PhD : Modelling energy infrastructure transitions, University

Are you a UK student interested in supporting the transition to net zero, systems level thinking and learning from the lessons of the past?

An interdisciplinary PhD position is available through the School of Engineering and School of History and Cultures at the University of Birmingham. Building on previous work, this project will decipher the complex system of bottlenecks limiting the deployment rate of clean energy infrastructure through a combination of historical analysis and predictive modelling. The researcher will develop a bottom-up project level model of the UK energy system trained on past infrastructural transitions as a guide.

This position will enable the researcher to develop an advanced knowledge of the net zero transition and the UK energy system: past, present and future. The outputs of this projects will be published to influence policy and accelerate national decarbonisation.