Doctoral Candidate position at UNIBO in the RESTORATIVE MSCA Doctoral Network
Pubblicato il 13-08-2026 - Altro in Italia
Organisation/Company Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna Department Department of Civil, Chemical, Environmental, and Materials Engineering - DICAM Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Engineering » Systems engineering Technology » Energy technology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 31 Aug 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Rome) Country Italy Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 1 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe - MSCA Reference Number DC14 UNIBO_RESTORATIVE Marie Curie Grant Agreement Number 101227219 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
The successful candidate for this post (DC14) will be employed full-time for a fixed-term of 36 months and enrolled on a PhD at the University of Bologna from 1st November 2026 to research and write a PhD thesis on Ex-Ante LCA tools for the environmental impact assessment of TM-GSES systems.
Job duration: 36 months
Main research field: Chemical Engineering
Research subfield: Systems Engineering, Life Cycle Assessment, Energy Storage
The project aims at developing an innovative prospective ("ex-ante") life cycle assessment (LCA) approach for the quantitative evaluation of the sustainability of grid‐scale energy storage (GSES) technologies.
It will define the scope and boundaries of the ex‐ante LCA within a cradle‐to‐grave perspective, with the goal of creating a novel framework for assessing environmental impacts of energy storage technologies, with particular reference to thermo‐mechanical GSES (TM‐GSES) systems.
The approach will incorporate a forward‐looking perspective into life cycle modelling, by addressing uncertainties related to technological scaling and learning, as well as the evolution of the background energy scenarios. Dedicated metrics will be developed to capture the key impacts related to mater