JOB DESCRIPTION

The ICT group at the Department of Engineering Systems and Services of the Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management has joined the National Growth Fund program Growing with Green Steel (GGS, https://groeienmetgroenstaal.nl/en/), which aims at making the Dutch steel sector circular, CO2-neutral, and high-tech by 2050. In GGS, Dutch universities, research institutes and industrial parties will jointly develop new technologies for an accelerated transition towards green steel.
As part of the Growing with Green Steeel program, we are looking for a PhD candidate to join our team. This position has the specific focus on the utilization of Digital Product Passports for enabling new business models for steel circularity and the green steel transition. This PhD project is positioned in Theme V Recovery, of the GGS program.
Join this unique programme, where you can apply your knowledge to a project with Tata Steel Netherlands, and ARN, and you will have a chance to collaborate with the wider GGS business and academic ecosystem.
Your research will be pioneering work on the cross-roads of policy, business and ICT. You will examine business transformation towards more circular business network practices enabled by digital infrastructure and Digital Product Passports.
Imagine enabling the transition from linear towards more circular practices by enabling actors to utilize data from Digital Product Passports to make more informed decisions. Your work will be of importance to address societal topics such as circularity, resource resilience and Critical Raw Materials. You can help make an impact on society!

POSITION OVERVIEW

This PhD position is aimed at candidates with a Master’s degree in business, information systems, data science, computer science, or related fields, with a strong interest in the topic of circularity. The successful candidate will be based at the Department of Engineering Systems and Services (ESS) at the Delft University of Technology under the supervision of Dr. Boriana Rukanova, Prof. Dr. Ir. Mark de Reuver and Prof. Dr. Yao-Hua Tan. This PhD project involves close collaboration with partners from the GGS program, and candidates will have the opportunity to engage with interdisciplinary teams involved in the Theme Recovery, as well as the other themes of Production, Porcessing, Use and System Change of the GGS program. The reesearch will be socio-tchnical and theoretically will draw upon knowledge and insights from the filed of digilat infrastructures and digital platforms.

JOB REQUIREMENTS

• MSc in business, (business) information systems, data science, computer science, or related fields.
• Strong analytical skills
• A strong interest in interdisciplinary research, circularity and the use of ICT in inter-oranizational network context
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a dynamic, multidisciplinary environment.
• Excellent command of English

• To develop and validate Business models for DPP utilization for businesses to improve their circular processes for the green steel transition.
• To develop design guidelines to facilitate the use of these models by businesses.
• Collaborate with experts from the GGS consortium to develop, test and refine the models and guidelines.
• Work independently and contribute collaboratively within a multidisciplinary team environment.