Research Division KOF Lab of ETH Zurich’s KOF Swiss Economic Institute is seeking a PhD candidate to study the propagation of weather and climate shocks in quantitative trade network models. The position is part of the National Centre of Competence in Research project Climate Extremes and Society: Strengthening Resilience (NCCR CLIM+). NCCR CLIM+ is a new, interdisciplinary, Switzerland-wide climate … Read more
The Chair of Infrastructure Management, led by Professor Dr. Bryan T. Adey within the Institute of Construction and Infrastructure Management of the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geomatic Engineering, has an opening for a PhD student in transport infrastructure resilience. The position is part of the EU Horizon project SHIFTIN, which aims to accelerate the … Read more
At the Professorship of Solid Mechanics (SMEC) in the Institute for Building Materials at ETH Zurich, we aim to understand how materials deform, degrade, break, and ultimately fail. Our research is driven by curiosity about the physical mechanisms that underlie failure and by the ambition to translate this understanding into more reliable and resilient materials … Read more
The Materials Modeling Group, established in February 2026 and led by Prof. Malik Wagih in the Department of Materials at ETH Zurich, invites applications for a PhD position at the intersection of artificial intelligence, atomistic simulation, and materials science, starting in September 2026 or by mutual agreement. Our group develops computational methods to accelerate the discovery and … Read more
Your work assignments As a PhD student, you devote most of your time to doctoral studies and the research projects of which you are part. Your work may also include teaching or other departmental duties, up to a maximum of 20 per cent of full-time. In this position, your task will be to enhance state-of-the-art … Read more
Your work assignments As a PhD student in AI-Assisted Software Engineering, your primary duty will be to conduct cutting-edge software engineering research in the context of cyber-physical systems and AI agents. Mission: This project is funded by the ELLIIT Call G, the Excellence Center at Linköping – Lund in Information Technology. The project aims to systematically … Read more
Your work assignments Manufacturing companies are shifting from traditional linear production logics toward more sustainable and circular operating models. A key component of this transition is the integration of remanufacturing, a value‑retaining industrial process which extends the lifecycle of products and parts. Remanufacturing can be integrated with new manufacturing or be located in separate facilities. … Read more
Your work assignments The project focuses on the development and optimization of electrocatalysts and electrolyzer systems for sustainable energy conversion. The research will address both fundamental and applied questions in electrocatalysis, including CO2 conversion, water splitting, biomass-derived molecule upgrading, and other small-molecule transformations. The project aims to develop broadly applicable strategies for catalytic performance optimization and … Read more
Your work assignments Subject area: Computational and experimental studies of the influence of microstructure on the high-temperature structural integrity of austenitic stainless steels Subject area description: Structural integrity of materials is of primary concern in sustainable mechanical design, as more durable products impose longer product lives and allow the usage of less material. Accounting for structural integrity … Read more
Your work assignments The multi-disciplinary center for heterogeneous adaptive swarm systems, CHASS, is a national effort funded by the Swedish Strategic Research Foundation (SSF) to bring together leading researchers in AI, autonomous systems, robotics, and swarm intelligence to develop novel solutions for autonomous heterogeneous swarm systems for the benefit of Swedish industry and society. The … Read more