Delft University of Technology
Policy Analysis section, Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management
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| Background of Organization |
The Policy Analysis department of Delft University of Technology develops and tests methods and techniques for supporting policy/decision making in multi-actor systems contexts. Specific fields of methodological expertise include System Dynamics Modelling, Agent-Based Modelling, Formal Analysis, Exploratory Analysis and other approaches for analysing and dealing with deep uncertainties in long-term strategic planning. Application domains include energy (especially transitions to more sustainable energy systems), inter/national safety and security, and water governance. |
| Address |
Delft University of Technology,
Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management,
Policy Analysis Section
Visitors Address: Jaffalaan 5, Delft, The Netherlands
Correspondence Address: P.O. Box 5015, 2600 GA Delft, The Netherlands |
| Contact Person |
Dr. Erik Pruyt |
| Contact phone, fax and/or email |
Telephone: + 31 15 2787468
E-mail: E.Pruyt@tudelft.nl |
| Position title |
PhD Researcher -- Phd in Gaming & Simulation - Overcoming Transitional Inertia: Accelerating the Dutch and European Energy Transitions |
| Job location |
Jaffalaan 5, Delft, The Netherlands |
| Position description |
The PhD researcher will develop and use interactive games based on System Dynamics models to study the behaviours of real actors with different views and interests in energy system transitions, and their interactions. These actors will be confronted through these experiments with different governance models and steering mechanisms, different settings, different actor characteristics and different degrees of uncertainty.
Interactive games are games in which real people (inter)act. They enable experiments in which human (inter)action processes can be observed in a controlled environment, e.g. to test hypotheses, extend conclusions, validate models, and foster experience-based learning. Those real people -often representing policy makers or important actors- have to make the kind of decisions that the corresponding real actors have to make, thus simulating human (inter)action processes and strategic behaviour in a laboratory setting.
These interactive games will be used -after serious testing- in workshops with (real) decision-makers and actors to develop knowledge about systemic and social inertia, test the effectiveness of steering mechanisms, and to facilitate participative learning processes. Most of the games will be based on energy system simulation models developed in cooperation with the post-doc modeller working in this research programme. Other games will be developed specifically as to facilitate real-world experiments developed by another PhD researcher working on the empirical part of this research programme on Transitional Inertia.
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| Required skills |
The ideal candidate would have a background in simulation/gaming and experimental approaches, a strong interest in energy transitions (more specifically the transition of the European and Dutch built environment), and a desire to work in a multi-disciplinary environment. |
| Desired Skills |
Being able to communicate in Dutch (not necessarily written) is an advantage. |
| Salary Range |
€2,612 per month |
| URL to host organization |
http://tbm.home.tudelft.nl/en/ |
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