Agile methodologies, Data science techniques, Data Visualization, Effective communication skills, Planning and organization, R Programming
The selected candidate will be part of the SUNSET Doctoral Network built around a community of leading scholars and 10 doctoral candidates (DCs) delivering insights into how universities and their host cities can collaborate and interact to achieve the digitalization and sustainability goals set out by current European and global policy agendas. The network is purposefully international, intersectoral, and interdisciplinary. It consists of 6 academic and 16 non-academic partners in 5 European countries (Belgium – The Netherlands – Finland – Norway – Estonia). SUNSET emphasizes cooperative research and includes international mobility and intersectoral secondments to maximize the career potential of all DCs.
Responsibilities
This specific PhD project will focus on how (people in) cities and universities interact in public spaces, and how these spaces support both the social bridging between these communities, and can be leveraged in the transition to more sustainable mobility. The objectives are (1) mapping how, when and where people travel for social reasons and what the social meaning of specific places within the city and on campus is; (2) empower students as a participatory research population to analyze the social activity spaces of the university community; (3) build a university-city partnership through a similar participatory mapping of activity spaces of a residential community within the city itself; (4) identify where and why specific spaces form a social bridging role for the university-city communities.
A successful project will result in an improved understanding of the specific role of social spaces within our larger travel behavior through a systematic mapping of social spaces within the city-university community and an analysis of how the built environment, infrastructure and institutions can support these spaces.
Planned secondments
Profiel
Aanbod
We offer a funded fulltime PhD-scholarship for one year that, in case of positive evaluations, will be extended up to at least the guaranteed PhD funding for 36 months (i.e., funding from the European Commission), with a possibility of extending the duration of funding into a fourth and final year. Additional benefits, such as health insurance, are included. The EU Researcher Allowances will be used to cover both the employee’s as the employer’s mandatory charges.
More information on scholarship and benefits for KU Leuven PhD students can be found under the rubric ‘doctoral scholarship holder’ at https://www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jobsite/en/phd/phd-information .
MSCA Doctoral Network SUNSET
KU Leuven Dept. of Earth and Environmental Sciences
University of Tartu Mobility Lab
Leuven MindGate
Interesse
For more information or any questions about the position and potential fit, please contact Prof. Dr. Ate Poorthuis (ate.poorthuis@kuleuven.be) or Dr. Gert-Jan Put (+32 16 37 20 90, gertjan.put@kuleuven.be).
You can apply for this position no later than 15 April 2024 (included) via the KU Leuven online tool. Please submit a cover or motivation letter (max. 2 pages), a CV (max. 2 pages), a writing sample, and the name and contact details of two references.
The selection for this position will happen in two phases. First, a shortlist of candidates will be created based on the supplied documents. Second, a ranking will be made based on online interviews with shortlisted candidates. The interviews will cover the motivation, background knowledge, skills and research vision of the candidates.
KU Leuven seeks to foster an environment where all talents can flourish, regardless of gender, age, cultural background, nationality or impairments. If you have any questions relating to accessibility or support, please contact us at diversiteit.HR@kuleuven.b
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