Postdoc in Energy Justice and Participatory Governance

Job description
TU Delft is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to two major LIFE_CET EU-funded projects: HANDS-ON and IRENE. These projects focus on fostering energy justice, participatory governance, and inclusive energy renovations through multi-stakeholder institutions and policy innovation. The postdoc will support the design, implementation, and evaluation of participatory methods, governance structures and justice frameworks that promote social equity, energy democracy, and just clean energy transitions. The position is embedded within TU Delft’s interdisciplinary research on systemic design, sustainability transitions, design anthropology, and governance for social and environmental justice. The selected candidate will work closely with researchers, policy and change-makers, municipalities, and citizen groups across Europe.

The postdoc will support TU Delft’s leadership in multiple work packages and tasks across HANDS-ON and IRENE, including: the co-development of an energy and climate justice framework and co-design of just local governance institutions to empower citizens in local and regional climate-related decision-making (e.g. energy renovations); the co-development of a collective and reflexive monitoring platform and participatory tools to enable learning and transformative process while collectively assessing the emergence and effectiveness of institutional learning by doing practices; the co-organisation of multi-stakeholder assembly sessions and capacity-building workshops to support municipalities in integrating just and clean energy transition principles.

Job requirements

• A PhD in Design Research, Sustainable Urban Living Labs, Social Innovation, Sustainability Transitions, or a related field.
• Strong background in transdisciplinary research, participatory design, capacity building for local and regional governance, citizen engagement and social justice frameworks.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods, particularly for the development of reflexive monitoring and impact assessment, design ethnography, policy analysis, and co-design methodologies.
• Proven ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and engage with local and regional authorities, civil society organizations, vulnerable and underrepresented citizens, and energy experts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of Dutch or other European languages is a plus.
• Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and work packages.
• Familiarity with energy justice, housing renovation policies, and citizen engagement in energy transitions.
• Experience in developing digital tools for participatory governance, monitoring and impact assessment.
• Previous involvement in EU-funded projects and/ or collaborative research with municipalities, policy and change makers.
• Ability to translate research findings into systemic interventions

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Postdoc in Energy Justice and Participatory Governance

Job description
TU Delft is seeking a highly motivated Postdoctoral Researcher to contribute to two major LIFE_CET EU-funded projects: HANDS-ON and IRENE. These projects focus on fostering energy justice, participatory governance, and inclusive energy renovations through multi-stakeholder institutions and policy innovation. The postdoc will support the design, implementation, and evaluation of participatory methods, governance structures and justice frameworks that promote social equity, energy democracy, and just clean energy transitions. The position is embedded within TU Delft’s interdisciplinary research on systemic design, sustainability transitions, design anthropology, and governance for social and environmental justice. The selected candidate will work closely with researchers, policy and change-makers, municipalities, and citizen groups across Europe.

The postdoc will support TU Delft’s leadership in multiple work packages and tasks across HANDS-ON and IRENE, including: the co-development of an energy and climate justice framework and co-design of just local governance institutions to empower citizens in local and regional climate-related decision-making (e.g. energy renovations); the co-development of a collective and reflexive monitoring platform and participatory tools to enable learning and transformative process while collectively assessing the emergence and effectiveness of institutional learning by doing practices; the co-organisation of multi-stakeholder assembly sessions and capacity-building workshops to support municipalities in integrating just and clean energy transition principles.

Job requirements

• A PhD in Design Research, Sustainable Urban Living Labs, Social Innovation, Sustainability Transitions, or a related field.
• Strong background in transdisciplinary research, participatory design, capacity building for local and regional governance, citizen engagement and social justice frameworks.
• Experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods, particularly for the development of reflexive monitoring and impact assessment, design ethnography, policy analysis, and co-design methodologies.
• Proven ability to work in interdisciplinary teams and engage with local and regional authorities, civil society organizations, vulnerable and underrepresented citizens, and energy experts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English; knowledge of Dutch or other European languages is a plus.
• Strong project management and coordination skills, with the ability to handle multiple tasks and work packages.
• Familiarity with energy justice, housing renovation policies, and citizen engagement in energy transitions.
• Experience in developing digital tools for participatory governance, monitoring and impact assessment.
• Previous involvement in EU-funded projects and/ or collaborative research with municipalities, policy and change makers.
• Ability to translate research findings into systemic interventions

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Industrial Design Engineering
Matching the evolution of people with the speed of the revolution of technology. This is the focus of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering (IDE). Delft designers act as a bridge between advances in technology and the needs of people, organisations and society to create products, services and systems with purpose.

