PhD scholarship in Absolute Sustainability Transformation in Energy Systems - DTU Construct

If you are looking to establish yourself as a researcher at the intersection of sustainability, innovation, and the energy transition, this PhD position offers a unique opportunity.

At DTU's Centre for Absolute Sustainability, you will help develop new approaches that enable companies, technology developers, and policy makers to transform energy systems within planetary boundaries while maintaining innovation capacity and industrial competitiveness.

Working closely with leading researchers from DTU Construct, DTU Sustain, DTU Energy and DTU Wind, you will contribute to the next generation of methods and tools that support sustainability transformation in practice. Responsibilities and qualifications Your overall focus will be to investigate how principles of Absolute Sustainability can support transformation of energy technologies and energy systems.

The project will contribute to the development of methods that help organisations move beyond sustainability assessment towards actionable transition pathways, transformation strategies, and implementation approaches that enable operation within planetary boundaries.

You will work as part of DTU's Centre for Absolute Sustainability (CfAS), a cross-disciplinary centre bringing together international experts in sustainability assessment, engineering design, innovation, and implementation research1 …