Postdoc Researcher on information- and decision-support systems for sustainability and circularity

The Faculty Of Science, Institute Of Environmental Sciences (CML) And The Faculty Of Governance And Global Affairs, Leiden University College, Are Looking For a

Postdoc Researcher on information- and decision-support systems for sustainability and circularity

Contribute to the development of digital solutions to enable informed decision-making grounded on a sustainable and responsible use of resources in manufacturing.

Key Responsibilities

As part of this Postdoc position, you will be contributing to ongoing research projects where data management, processing and aggregation is pivotal to support complex decision-making. Through close collaboration with projects stakeholders, you will contribute to the development of data exchange protocols for Digital Product Passports and to the development of Decision Support Systems.

The focus of the position is the Lasers4MaaS project, which will deliver a digital platform to enable manufacturers to make more sustainable and cost-effective products on demand. In this project, we are contributing to the development of future sustainable factories for manufacturing-as-a-service. This requires the connection of information systems to enable the exchange of data from operations to sustainability-based decision support. As a Postdoc researcher in this project, you will develop DSS and harmonize data collection protocols for sustainability and circularity assessment. These will be integrated into a manufacturing digital twin of laser technologies as a service, streamlining decision support for industrial operations.

While the position is focused on the Lasers4MaaS projects, the right candidate should be motivated to connect and explore collaboration opportunities within our institute on topics of data, digitalization and decision support system for sustainability and circular economy.

The Main Responsibilities Within This Role Concern

• Establishing data exchange protocols with data providers in the sectors of automotive, nuclear fusion, packaging, aerospace and hydrogen production.
• Creating and using harmonized datasets to enable the use of LCA and the prototyping of the Digital Product Passports.
• Developing Decision Support Systems for performance, sustainability, circularity and cost information to be integrated into a digital twin of Lasers4Maas operations.
• Identifying with project partners sustainability and circularity alternatives to be integrated into the Decision Support Systems.
• Further exploring own interests and their relationship with future developments in the industrial ecology field