PhD Position on Twin Transition of Infrastructure: Ecosystem Orchestration

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• A master’s degree in construction management, civil engineering, project management, business administration, information systems, innovation studies or a related field.
• A strong interest in infrastructure ecosystems, inter-organisational collaboration, governance, digitalisation and sustainability.
• Affinity with empirical research methods, especially qualitative case study research, interviews, document analysis and systems thinking.
• Interest in understanding how public and private actors coordinate across complex projects, policies and long-term transitions.
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to connect organisational, technological and policy perspectives.
• Excellent written and spoken English. Dutch is an advantage, but this is not specified as a formal requirement for this PhD project.
• The ability to work independently while successfully collaborating with a multidisciplinary research team.
• Willingness to conduct fieldwork in infrastructure organisations and to contribute to publications, presentations and stakeholder engagement during the PhD trajectory.
• CV, including education, relevant work experience, research experience and relevant skills (maximum 2 pages, in case of longer document, only the first 2 pages will be considered).
• If you have academic publications such as published (a) conference papers and/or (b) journal articles, please include a separate "Scientific outputs" document including full bibliographic information, DOI link and a short narrative (maximum 100 words) for a maximum of three contributions explaining why they are relevant to this PhD position (optional).
• Cover letter, maximum one page and 400 words, explaining your motivation for the position and your fit with the research topic.
• One-minute video introduction, in which you briefly introduce yourself and explain why you are a good fit for this PhD position. The video does not need to be professionally produced. A simple recording from laptop or mobile is sufficient. Please include a link to the video in your cover letter.
• Applicants selected for an interview will be asked to provide contact information of at least 2 references.
• You can apply online. We will not process applications sent by email and/or post.
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