Publisert: 29.05.20

The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN Centre) hosted by the Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management is looking for a PhD Candidate in ‘Regulatory Challenges and Opportunities in Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities’.

This is a temporary educational position which will provide promising research recruits the opportunity for professional development through studies towards a PhD. The position is connected to the PhD-program at the Faculty of Economics and Management and the faculty will be your employer.

The department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management is organized into six sections:

• Managerial Economics, Finance and Operations Research (BEDØK)
• Safety, Health and Environment (HSE)
• Operations Management (VIL)
• Strategy and Business Development (Stratforr)
• Experts in Teamwork (Section for EiT)
• Economics and Management (located in Gjøvik)The PhD Candidate will be a part of the Section for Managerial Economics, Finance and Operations Research and will cooperate closely with the Section for Operations Management.
  For further information about the department, see our website www.ntnu.edu/iot. Information about the Centre
  

  The Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (ZEN Centre) is a Centre for Environment-friendly Energy Research (FME) funded by the Research Council of Norway and the consortium partners. The main objective of the ZEN Centre is to develop knowledge, competitive products and solutions that will lead to realization of sustainable buildings and neighbourhoods that have zero emissions of greenhouse gases related to their production, operation and transformation. The ZEN Centre is a follow-up of the Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings. 

  The position as a PhD Candidate will be administratively located at the ZEN Centre, Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management (IØT). Information about the ZEN Centre at NTNU is available at http://www.fmezen.no. Information about NTNUs Thematic Strategic Areas is available at http://www.ntnu.edu/research/strategicareas.

   

  Background
  

  Globally as well as on the national and local levels, goals and specific targets are set up to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions and secure future supply of energy. Several innovative solutions are being developed and tested out in best practice projects in order to reach these goals and targets. However, there are examples that innovative solutions may conflict with current regulations, which is potentially slowing down the transition to the zero emission society. Regulation hampering ZEN projects may be linked to different but related topics, such as energy trade and exchange, urban planning, environmental policy, innovation, public procurement and regional development, and municipal regulation is typically embedded in higher levels of national and EU regulations.

  
  

   

  The PhD project aims to explore innovative solutions for Zero Emission Neighbourhoods, in particular to the consequences of regulations that are slowing down or stopping sustainable innovations. In addition, he/she will work to identify possible solutions to these challenges. The research will be connected to related work within the Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (www.fmezen.no).

   

Please read more on Jobbnorge.no: https://www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-stillinger/stilling/188061 

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Om IØT

Profil

Department of Industrial Economics and Technology Management

IØT has challenging and inspiring educational programmes and research projects in the cross-disciplinary field of technology management. Through its programmes of study, IØT educates candidates with a solid technological basis in methodology and theory on how to develop and manage technologically based organisations.

Research

Participation in, and development of, research projects in close co-operation with Norwegian industry, the department is also developing models, tools and methods for how to manage Norwegian industry.