Urban & Built Environment

The DAAD climapAfrica program in cooperation with the climate competence centers SASSCAL and WASCAL aims to foster application- oriented research results to tackle climate change in southern and western Africa.

The Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA) is offering a PhD position within the Chair of Architecture and Building Systems (A/S), Prof. Dr. Arno Schlüter, on data-driven modeling of urban scale building integrated photovoltaic (UBIPV) to promote renewable energy integration of future decentralized energy landscapes.

The research-group Gramazio Kohler Research, Chair of Architecture and Digital Fabrication, situated at the Institute of Technology in Architecture (ITA), Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich, seeks a highly motivated PhD candidate to work on the subject of adaptive, on-site robotics for sustainable building construction.

As part of the African Cities Lab (ACL), the Excellence in Africa centre is seeking proposals from African Institutions for the creation of MOOCs on urban development in Africa.

ClimateScience is inviting applications from individuals interested in volunteering to become a judge for the ClimateScience Olympiad 2021.

The Ecological Systems Design Group of the Institute of Environmental Engineering at ETH Zurich are inviting applications for the PhD position on Environmental Assessment of Circular Future Cities.

he Architectural Engineering research group within the Department of Architecture at KU Leuven is currently looking for a PhD candidate for the the project on "Defining Environmental Benchmarks for Residential buildings in Belgium, based on a Hybrid LCI and Modelling Approach".

The Zayed Sustainability Prize, an evolution of the Zayed Future Energy Prize, is the UAE’s pioneering global award in sustainability and a tribute to the legacy of the late founding father of the UAE, Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan.

The Urban Climate Research Center at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona is accepting applications for a three-year assistantship in urban climate for the pursuit of a doctoral degree. The assistantship provides a stipend plus tuition remission.

The Academy of Architecture and Urban Studies of Tallinn University of Technology (TalTech) invites applicants for a 4-year PhD position in the field of Urban Innovation and Sustainable Smart City Development. Under the topic “Organizing Collaborative Ecosystems for Sustainable Smart City Transitions”.