PhD scholarship @LAB

Do you want to innovate in sustainable building design and lifecycle thinking through a PhD thesis? Join our dynamic research team to develop circular renovation strategies, reduce waste and resource pressures, and advance maintenance and reuse principles. Do you have a master's degree in architecture, architectural engineering or a related field? This research challenge awaits you !

We offer a PhD scholarship within the Louvain Research Institute for Landscape, Architecture and the Built Environment (LAB) at the Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium.

The PhD scholarship, under the scientific supervision of Professor Émilie Gobbo (LAB), is part of the project Design for Maintaining and Reusing Resources in the Built Environment (DeMaRe) - financed by the UCLouvain - FSR 2024 SPECIAL RESEARCH FUNDS. The doctoral scholarship is initially offered for a period of 2 years, renewable once. Extension of the scholarship to cover the full 4-year duration of the PhD will be subject to evaluation (essentially depending on the progress of the thesis)

APPLICATION

The final deadline for applications is the 15th September 2024, but applicants are invited to submit their candidature as soon as possible. Review of applications and eventual interviews of candidates, in fact, will be conducted on a rolling basis, as soon as applications are received. The start date is expected to be throughout the month of January 2025 (depending on required documentation).

To apply for this PhD position, interested candidates need to send the documentation specified below, as an email attachment, to Professor Émilie Gobbo emilie.gobbo@uclouvain.be from whom further information can also be obtained.

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Rénovation Carré Janson – TANK Architectes - Photo : E.Gobbo