- JOB
- Italy
- EXPIRES SOON
STATUS: EXPIRED
3 Mar 2025
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- CNR
- Department
- IRPI - ISMAR
- Research Field
- Engineering » Civil engineeringEnvironmental science » Earth scienceGeosciences » Geology
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions
- PhD Positions
- Country
- Italy
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Horizon Europe - MSCA
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
The BETTER project, funded by the European Commission under the Horizon Europe programme (Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions – Doctoral Network) calls for applications for 11 fully funded Doctoral Candidates (DC), with attractive complementary training activities and associated research and travel budgets and the enrollment in graduated schools with the opportunity to get the PhD title. The aim of BETTER is to form a new generation of professional experts on Offshore Wind Farming (OWF). This team will address the noticeable knowledge and technological gap that exists in comprehending how marine ecosystems respond to the ongoing and anticipated extensive expansion of Offshore Wind Farms (OWFs) and how to incorporate these considerations into the optimised design. BETTER will conduct comprehensive research spanning multiple disciplines and sectors, across various functional and operational scales, to quantify the intricacies and nuances inherent in current designs related to OWF and assess their corresponding environmental impact. By doing so, we can outline a trajectory for expanding our offshore renewable energy capacity while steering the design and development of OWFs with the forces of resiliency and an even wider spectrum of sustainability, thereby mitigating environmental disturbances and socioeconomic impacts.
The BETTER consortium is formed by experts in geology, oceanography, marine ecology, marine biology, geotechnical engineering, computation modelling, offshore engineering, underwater acoustics, data science and mathematics across 7 European countries. The whole network comprises 15 academic partners and 3 industry partners. The successful candidates will be hosted by the BETTER Consortium consisting of universities, research institutions and companies in Italy, Norway, Netherlands, Germany, France, Portugal and UK. They will also benefit from an excellent scientific environment, up-to-date technologies and supervision by international leaders in the field. They will learn to integrate academic and industrial aspects in their research work and they will sharpen their experimental and complementary skills in a well-designed and diversified and unprecedented training program Below is a list of the 11 DC projects / PhD positions that are available. Project specific requirements can be found in each individual project description.
DC 3: Sound and vibration maps, including floating wind
Recruiting Institution: Delft University of Technology – TUD Enrolling
PhD school: Delft University of Technology – TUD
Main supervisors: Apostolos Tsouvalas
DC 4: Likelihood of submarine gravity mass flows in a changing climate
Recruiting Institution: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI
Enrolling PhD school: University of Oslo - UiO
Main supervisors: Carl B. Harbitz
DC 5: Risk posed by submarine landslides on offshore wind infrastructure & benthic ecosystems, considering spatially varied soil
Recruiting Institution: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI
Enrolling PhD school: Oslo Metropolitan University - OMeT
Main supervisors: Zhongqiang Liu
DC 6: Turbidity currents and their potential impact on offshore infrastructure
Recruiting Institution: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI
Enrolling PhD school: University of Oslo - UiO
Main supervisors: Finn Løvholt
DC 7: Floating wind turbines operational environmental impacts
Recruiting Institution: Delft University of Technology – TUD
Enrolling PhD school: Delft University of Technology – TUD
Main supervisors: George Lavidas
DC 9: Acoustic remote sensing of habitats within and outside rising offshore wind farms
Recruiting Institution: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel - CAU
Enrolling PhD school: Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel - CAU
Main supervisors: Sebastian Krastel
DC 11: Data assimilation for optimised design of OWT foundations
Recruiting Institution: Norwegian Geotechnical Institute - NGI
Enrolling PhD school: Norwegian University of Science and Technology - NTNU
Main supervisors: Zhongqiang Liu
DC 12: Suction caisson anchor and piles in gassy sediments: installation and in-place performance
Recruiting Institution: Institute Francais de Recherche Pour l’Exploitation de la Mer - IFREMER
Enrolling PhD school: Universite de Bretagne Occidentale - UBO
Main supervisors: Nabil Sultan, Antonio Cattaneo
DC 13: Developing a Comprehensive Multicriteria Decision Support Framework for Offshore Wind Farms: Integrating Technical and Environmental Data
