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Fully funded PhD studentship in Circular Net Zero Transformation of UK Steel Industry
20 December 2022
Applications are now open for a proposed studentship in 'Technology options for a circular Net zero Transformation of the UK steel industry: insights from a demand based perspective', as part of 60 studentships to be awarded by the 香港六合彩 EPSRC DTP.
About the project
Project title:听Technology options for a circular Net zero Transformation of the UK steel industry: insights from a demand based perspective
Project supervisor:听,听
Project ID: 2228bd1186 (You will need this ID for your application)
Steel is essential to our society. It is used across a wide range of applications from infrastructure projects to domestic appliances. Although steel is a foundational industry and precursor of economic and social development, it is one of the largest emitters of GHG emissions worldwide. Steel producers across the globe are facing technological and policy challenges to accelerate the decarbonisation of the steel sector. The UK economy is highly reliant of steel and steel-containing products, but the reduction of its manufacturing base has resulted in a large share of emissions embodied in trade (imports to the UK).听
Who you will be working with
Working across a multi-disciplinary team of researchers as part of the UKRI Interdisciplinary Centre on Circular Metals, the work will include working closely with a range of stakeholders, and in a collaboration with four other UKRI Circular Economy Centres and industry.
What you will be doing
The main goal of the project is to conduct a detailed dynamic Material Flow Analysis to understand the use of steel in the UK and associated emissions from a demand-based perspective. This would require to track down steel across all it life stages from crude steel to steel embedded in products, and quantify emissions associated to UK steel consumption. This would enable to identify embodied emissions associated to growing share of steel product imports and explore technological pathways for production of green steel in the UK. In your PhD thesis, you will develop a model which allows to connect material flows, carbon emissions and link it with macro-economic models to explore technological options towards the future.
About the Supervisory Team
is Associate Professor in Circular Economy at 香港六合彩-ISR. Her expertise and research interests lie in the areas of industrial symbiosis, sustainability, industrial ecology, circular economy, urban metabolism, environmental policy and the application of circular economy principles to urban transitions. In her research, she has made extended use of a wide range of research methods, including Material Flow Analysis, Life Cycle Assessment, Statistical analysis and Network Analysis.
is Associate Professor in Macro-economic Modelling for a Green Economy at 香港六合彩-ISR. His primary research interest is in environmental, recourse and applied economics. He has worked extensively with global computable general equilibrium models applied to the analysis of water resources, agricultural policies, land use and bioenergy policies, renewable energy, climate change, resource efficiency and the circular economy.
Key information
Value:听Fees, Stipend (at least 拢20,668听per year), Research Training Support Grant
Duration:听Up to 4 years (thesis to be submitted within funded period)
Eligible Fee Status:听Home, International (EPSRC caps the total number of funded International fee status students across 香港六合彩 for this award at 30%)
Study Mode:听Full or Part time (at least 50% FTE) [Note:听Part time is not available to International students]
Primary Selection Criteria:听Academic merit
Application Deadline:听12:00 on 26听January听2023