2 PhD Positions, Division of Science, Technology and Society, Chalmers University of Technology
1. PhD position in Energy and Environmental History:
The PhD candidate will work in a cross-disciplinary setting toconsider the possible future role of hydrogen in the Swedish energy system from a historical perspective.The position isfunded by the Swedish Energy Agency through the programme Research School Energy Systems and within the frameworkof the position you participate in the Research School Energy Systems' activities. The project alsoaligns with the division's new research program on infrastructures in the modern and contemporary world. The researchwill take place in close collaboration with a PhD student and supervision team with engineering backgrounds atLinköping University, including co-writing articles and participating in common supervision meetings and workshops.Applicants are invited to propose their own research project within this framework focusing on hydrogen. Possible topicsto be studied could include: historical infrastructure development and use, historical attempts to introduce new energytechnologies into an existing system, visions and expectations of a future energy system, user acceptance and resistance to new energy technology, social, spacial, sustainability and justice aspects of new energy technology introduction. Applicants are encouraged to discuss their choice topics with Anna Åberg, the project's main supervisor.
2. PhD position in History of Technology:
The PhD project will be part of the Division's new research program oninfrastructures in the modern and contemporary world. Infrastructure is broadly understood as the material andimmaterial systems needed to operate a society or enterprise. Applicants are invited to propose their own researchproject within this openly defined program. Possible topics include: historical case studies of transport, urban or digitalinfrastructures, critical infrastructures, dismantling of infrastructures, infrastructural transitions, maintenance ofinfrastructures, or political economy of infrastructures. Applicants are encouraged to discuss the choice topics withProfessor Per Lundin, the project's main supervisor.
Deadline for applications: October 18th, 2024.
Postdoctoral position in the history of energy infrastructures, Chalmers University of Technology
The Division of Science, Technology and Society (STS) at Chalmers University of Technology is seeking a postdoctoralscholar in energy history to research relations between humans, infrastructures, and energy in an independentlydeveloped project. The project is positioned at the intersection of history of technology and energy history. The personemployed will be working closely with an international research project funded NORDFORSK that aims to analyse howpeople and communities have lived with, through and shaped energy transitions throughout history. Applicants areinvited to propose their own research project within this framework focusing on large energy infrastuctures, such as oilrefineries, district heating, energy buildings and infrastructure afterlives. The Postdoctoral project will benefit fromsynergies with the division's new research program on infrastructures in the modern and contemporary world.
Deadline for applications: October 18th, 2024.
