University College London

About us

The UCL Faculty of Engineering is the largest of its kind in the UK, ranked as the second most impactful engineering faculty in Europe and first for Research Strength in the Research Excellence Framework. Within Engineering, the UCL Department of Civil, Environmental & Geomatic Engineering is a multidisciplinary department renowned for innovation and excellence in research and teaching. We are ranked in the Top 50 worldwide for civil and structural engineering according to the 2021 QS World University and Subject rankings.

The DE|RISC Lab (Disaster Engineering for ResIlient SoCieties Laboratory) within CEGE works at the intersection of civil engineering and other disciplines to facilitate multi-hazard risk- and resilience-informed decision-making for a better tomorrow’s world. The ultimate goal is to provide society with a safer and more resilient, sustainable and equitable built environment.

About the role

The Horizon Europe Minority Report (Mitigating environmental disruptive events using people-centric predictive digital technologies to improve disaster and climate resilience) project aims to develop and implement an end-to-end people-centred computational framework (and accompanying technology platform) to design and test resilience- and sustainability-increasing strategies for the built environment.

The Research Fellow will contribute to developing the Minority Report computational framework, mainly through the project’s techno-scientific stream: “Multi-hazard Risk Modelling, Quantification & Mitigation”. This will include 1) modelling physical impacts of multiple (including hydrometeorological and climatological) hazards, involving the quantification of effects on individual assets/infrastructure components (e.g., buildings) as well as network-level and distributed-system disruptions; 2) definining and characterising relevant risk and resilience metrics (e.g., education accessibility, unemployment, recovery time per income) that extend beyond simple asset losses considered as part of conventional risk assessment approaches.

This role is an open-ended contract with a funding end date of 31/07/2026.

Appointment at Grade 7 is dependent upon having been awarded a PhD; if this is not the case, initial appointment will be at Grade 6B with payment at Grade 7 being backdated to the date of final submission of the PhD Thesis

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

• This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
• This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Academic Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/policies/2021/jun/conditions-service-academic-staff for more information.

About you

Key requirements of the role are:

• PhD in (Multi-) Hazard Disaster Risk Engineering or a relevant subject area (e.g., Civil/Structural Engineering)
• Knowledge of and experience in applying appropriate techniques/approaches for end-to-end disaster-related risk assessments and mitigation, with particular emphasis on hydrometeorological and climatological hazards and integration of both physical and social systems.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex or technical information effectively to a range of audiences.

The ability to thrive in multi- and interdisciplinary research environments.

What we offer

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