{"id":6025,"date":"2025-05-05T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/?p=6025"},"modified":"2025-04-30T11:01:02","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T18:01:02","slug":"sfu-sustainable-transportation-action-research-team-recruiting-phd-masters-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/2025\/05\/05\/sfu-sustainable-transportation-action-research-team-recruiting-phd-masters-students\/","title":{"rendered":"SFU Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team Recruiting PhD &amp; Master&#8217;s Students"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dr. Jonn Axsen and the Sustainable Transportation Action Research Team (START) are looking for a <strong>PhD student to start in September 2025, or January 2026<\/strong>. The successful applicant will complete the Resource &amp; Environmental Management (REM) Program at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our search is broad, though we seek applicants with experience in social science, policy analysis, survey\/interview design and\/or quantitative modeling and methods to conduct research relating to low-carbon transportation technologies and practices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>More details are provided in the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/files\/2025\/04\/SFU-START-recruitment.pdf\">attached PDF<\/a>; email START@SFU.CA for more questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(Note: Dr. Axsen and START are <strong>also accepting off-cycle applications for the Master&#8217;s of Resource Management<\/strong> or MRM. Please email for more information.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PhD applicants should clearly demonstrate that they have skills in at least two of the following areas:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Statistical analysis of consumer and market data<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Survey and\/or interview design and research methods<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Quantitative modeling of energy or transport systems<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Valuation methods and\/or discrete choice modeling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Market analysis for alternative fuels or low-carbon technology<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Climate policy and technological change<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Review of applications will start immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Only short-listed candidates will be contacted. Please email START@SFU.CA at your earliest convenience to indicate your intention to apply. Application instructions are in the attached, which ask for:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A one page cover letter, clearly demonstrating relevant experience<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Transcripts from relevant past degrees (unofficial are okay to start)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>An up-to-date CV;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Up to three publications or writing samples; and<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A list of at least three academic references (with email\/phone contact)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The paid PhD position would start in Sept 2025 or Jan 2026; Master&#8217;s of Resource Management students can start off-cycle [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28042,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"templates\/template-full-width.php","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,23,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6025","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-jobs","category-learning","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28042"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6025"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6028,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6025\/revisions\/6028"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6025"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6025"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/biwiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6025"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}