Environmental Intelligence Lab

Homepage: https://www.ei.deib.polimi.it/

The Environmental Intelligence for Global Change Lab at Politecnico di Milano invites applications for a PhD scholarship (3 years) funded by the Fondo Italiano per la Scienza (the Italian version of the European ERC grants) on the research project BERLIN – BEhavioRaL INtelligence for evidence-based adaptation policies, which is expected to start in Fall 2025. More details are available HERE

This position will focus on investigating local adaptation policies in different Climate Change Hotspots and their potential upscaling to achieve regional-to-global scale targets. The selected hotspots include semiarid regions (i.e. Southern Africa and Spain), river deltas (i.e. Vietnam), and snow-dependent river basins (i.e. Italian Alps and California) that are prone to severe impacts from projected climate conditions, and display a wide range of socio-economic development and adaptive challenges.

Qualifications for these positions include a MSc in water resources engineering, hydrology, or a related field of environmental engineering. Alternatively, candidates having a background in machine learning, applied mathematics, and automation and control are also encouraged to apply. The successful candidate is experienced with water resources systems operation design, multiobjective optimization, real time control of water resources systems. Strong numerical and computational skills are required as well as English language skills both in oral and written communication.

The application package should be sent using the form HERE

Interviews will begin on 15 May 2025.