PhD position in the research field of “flood change attribution”: What are the causes for changes in flood occurrence?

Within the SYSTEM-RISK project (https://system-risk.eu/), the Vienna University of Technology is offering a PhD position in the research field of “flood change attribution”. This position is envisaged to start as soon as possible and will extend over a maximum duration of 3 years. The general theme of the PhD project is the question: What are the causes for changes in flood occurrence? The PhD student shall develop methods to identify decadal changes in flood discharges and attribute them to the main drivers of change (climate, catchment processes, river channel processes). The methods will be developed by making use of flood data, climate data and catchment data from European catchments. Candidates should hold a Master (or similar) degree in Environmental Sciences, Hydrology, Environmental or Civil Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related disciplines, with an excellent speaking and writing knowledge in English. The ideal candidate is willing to and can work in an interdisciplinary and international team, possesses a good knowledge of statistics, and have at least basic skills in programming (R, Matlab, or similar). The PhD candidate will have the opportunity to participate in the “Vienna Doctoral Programme on Water Resources Systems” (http://waterresources.at/), a highly recognized, international and interdisciplinary PhD programme. Candidates should send a letter of application, a statement of research interests, a Curriculum Vitae, and copies of education certificates including transcripts of grades as a single .pdf file to: [Email Address Removed]. For the application it is necessary to meet the European Commission’s eligibility criteria. The applicants must not have resided or carried out his/her main activity (work, studies, etc) in the country of the host organisation for more than 12 months in the 3 years immediately prior to his/her recruitment and must be in the first four years (full-time equivalent research experience) of his/her research career and have not been awarded a doctoral degree. Application deadline is March 1, 2017.