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Postdoctoral position - Environmental assessment of circular economy strategies in the Swiss building stock

Company

Institute of Environmental Engineering

Location

zürich, zurich

Posted

July 21, 2026

Position Overview

Job description

The candidate will be the project coordinator for a running project about circularity in the building sector with a team of 15 researchers.

The candidate will co-supervise two doctoral students of the Ecological Systems Design Group and collaborate with them on the development of frameworks for assessing circular economy strategies. This will entail utilizing methodologies such as life cycle assessment (LCA), material flow analysis (MFA), and statistical analysis. In particular, the following tasks will be performed in collaboration with the two doctoral students: 

  • modeling of the embodied and operational energy and emissions of the Swiss building stock using Python programming language;
  • conducting LCAs with the Brightway library, as well as MFAs while taking into account spatial and temporal characteristics of the building stock; 
  • defining and assessing various scenarios and circular economy...
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