Chair in Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability

5 days ago


Kongens Lyngby, Lyngby-Tårbæk Kommune, Denmark DTU - Technical University of Denmark Full time

The Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering at DTU is seeking a Chair in Life Cycle Assessment and Sustainability to lead and conduct cutting-edge research in the field of quantitative environmental sustainability assessment. As a chair, you will be responsible for advancing research in life-cycle-based method development for assessing quantitatively the environmental sustainability of products, technologies, and systems.

You will be expected to lead and teach a course with large numbers of involved teachers and students, as well as supervise students in their bachelor and master thesis projects. You will also be responsible for engaging actively and representing QSA in international network activities.

A key aspect of this role is the ability to build collaborations on developing technologies for sustainable transition with researchers within and outside DTU, and with private and public sector stakeholders. You should have strong experience in one or more of the following research areas:

  • Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) methods.
  • Prospective life cycle assessment (LCA).
  • Macroscale sustainability assessment.


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