Applicants are invited for a PhD fellowship/scholarship at Graduate School of Technical Sciences, Aarhus University, Denmark, within the Civil and Architectural Engineering programme. The position is available from 01 September 2026 or later. You can submit your application via the link under 'how to apply'.
Title:
Building design methods for regeneration
Research area and project description:
The objective of this Ph.D. project is to define a paradigm for design of buildings where a regenerative environmental impact is a boundary condition. The paradigm is operationalized and integrated into early-stage architectural and engineering workflows through computational design methods, simulation environments and parametric modelling approaches. The methodological approach will be a combination of co-creation techniques where the Ph.D. student actively engages with the building industry to develop practical and useful computational design methods, environmental assessment workflows and design principles that enable regenerative environmental performance to inform early-stage architectural and engineering decisions.
The background for the project is that the planetary boundaries are overstepped due to excessive environmental load from human activities which means that humanity has entered a zone of risk of deleterious or even catastrophic environmental change at continental to global scales. The main driver for this is the built environment that e.g. accounts for approx. 43% of all energy-related CO2-emissions. There is therefore an acute need to reduce the environmental load from the built environment to a level that enables the regenerative properties of the planetary ecosystems to reestablish the safe operating space below the planetary boundaries.
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Qualifications and specific competences:
The candidate must have a technical background in building science such as B.Sc. or B.Eng. or similar. Applicants must furthermore have a technical master’s degree or at least one year of master’s degree in building science, environmental performance of buildings or similar topics. Documented skills in application of computer-aided design, technical building performance simulation, and computer programming are mandatory.
Place of employment and place of work:
The place of employment is Aarhus University, and the place of work is Inge Lehmanns gade 10, 8000 Århus C., Denmark.
Contacts:
Applicants seeking further information regarding the PhD position are invited to contact:
- Steffen Petersen, stp@cae.au.dk (main supervisor)
- Pil Brix Purup, pil@cae.au.dk (co-supervisor)
For information about application requirements and mandatory attachments, please see our application guide. If answers cannot be found there, please contact:
How to apply:
Please follow this link to submit your application.
Application deadline is 11 June 2026 at 23:59 CEST.
Preferred starting date is 01 September 2026.
Please note:
- Only documents received prior to the application deadline will be evaluated. Thus, documents sent after deadline will not be taken into account.
- The programme committee may request further information or invite the applicant to attend an interview.
- Shortlisting will be used, which means that the evaluation committee only will evaluate the most relevant applications.
Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants. All interested candidates are encouraged to apply, regardless of their personal background. Salary and terms of employment are in accordance with applicable collective agreement.
INFORMATIONER OM STILLINGEN:
- Arbejdspladsen ligger i:
Aarhus Kommune
-Virksomheden tilbyder:
-Arbejdsgiver:
Aarhus Universitet, Nordre Ringgade, 8000 Aarhus C
-Ansøgning:
Ansøgningsfrist: 11-06-2026;
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