Postdoc in Marine Risk Assessment and Decision Support - DTU Management
On-siteKongens Lyngby, Capital Region, Denmark
Job Summary
Develop frameworks and methodologies for translating cumulative ecological risk assessments into regulatory-relevant indicators and decision-support metrics for marine spatial planning. Design approaches to integrate environmental, operational, and safety considerations within cross-sector marine impact assessments. Evaluate emerging maritime technologies and alternative-fuel infrastructures within cumulative risk and coexistence assessments. Engage with stakeholders from industry, regulatory authorities, and NGOs to ensure the relevance of project outputs. Contribute to an open decision-support framework for sustainable marine space use, publish results in leading journals, and present findings at international conferences. Join the OceanBalance project at DTU Management to bridge scientific risk assessment and real-world decision-making for offshore renewable energy, maritime transport, and fisheries coexistence.
Required Qualifications
- PhD in Maritime Engineering, Risk Analysis, Environmental Management, Decision Science, or a related discipline
- PhD degree (or equivalent)
- Experience conducting interdisciplinary research
- Strong analytical profile
- Experience working with complex socio-technical or environmental systems
- Experience integrating multiple sources of evidence
- Experience managing uncertainty
- Experience with quantitative analysis
- Experience with modelling
- Experience with programming
- English language proficiency (implied by requirement for CV, Diplomas, Research statement, and video in English)
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with maritime operations
- Experience with shipping systems
- Experience with offshore energy
- Experience with fisheries management
- Experience with environmental regulation
- Experience with impact assessment methodologies
- Experience with multi-criteria decision analysis
- Experience with Bayesian networks
- Experience with risk management tools
- Experience with stakeholder engagement
- Experience with participatory processes
- Experience with the development of decision-support tools
- Familiarity with international maritime policy
- Familiarity with marine spatial planning
- Familiarity with regulatory frameworks
- Experience working in interdisciplinary and international research environments
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