Von: Böcher, Michael <michael.boecher@ovgu.de<mailto:michael.boecher@ovgu.de>> -- Dear colleagues, As part of our research initiative SmartProSys, a PhD position (75%) is available at Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg, located in central Germany between Hanover and Berlin. https://www.ovgu.de/en/. The research initiative "SmartProSys: Smart Process Systems for a Green Carbon-based Chemical Production in a Sustainable Society" aims to replace fossil raw materials in chemical production with renewable carbon sources, thus contributing to a carbon-neutral society. It follows a system-oriented strategy and investigates resource-efficient degradation and synthesis strategies at process level, intelligent catalytic conversions at molecular level, and economic and societal impacts at a higher system level. The complexity of the system requires the development of powerful computational and machine learning methods for the design, simulation, optimization and control of the system. SmartProSys involves researchers from the fields of systems-oriented process engineering, chemistry, mathematics, logistics, political science, and psychology. The aim of the SmartProSys is to create a focal point in the sense of the Excellence Initiative of the Federal Government, which is currently funded by the Ministry for Science, Energy, Climate Protection and the Environment of the State of Saxony-Anhalt. Further information about the research initiative SmartProSys can be found on our website: www.smartprosys.ovgu.de<http://www.smartprosys.ovgu.de/> We are looking for a PhD candidate in the social sciences with an interest in public policy analysis of political processes in bioeconomy / industrial policy, in particular on the sustainable transformation of the chemical industry. The research as well integrates land-use related questions resulting from the potential transformations of chemical industry. So a forest policy / bioeconomy background could be helpful. Attached you can find the job offer (in German and English, please scroll down for English). The job offer is also available here: https://ovgu.b-ite.careers/k3fyx Please forward this information to potentially interested candidates. Application deadline is January, 12. Best regards Michael Böcher [ovgu] Prof. Dr. Michael Böcher Otto-von-Guericke-Universität Magdeburg | Institute for Social Sciences Chair of Political Science and Sustainable Development Universitätsplatz 2 | 39106 Magdeburg |GERMANY ResearchGate: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Michael-Boecher GoogleScholar: https://scholar.google.de/citations?user=XKU8jTAAAAAJ&hl=de https://www.ne.ovgu.de/en/ Visit us on Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/Lehrstuhl-Politikwissenschaft-Schwerpu…!