Postdoctoral Researcher on Material Flow Analysis of Global Metal Cycles University of Bayreuth in Germany

Forschungszentrum Jülich is offering a PhD position at the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Jülich Systems Analysis (ICE-2), within the Department of Circular Economy. The doctoral project addresses the sustainability of a planned data center supporting the Einstein Telescope, a next-generation gravitational-wave detector that will require extensive computing and data-storage infrastructure. The research will assess how high-performance computing infrastructure can meet demanding enviro...

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...

Forschungszentrum Jülich GmbH offers a master’s thesis at the Institute of Climate and Energy Systems – Jülich System Analysis (ICE-2), in collaboration with TH Köln. The project examines how industrial biotechnologies could contribute to more sustainable and bio-based production routes in the chemical industry. The thesis will investigate economic evaluation methods for industrial biotechnology production processes. The work includes identifying suitable methods, defining their objectives and f...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark , hosted by SDU Life Cycle Engineering in the Department of Green Technology , Faculty of Engineering. The project focuses on critical raw material supply chain resilience , combining themes from industrial engineering , environmental science , materials science , management , and quantitative modelling. The post highlights work in supply-chain resilience, system modelling, and material flow analysis, with useful exp...

PhD research in sustainable business models and circular economy This fully funded doctoral position at KU Leuven focuses on environmental and circularity modelling methods for sustainable business models. The thesis is part of the Flanders Make project on Digital Product Passports, exploring how product information and modelling approaches can support more sustainable and circular business practices. The research is situated within the SAM Team in the Department of Materials Engineering, under ...