Andrius Kažukauskas

Open call for two fully funded PhD research positions in Energy Economics at the Centre for Economic Expertise , Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, Vilnius University , Lithuania. The positions are part of the ENERPOL Doctoral Network under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) Doctoral Network and the EU Horizon Europe programme. The research themes are highly relevant to energy economics , demand flexibility , household demand response , residential sector , behavioral economics , microeconomics , applied econometrics , and experimental methods . Position 1 focuses on smart contracts for household demand response , including market design for energy flexibility and laboratory experiments. Position 2 focuses on the determinants of household demand response , using choice and survey experiments across Lithuania, Germany, Poland, and Sweden. Supervision is by Professor Jūratė Jaraitė , Professor Andrius Kažukauskas , and Professor Robertas Zubrickas , working in a research group on energy, behavioral economics, and public economics. The project offers an international training environment with summer schools, workshops, cross-national supervision, and both academic and industry secondments. Funding is for 36 months . The expected monthly gross salary is EUR 4,182 (EUR 3,472 living allowance + EUR 710 mobility allowance), with a possible EUR 660 family allowance where applicable. The position is full time and linked to successful enrolment as a PhD student at Vilnius University. Eligibility highlights include a Master’s degree in Economics or a related discipline , very good grades, solid training in microeconomics and applied econometrics, ability to use statistical software such as STATA or R , and fluent written and spoken English. Applicants must also satisfy the MSCA mobility rule and must not already hold a doctoral degree at the start date. Application window: 17 February 2026 to 17 April 2026, 23:59 EET . Start date is 1 September 2026 or as soon as possible thereafter. Apply via the Vilnius University doctoral application system and submit the required documents listed in the call.