IDE is a leader in design research across the application areas of mobility, sustainability and health, as well as its development of design tools and methods. A 350-strong research team and over 2,000 students work together in our inspiring hall, labs and studios.

In close cooperation with industry, the public sector and NGOs we rehearse possible futures in research and education to design for a complex future.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering.

Postdoctoral in Experimental Physics Research on Spin Qubits and Hybrid Superconductor-Sem

Job description
Join our experimental quantum science group, the Chatterjee Lab at QuTech! We are looking for two postdoctoral candidates, focusing on semiconductor and superconductor quantum circuits.

We welcome applications from researchers with diverse experimental interests and backgrounds, including spin and superconducting qubits, condensed matter device physics, quantum materials, quantum many-body physics, and quantum information and computing, to apply.

One position will focus on the scaling, calibration, operation, and tuning of spin qubit arrays using algorithmic techniques, as part of an international project, with opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Another position will focus on the interactions between superconducting circuits and gate-defined quantum dots and Josephson junctions, hosted in germanium quantum wells in semiconducting heterostructures. The goal of this project is to explore quantum simulation and many-body physics in hybrid circuits.

We are looking for motivated and passionate experimentalists who hold a doctoral degree or expect to be awarded one shortly, from a variety of relevant backgrounds. In this role, you will join a diverse and inclusive team at QuTech and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, located in the heart of the TU Delft campus. Our state-of-the-art research facilities provide a world-class environment for quantum and nanoscale research, offering exceptional opportunities for innovation and collaboration.

Job requirements

• PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in quantum science and solid-state physics.
• Demonstrated independence and self-drive, ability to identify interesting questions and interpret measurement outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively and be comfortable with mentoring students, in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• Optional but highly appreciated: Background in experimental research in spin or superconducting qubits, quantum dots, hybrid systems.

TU Delft
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

QuTech
QuTech is a mission-driven research institute run jointly by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Together, we work on a radically new technology with world-changing potential, developing scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and an intrinsically safe quantum internet.

We are creating the quantum future, and we believe that quantum technology will be a game changer in many social and economic sectors – including health, agriculture, climate and safety.

To achieve our ambitious goals, we bring together scientists, engineers and industry in an inspiring environment, with plenty of space for ambition, entrepreneurship and innovation. Our research and engineering activities are conducted in three divisions: Quantum Computing, Quantum Internet and Qubit Research.

220 FTE and over 300 curious people work in our divisions and support teams, and we actively welcome new colleagues who share our vision and enthusiasm.

Have a look at our video and get a glimpse of QuTech. This position is for the Qubit Research division.

Qubit Research division
The number one quantum computing challenge is that qubits are extremely fragile. At QuTech’s Qubit Research (QuRe) division, we are working to overcome this challenge by developing novel qubits that are protected from noise by design. Our mission: to understand, develop and demonstrate protected qubits that outperform established technology. Because we believe that protected qubits will be enable us to build a scalable quantum computer.

Postdoctoral in Experimental Physics Research on Spin Qubits and Hybrid Superconductor-Sem

Job description
Join our experimental quantum science group, the Chatterjee Lab at QuTech! We are looking for two postdoctoral candidates, focusing on semiconductor and superconductor quantum circuits.

We welcome applications from researchers with diverse experimental interests and backgrounds, including spin and superconducting qubits, condensed matter device physics, quantum materials, quantum many-body physics, and quantum information and computing, to apply.

One position will focus on the scaling, calibration, operation, and tuning of spin qubit arrays using algorithmic techniques, as part of an international project, with opportunities for growth and collaboration.

Another position will focus on the interactions between superconducting circuits and gate-defined quantum dots and Josephson junctions, hosted in germanium quantum wells in semiconducting heterostructures. The goal of this project is to explore quantum simulation and many-body physics in hybrid circuits.

We are looking for motivated and passionate experimentalists who hold a doctoral degree or expect to be awarded one shortly, from a variety of relevant backgrounds. In this role, you will join a diverse and inclusive team at QuTech and the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience, located in the heart of the TU Delft campus. Our state-of-the-art research facilities provide a world-class environment for quantum and nanoscale research, offering exceptional opportunities for innovation and collaboration.

Job requirements

• PhD in Physics, Electrical Engineering, Applied Physics, or a closely related field.
• Strong background in quantum science and solid-state physics.
• Demonstrated independence and self-drive, ability to identify interesting questions and interpret measurement outcomes.
• Ability to work collaboratively and be comfortable with mentoring students, in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• Optional but highly appreciated: Background in experimental research in spin or superconducting qubits, quantum dots, hybrid systems.

