HERUS offers a new PhD position
© Thorsten Simon
The Laboratory on Human-Environment Relations in Urban Systems (HERUS) is looking for a PhD student working on the diffusion of innovations in socio-technical energy systems starting as soon as possible.
The PhD student will work within the research project funded by the Swiss Federal Office of Energy called “Diffusion of innovations in the energy landscape: the role of supply and demand side network effects for integrated energy management systems”. The research of the PhD student will focus on the information diffusion patterns of state-of-the-art innovations and its role on the uptake of integrated energy management systems linking photovoltaics and electro-mobility in Switzerland. The focus is set on the role and dynamics of information networks on both, the supply and demand side, as well as between them. The student is expected to develop an explicit geographical approach focusing on the role of physical and social proximity relevant for the diffusion of innovations. S(he) will combine qualitative and quantitative social network analysis to investigate information networks in different case study regions in all three linguistic areas of Switzerland.
The position starts as soon as possible. Please send your application until 15th September 2020.
Please see all details regarding the open position here.