The Digital Waters (DIWA) doctoral pilot, the University of Turku, is inviting applications for a fixed-term doctoral researcher position at the Department of Geography and Geology (disciplines physical geography, water engineering, hydrology, or related fields). The position start on 1 January 2025, or by mutual agreement. The duration of the position is three years. Positions end 31 December 2027 at the latest.
DIWA doctoral pilot positions funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. Doctoral Researcher Position research themes are linked to DIWA Flagship funded by Research Council of Finland. The DIWA flagship is a leading research and innovation ecosystem, developing research excellence to support decision-making and pave the way for the next re-evolution in the water sector – digitally. DIWA enables a transition towards the digital representation of real-world water systems (Digital Twin) to reproduce hydrological storages, their states, fluxes and processes, as well as ecosystem responses with novel options for improved scenario analyses, planning and governance.
The DIWA is coordinated by the University of Oulu. In total, 60 doctoral researchers will be employed within the DIWA doctoral training pilot project. Of these, a total of 16 doctoral researchers will be employed by University of Turku.
The doctoral project open at the University of Turku in this call is "Annual and decadal flow dynamics in Finnish rivers". The detailed description of the doctoral project, specific requirements of the position, supervisors and secondment can be found on the DIWA flagship website: https://www.digitalwaters.fi/.
Doctoral researcher is working closely with the supervisors, researchers and partner organisations of the DIWA ecosystem including numerous companies, research organisations and NGOs, totally more than 200 organisations. Doctoral researchers will collaborate with them and having secondment period(s).
The doctoral pilot offers systematic doctoral training and access to excellent research infrastructure. In addition, pilot provides courses, workshops and secondments, which to improved working life skills, networks and research project management skills.
Job Description
The position starts on 1 January 2025, or by mutual agreement. The duration of the position is three years. Position end 31 December 2027 at the latest. Doctoral researcher is committed to carry out research and doctoral postgraduate studies according to rules of the Doctoral Programme.
Key Responsibilities of doctoral researchers:
- The doctoral researcher commits to long term and challenging work and to follow the schedule as agreed.
- The doctoral researcher is responsible for planning their doctoral studies and research and implementing the plan with the collaboration of their supervisors. The doctoral researcher has the primary responsibility for the progress of their dissertation.
- The doctoral researcher report on the progress of their studies and research to Supervisors at regular intervals. They come well-prepared to Supervisory Meetings, and in accordance with the schedule agreed upon. The doctoral researcher must consider the suggestions given by the Supervisor based on their experience and knowledge. They immediately notify the Supervisors if the work is notably delayed.
- The doctoral researcher will complete the agreed amount of studies to be included in the doctoral degree per year and participate in the DIWA doctoral pilot activities and training.
- The doctoral researcher is entitled to Supervisory Meetings and to receive feedback from the Supervisors concerning their studies and research in accordance with the schedule agreed upon.
