WEITERE INFORMATIONEN

The successful candidate will be employed under a regular employment contract.
The position is to be filled at the earliest possible date and offered for a fixed term of 3 years.
The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).
This is a part-time contract position.
The standard weekly hours will be 31,86 hours.
The successful candidate has the opportunity to pursue a doctoral degree in this position.
The salary is based on the German public service salary scale (TV-L).
The position corresponds to a pay grade of EG 13 TV-L.

IHRE AUFGABEN

The Institute of Highway Engineering (ISAC) at RWTH Aachen University is looking for a motivated PhD student to join our team. The role is part of the FALKE project, which aims to develop a data-driven tool for prioritizing the expansion of rural bicycle infrastructure. This tool will provide a comprehensive cost-benefit analysis of environmental, safety, and mobility factors for integrated planning processes, involving multiple stakeholders with diverging perspective and interests.

• Conduct research on rural cycling behaviour using mobility data, GIS, and longitudinal analysis, focusing on environmental, safety, and socio-economic impacts.
• Development and validation of a web-based tool backed by scientific models for prioritising bicycle infrastructure projects in a highly politicized field through comprehensive cost-benefit analysis.
• Collaborate with project partners to test and refine these models in real-world scenarios and contribute to the creation of a decision-support tool for infrastructure planning.
• Publish high-quality research in peer-reviewed journals, present findings at national and international conferences, and work towards completing a PhD thesis on rural mobility and infrastructure planning.

• Conduct research on rural cycling behaviour using mobility data, GIS, and longitudinal analysis, focusing on environmental, safety, and socio-economic impacts.
• Development and validation of a web-based tool backed by scientific models for prioritising bicycle infrastructure projects in a highly politicized field through comprehensive cost-benefit analysis.
• Collaborate with project partners to test and refine these models in real-world scenarios and contribute to the creation of a decision-support tool for infrastructure planning.
• Publish high-quality research in peer-reviewed journals, present findings at national and international conferences, and work towards completing a PhD thesis on rural mobility and infrastructure planning