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Aalto University

Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate Economics

Espoo

September 3, 2024

Aalto University is an international community of bold thinkers where science and art meet technology and business. We are committed to identifying and solving grand societal challenges and building an innovative future. Aalto University has six schools with nearly 20 000 people, over 400 of which are professors. Our campus is located in Espoo, Finland. School of Engineering is an international unit with nearly 70 talented professors and 3400 full-time students, including doctoral students.
Real Estate Research Group at Aalto University School of Engineering, Department of Built Environment invites applications for
Doctoral Researcher in Real Estate Economics
We are looking for an excellent doctoral researcher to join the Real Estate Research Group and its Real Estate Management (REM) representatives. The REM research at Aalto University focuses on narrowing and slowing the use of resources in the existing building stock through solutions and interventions that provide value with fewer resources. This includes for example service life extensions of buildings; sharing and co-use of spaces and places; process re-engineering; hybrid working; and user-led REM models. In the open doctoral position, the focus is on resource sharing in the existing building stock and its applicability in the built environment to reduce the overconsumption of resources while supplying a human-centric built environment. The doctoral researcher will study sharing in co-usable innovation and learning environments.
The doctoral researcher will work as a researcher in a project called Resourceful Sharing. The project provides access and close collaboration and co-creation possibilities with the key stakeholders, thought pilots, workshops, and simulations. Possible perspectives and frameworks used in the analysis may include (but are not limited to) circular real estate management, resource efficiency, service design, business model development, servitization, co-creation, process innovations and re-engineering, strategy development, circular transition, and ecosystem thinking.
The Real Estate Research Group has around twenty researchers (doctoral researchers and postdocs) from all fields of Real Estate, including Economic Law, Land Management, Sustainable Real Estate Business, Real Estate Economics and Valuation, and Real Estate Management. We also collaborate closely with several international research units and provide a lively research environment with active peer support.
Key tasks
  • Close collaboration and co-development with the Resourceful sharing project partners and stakeholders.
  • Conducting Ph D research in Real Estate Management (including for example planning data collection, collecting and analysing data, publishing research findings in a variety of formats, writing research reports and papers, and doctoral studies of 30 ECTS).
  • Teaching and/or assisting with organizing Real Estate courses (10% of work time).
  • May also include participating in other research projects and acquisition of research funding.
You should have
  • Master’s degree in engineering & technology, business & management, arts or in another applicable field.
  • High motivation and capability to conduct full-time doctoral studies.
  • Excellent study performance (B.Sc. and M.Sc.), M.Sc. average grade clearly above the general average.
  • Excellent communication skills in English. Skills in Finnish are seen as an asset.
What do we offer?
  • A maximum 1-year fixed position until finishing the Resourceful Sharing project with the possibility of an extension up to 3 years based on performance and funding.
  • Mid-term review is part of the doctoral researcher profile:
    https://into.aalto.fi/display/endoctoraleng/Midterm+review+of+doctoral+studies
    ).
  • Starting salary about € 2,700 (after finishing the Master’s degree). (For students who have not graduated yet, the salary is based on credits attained.)
  • Total annual work time 1,612 h (no office hours).
Starts immediately, in October 2024, or as agreed.
How to apply
The applications for the doctoral resercher position are to be submitted through e Recruitment System (link 'Apply now’) by September 16th, 2024. Email applications will not be considered. Please note: Aalto University’s employees and visitors should apply for the position via our internal system (Workday -> find jobs) by using their existing Workday user account.
Please, feel free to contact us if you are interested in or if you have any questions.
Required application documents (in a single pdf-file):
  • A motivation letter. In the motivation letter, please describe why you are interested in the position and how do you see that your interest matches with the broader research topic of sharing in the built environment.
  • CV
  • Transcript of the study records.
Aalto University reserves the right for justified reasons to leave the position open, to extend the application period and to consider candidates who have not submitted applications during the application period.
For more information
Please contact assistant prof. Tuuli Jylhä (
tuuli.jylha@aalto.fi
). General information about doctoral studies at Aalto University can be found
How to apply for doctoral studies? | Aalto University
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