TU Delft
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

QuTech
QuTech is a mission-driven research institute run jointly by Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO). Together, we work on a radically new technology with world-changing potential, developing scalable prototypes of a quantum computer and an intrinsically safe quantum internet.

We are creating the quantum future, and we believe that quantum technology will be a game changer in many social and economic sectors – including health, agriculture, climate and safety.

To achieve our ambitious goals, we bring together scientists, engineers and industry in an inspiring environment, with plenty of space for ambition, entrepreneurship and innovation. Our research and engineering activities are conducted in three divisions: Quantum Computing, Quantum Internet and Qubit Research.

220 FTE and over 300 curious people work in our divisions and support teams, and we actively welcome new colleagues who share our vision and enthusiasm.

Have a look at our video and get a glimpse of QuTech. This position is for the Qubit Research division.

Qubit Research division
The number one quantum computing challenge is that qubits are extremely fragile. At QuTech’s Qubit Research (QuRe) division, we are working to overcome this challenge by developing novel qubits that are protected from noise by design. Our mission: to understand, develop and demonstrate protected qubits that outperform established technology. Because we believe that protected qubits will be enable us to build a scalable quantum computer.

Postdoc - High-Resolution Reconstruction and Urban CFD (UrbanAIR)

Job description
The 3D Geoinformation is looking for a postdoc to work in the intradisciplanary project UrbanAIR. The postdoc will explore the reconstruction of urban environments tailored for CFD simulations (low-high fidelity). The work includes both reconstruction and simulation running experiences.
The last decades there has been a growing interest in urban flows, linked to an increase attraction to the adaptation of the urban environment towards climate change. Some contributions have focused on evaluating the impact of urban layouts on airflows, specifically looking at wind, heat and pollution dispersion. In this position, the researcher will explore techniques (that combine low and high-fidelity CFD simulations) to improve numerical predictions in urban environments, specifically addressing uncertainties related to atmospheric stratification, geometry simplification and changing inflow conditions.

The 3D Geoinformation research group, Section Urban Data Science has an open postdoc position to specifically address the project tasks:

• Tailor urban reconstruction, including vegetation, for multiple CFD codes (low/high fidelity).
• To explore the impact of atmospheric stratification for urban flow simulations considering RANS methodologies, with the aim to develop an uncertainty quantification framework that can account for such variations.

The 3D geoinformation research group focuses on the technologies underpinning geographical information systems (GIS), and aims at designing, developing, and implementing better systems to model 3D cities, buildings and landscapes. It is a multidisciplinary group of around 25 people, including computer scientists, geomatics engineers, and geographers; 6 of them are tenured staff (1 professor, 2 associate-professor, and 3 assistant-professor). It has a history of successful collaborations with the industry and the government: its research has led to open source software and standards for the management and use of 3D geo-data. For more information please go to 3d.bk.tudelft.nl.

Job requirements
You:

• Hold a PhD degree (or almost completed) in aerospace engineering, mechanical engineering, geoinformatics/geomatics, computer science, applied mathematics, or in a related engineering discipline.
• Have experience in computational fluid dynamics, machine learning, 3D modelling, preferably from a programming perspective.
• Have good software development skills. Experience with C++ is beneficial.
• Have excellent oral and written communication skills in English.
• Have an affinity with working in multi‐disciplinary teams in an international oriented environment.

TU Delft (Delft University of Technology)
Delft University of Technology is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, our engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.

At TU Delft we embrace diversity as one of our core values and we actively engage to be a university where you feel at home and can flourish. We value different perspectives and qualities. We believe this makes our work more innovative, the TU Delft community more vibrant and the world more just. Together, we imagine, invent and create solutions using technology to have a positive impact on a global scale. That is why we invite you to apply. Your application will receive fair consideration.

Challenge. Change. Impact!

Faculty Architecture & the Built Environment
The Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment has a leading role in education and research worldwide. The driving force behind the faculty’s success is its robust research profile combined with the energy and creativity of its student body and academic community. It is buzzing with energy from early in the morning until late at night, with four thousand people studying, working, designing, conducting research and acquiring and disseminating knowledge. Our faculty has a strong focus on 'design-oriented research’, which has given it a top position in world rankings.

Staff and students are working to improve the built environment with the help of a broad set of disciplines, including architectural design, urban planning, building technology, social sciences, process management, and geo-information science. The faculty works closely with other faculties, universities, private parties, and the public sector, and has an extensive network in the Netherlands as well as internationally.

Click here to go to the website of the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment.