Fully Funded PhD in Sustainable Business Models and Circular Economy at KU Leuven KU Leuven in Belgium

FernUniversität in Hagen is advertising a research assistant (PhD opportunity) at the Chair of Production and Logistics Management for work connected to the interdisciplinary project UN:PACK . The project focuses on sustainable logistics , circular economy , and the development of a standardized, decentralized, and scalable reusable packaging pooling system for communal catering contexts such as schools and kindergartens. The role is research- and teaching-oriented and includes analyzing, modeli...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the School of Chemical, Materials and Biological Engineering, University of Sheffield , in collaboration with CHERY UK (OMODA & JAECOO UK Limited) . The project is titled AI-Assisted Dynamic Life Cycle Assessment and Circularity Benchmarking for Next-Generation Vehicles and focuses on combining artificial intelligence , dynamic life cycle assessment (LCA) , and circular economy strategies to improve the sustainability of next-generation vehicles. This is a 3.5-yea...

KU Leuven is advertising a fully funded PhD vacancy in the Laser Manufacturing Group at the Department of Mechanical Engineering in Leuven, Belgium. The position is part of the MSCA Doctoral Network TURBO-IMPACT and focuses on high-precision, crack-free femtosecond laser material removal for ceramic materials and advanced surface features. The research topic combines mechanical engineering , materials engineering , laser micromachining , surface texturing , tribology , and predictive modelling ....

PhD Research Fellowship in Circular Battery Strategies at the University of Inland Norway (INN), within the Center for Research on Digitalization and Sustainability (CREDS) and the Inland School of Business and Social Sciences. This three-year PhD position sits at the intersection of innovation studies , sustainability transitions , circular economy , business model change , and value chains for electric vehicle (EV) batteries . The project explores circular resource flows, reuse and repair stra...

Fully funded PhD position in Functional Materials and Advanced Manufacturing is available at Western University, Canada, within the Data-Driven Advanced Manufacturing (D2M) Group in the Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering. The doctoral thesis, Functional Materials for Hierarchical Manufacturing , focuses on developing and applying functional materials for wearable energy storage and sensor technologies. The research sits at the intersection of materials science, mechanical enginee...