A fully funded 4 year PhD position is now open within the ERC Starting Grant project ‘SCALAR’. The project focuses on climate adaptation and resilience in cities, and will combine surveys, spatial agent-based modeling and macroeconomic climate policy models lead by different team members.

A successful candidate for the current position should have an interest in regional/urban modeling, background in quantitative research methods and have experience with any of the modelling platforms/ languages. She/he will focus on the development of urban and regional spatial agent-based models and explore alternative upscaling designs. Please see more details in the attached announcement. In addition to the attractive salary and social security benefits, the position offers the tuition waiver and the conference travel budget. Please distribute among relevant students. The review of applications will start after January 27th and will continue until the position is filled. Apply online: https://www.utwente.nl/en/organization/careers/vacancy/!/639568/phd-position-on-regional-economic-spatial-agent-based-models