Recruiting Institution: WavEC Offshore Renewables - WAVEC
Enrolling PhD school: Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon - IST
Main supervisors: Inês Machado
DC 14: Mechanism of submarine mass movement and evolution method
Recruiting Institution: University of Warwick - UOW
Enrolling PhD school: University of Warwick - UOW
Main supervisors: Xueyu Geng
DC 15: Resilient design of improved floating offshore facilities: environmentally friendly anchoring system
Recruiting Institution: University of Warwick - UOW
Enrolling PhD school: University of Warwick - UOW
Main supervisors: Xueyu Geng
Where to apply
Requirements
- Research Field
- Other
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Specific Requirements
Please, find the requirements for each position, by clicking on the links below:
DC 3: Sound and vibration maps, including floating wind
DC 4: Likelihood of submarine gravity mass flows in a changing climate
DC 6: Turbidity currents and their potential impact on offshore infrastructure
DC 7: Floating wind turbines operational environmental impacts
DC 9: Acoustic remote sensing of habitats within and outside rising offshore wind farms
DC 11: Data assimilation for optimised design of OWT foundations
DC 12: Suction caisson anchor and piles in gassy sediments: installation and in-place performance
DC 14: Mechanism of submarine mass movement and evolution method
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
Additional Information
Benefits
The salary consists of the gross Monthly Living Allowance of 3.400,00 EUR per month pondered by the EU correction coefficient (specific for the countries where the enrolling Institutions are located, available at link); in addition, a Mobility Allowance of 600,00 EUR per month will be paid, and also possibly another 495,00 EUR per month of Family Allowance depending on marital status.
The DC salary is subject to local tax, social benefit and other deductions following national regulations.
Eligibility criteria
The 11 PhD positions as Doctoral Candidates are open to applicants of all nationalities fulfilling with the following eligibility requirements:
- should have — at the date of recruitment — LESS than 4 years of a research career, and not have a doctoral degree. The 4 years are measured from the date when the applicant obtained the degree which would formally entitle him/her to embark on a PhD, either in the country where the degree was obtained or in the country where the PhD is provided;
- should NOT have — at the date of recruitment — resided in the country where the research training takes place for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to recruitment, and NOT have carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc.) in that country;
- should satisfy the eligibility requirements to enrol on a PhD degree. This includes i) master degree compliant with the research fields described in the individual research project; ii) excellent/good oral and written English language skills, iii) good skills in scientific writing and results presentation.
We wait for young ambitious and friendly people who are willing to work in the international team of scientific and practical experts in forest ecology and engineering.
Selection process
Interested students are asked to submit their application following the indications provided by each recruiting institutions, listed in the paragraph below “REQUIREMENTS”, within 23rd of March 2025.
For each of the Doctoral Candidates positions a recruitment panel adhering to strict gender equality and equal opportunity rules will be set up consisting of the two supervisors and a third BETTER representative.
After a first evaluation based on the provided documents, an online interview will follow.
Selection criteria will encompass the potential as researchers, creativity, level of independence, teamwork ability, knowledge, communication experience and availability for the intended start date. Start date of the positions can be as early as July 2025 but all positions must be filled by November 2025.
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 2
- Company/Institute
- Delft University of Technology – TUD
- Country
- Netherlands
- City
- Delft
- Geofield
- Number of offers available
- 4
- Company/Institute
- Norwegian Geotechnical Institute
- Country
- Norway
- City
- Oslo
- Geofield
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Christian-Albrechts-Universitaet zu Kiel
- Country
- Germany
- City
- Kiel
- Geofield
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- French Institute for Ocean Science
- Country
- France
- City
- Plouzané
- Geofield
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- WavEC Offshore Renewables
- Country
- Portugal
- City
- Lisbon
- Geofield
- Number of offers available
- 2
- Company/Institute
- University of Warwick
- Country
- United Kingdom
- City
- Warwick
- Geofield
Contact
- State/Province
- Umbria
- City
- Perugia
- Website
- Street
- Via della Madonna Alta, 126
- Postal Code
- 06128