Sustainable Wind Development – WP5 - FME NorthWind ) There is a PhD position available at the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management – section of Managerial Economics, Finance and Operations Research. The position is resident at NTNUs campus in Trondheim. This is an educational position, which will provide promising research recruits the opportunity for professional development through studies towards a PhD-degree. The position is connected to the PhD program at the Faculty of Economics and Management, and the faculty will be your employer. The department endeavors to promote research that meets high international standards. Consequently, collaboration with international institutions is considered important. The department therefore encourages the successful PhD candidate to spend one or two semesters of the contract period at a foreign educational institution. The department offers support in planning such research visits. The mission of Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT) is to carry out education, research, and innovation activities at an international level at the intersection between technology/natural sciences and business economics, management, and HSE. The department’s activities aim to contribute to sustainable value creation within technology-based areas in industry, business, and the public sector in Norway. For this position we are particularly interested in candidates who demonstrate the ability to integrate quantitative modelling approaches with socio-environmental and community-oriented perspectives, and who show strong potential for innovative, interdisciplinary, and critical thinking across engineering, spatial analysis, and sustainability challenges in industry and the public sector. About the position This PhD project is connected to FME NorthWind, a Norwegian national research centre led by SINTEF Energy Research. FME NorthWind advances research and innovation for the sustainable development of wind energy, with particular emphasis on balancing technological deployment with environmental and societal sustainability. The position is linked to Work Package 5: Sustainable Wind Development, which develops tools and knowledge for reducing environmental and community-related conflicts and supporting robust decision-making under uncertainty. This PhD position focuses on the sustainable development of wind-to-hydrogen systems through a comparative study of offshore wind development in Northern Norway and onshore wind–hydrogen development in the Magallanes Region of Chile. The project will develop stochastic and GIS-integrated spatial energy modelling approaches that account for climate-driven uncertainty, socio-environmental risks, and competing land- and sea-use interests. Particular emphasis will be placed on integrating considerations of justice, equity, biodiversity impacts, community-related risks, and spatial trade-offs associated with large-scale renewable energy expansion into wind-to-hydrogen energy modelling and decision-support frameworks. This interdisciplinary approach combines spatial energy modelling, stochastic optimization, GIS-based analysis, qualitative fieldwork, and socio-environmental assessment to support more robust and geographically informed wind-to-hydrogen system design under conditions of environmental uncertainty and competing spatial priorities. The candidate will be co-supervised in collaboration with the University of Chile and will engage with industry and research partners affiliated with FME NorthWind and collaborating institutions in Chile. Duties of the position Conduct original scientific research relevant to the research topics above Publish and disseminate research results obtained in a suitable and timely manner The candidate must engage in FME NorthWind conferences, webinars and activities. Complete mandatory PhD coursework during the initial part of the employment period Meet with and plan research tasks in collaboration with relevant municipalities, communities and researchers. Be prepared for changes to your work duties after employment. Required selection criteria Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in a relevant field such as Environmental Sciences, Geography, Engineering, Energy Systems, Energy Economics, (Applied) Mathematics, Spatial Planning, or related disciplines. Applicants must have a weighted average grade for the last two years of their Master's degree (equivalent to 120 ECTS credits) of B or higher in accordance with NTNU’s grading scale The successful candidate should demonstrate interest (or knowledge of) in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of energy systems, spatial analysis, and sustainability transitions. Experience in two or more of the following areas is required: Energy systems modelling Programming in Python, Julia, Matlab, R or similar languages GIS-based spatial analysis and/or geospatial data processing Knowledge of energy justice, or sustainability transitions Familiarity with renewable energy systems, hydrogen systems, or wind energy Applicants must have excellent written and oral communication skills in English. PLEASE NOTE: For detailed information about what the application must contain, see paragraph “About the application”. The appointment is to be made in accordance with NTNUs guidelines for recruitment positions for general criteria for the position. Factors th