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                Dear all,



**Apologies for cross-posting**


We are looking for a doctoral researcher for a fully-funded PhD
position, ‘*design
anthropology of local energy markets: social governance and inclusion*’.



All the details about the position and the application process can be found
at the link below:

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/301372/phd-position-design-anthropology-o
f-local-energy-markets-social-governance-and-inclusion/



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*Job Description:*

The Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is hiring a doctoral
candidate on a challenging topic of social governance and inclusion in a
local energy market. This fully-funded and four-year PhD position is part
of the LIFE (Local Inclusive Future Energy City Platform) project

.


The LIFE project is interdisciplinary and aims to design and implement a
district-scale smart energy management platform that enables energy
governance by the local stakeholders. This LIFE platform will include a
local energy market (LEM) that will facilitate peer-to-peer energy
exchanges. Your Ph.D. research will address a crucial social challenge —
inclusion and participation of stakeholders, such as local communities and
households in local energy governance — at the heart of the project.


The field location of the LIFE project is the ArenApoort urban district,
situated in Amsterdam-Southeast, The Netherlands. The ArenApoort comprises
an intriguing mix of local energy producers and consumers ranging from
high-end office buildings to social housing complexes. On the one hand,
large businesses and offices are the stakeholders of the LIFE platform. On
the other hand, 5000 homes of lower-income homeowners and local communities
are desired participants in the local energy governance of the LIFE
platform. These contrasting stakeholders have different needs, preferences,
and values that require a nuanced understanding and embedding in the
platform's design right from the onset.


As a PhD candidate, you will take an anthropological perspective to
research the broad theme of social governance and inclusion in a LEM. Your
doctoral research will critically engage with the following interconnected
challenges:

   1. tensions and conflicts in needs, preferences, and values of
   stakeholders
   2. forms of social interactions and relations between stakeholders
   desired and required for local energy governance
   3. inclusion and participation of end-users, especially those who are at
   the risk of energy poverty
   4. opportunities for plural economic modes of (monetary and
   non-monetary) 'exchanges' of energy for addressing issues of inclusion and
   governance.

You will conduct an ethnography of these challenges and issues. Your
supervisory team will support you to develop your research direction within
these challenges. The LIFE project will engage with ArenApoort as a 'living
lab' where functional prototypes of the LIFE platforms will be iteratively
installed and investigated. The prototypes will also serve as a vehicle for
your research as the social practices and discussions emerging with the
local use of the prototypes will become the object of your ethnographic
inquiry. This interdisciplinary research approach brings together
perspectives from anthropology and design research, which will be used to
develop both a critical understanding of the topic and empirically explore
novel concepts and ideas identified in the study.


You will be jointly supervised by Prof. David V. Keyson, Prof. Bregje van
Eekelen, and Dr. Abhigyan Singh. As members of the leading international
faculty in design research, we are building expertise in the emerging
domain of design anthropology.


Your ethnographic research will be facilitated by the Amsterdam Institute
for Advanced Metropolitan Solutions (AMS Institute). You will be expected
to assist in teaching activities related to your expertise. You will have
plenty of opportunities to collaborate with industrial partners (Alliander
and Spectral Energy), societal partner (Stichting CoForce), as well as
academics from other disciplines (law and power engineering).


*Requirements*

Essentials:

   - You are interested in working at the intersection of social sciences
   and design.
   - You have experience in ethnographic research.
   - You have completed a master's degree in social sciences (anthropology,
   sociology, urban studies, science and technology studies, or other related
   fields) or design (design anthropology, participatory design, social
design
   or other associated areas).
   - You have an interest in exploring the social dimension of the energy
   transition.
   - You have an interest and ability to work in interdisciplinary teams.
   - You have an excellent command of English (written and oral).
   - You have a good command of spoken Dutch.


Desirables:

   - Educational backgrounds in both social science and design.
   - Experience with design anthropology.
   - Experience in the field of energy transition or sustainability in the
   built environment.



Please do not hesitate to reach out to me (a.singh@tudelft.nl) for any
information or to talk about the research.



Best regards,

Abhigyan Singh, Ph.D.



*Assistant Professor*,
*T**U** Delft**/ Faculty of Industrial Design Engineering*

Profile: https://www.tudelft.nl/io/over-io/personen/singh-a

Publications: http://bit.ly/asingh-publications


Office: 32 B-02-280, Landbergstraat 15, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands

Email: a.singh@tudelft.nl
LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/agsingh

Twitter: https://twitter.com/_AGSingh
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