Overview
Four-year employed PhD studying how effective private climate-adaptation actions are, where their limits arise, and how households and organizations respond to climate risk.
Complete research opportunity details
The position is part of the EU-funded ADELE project and combines behavioural survey research with quantitative modelling, including agent-based modelling, to assess private climate adaptation across European settings. Research may span decision making, adaptation effectiveness, limits, policy interactions and climate-risk behaviour. TU Delft lists its standard PhD salary progression from EUR 3,059 to EUR 3,881 gross per month plus university allowances.
Eligibility requirements
Relevant master's backgrounds include environmental economics, psychology, complex systems, engineering and policy or related disciplines. Useful skills include survey research, quantitative data analysis, Python or Julia, agent-based modelling and strong English communication.
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Verification notes
Verified open on the official TU Delft Careers page as job ID 3624 with a 31 August 2026 submission date. TU Delft states applications must be submitted online and specifically warns that the applicant's motivation letter must be personally written rather than generated by an LLM. No exact closing clock time is stated.
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