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Job Description
The process industries are the backbone of modern society, producing the energy, chemicals, and materials that keep our world running. Yet, they are increasingly exposed to NaTech events—natural hazards that trigger technological accidents—which can have devastating impacts on people, infrastructure, and the environment. Addressing these risks is one of the urgent challenges for ensuring safe and sustainable industrial operations.
As a PhD candidate in Resilience Assessment and Management for NaTech-Exposed Process Industries at TU Delft, you will contribute to tackling this challenge directly. You will be part of a research project that aims to design an integrated framework for assessing and managing resilience, tailored specifically to the needs of the process industries. This framework will not only provide methods to evaluate vulnerabilities and risks, but also deliver practical tools to support decision-making under uncertainty.
In this project, you will combine engineering design principles with stakeholder engagement approaches, ensuring that the developed methods are robust, adaptable, and grounded in real-world practice. You will apply advanced techniques such as agent-based modelling, quantitative resilience assessment, and risk analysis to simulate and optimise resilience strategies. The framework will be tested and refined through pilot studies in collaboration with industrial and regulatory partners, ensuring its relevance and applicability in practice.
You will also work alongside a diverse team of researchers and stakeholders from different disciplines and sectors, gaining valuable experience in interdisciplinary collaboration and bridging science, engineering, and policy.
Your Work Environment
You will be part of the Safety and Security Science Section within the Department of Values, Technology and Innovation (VTI) at TU Delft’s Faculty of Technology, Policy and Management. The section investigates socio-technical systems and decision-making on technical, human and organisational dimensions, focusing on safety, security and resilience through responsible risk management. Research areas include critical infrastructure protection, systems resilience, crisis governance, uncertainty in complex systems, and the interface between technology and human organisations.
You’ll engage with an interdisciplinary community that bridges engineering, behavioural science and policy to co-design approaches for safer, more robust systems. Collaboration is central: you’ll work alongside government agencies, industry partners, and cross-disciplinary research teams. In VTI’s open and reflective environment, you’ll benefit from cross-section learning, strong mentorship and tailored training. With minimal hierarchical barriers and access to state-of-the-art facilities, labs and equipment, you’ll be supported to grow professionally and contribute to both foundational theory and real-world impact.
Consortium
This position is part of a European Doctoral Network consortium REUNATECH – NATECH Risk Management and Resilience of High-Tech Industries and Critical Infrastructures across Europe. The project is supported by EU funding for research into technological accidents caused by natural hazards.
Job Requirements
About TU Delft
Delft University of Technology (TU Delft) is built on strong foundations. As creators of the world-famous Dutch waterworks and pioneers in biotech, TU Delft is a top international university combining science, engineering and design. It delivers world-class results in education, research and innovation to address challenges in the areas of energy, climate, mobility, health and digital society. For generations, TU Delft engineers have proven to be entrepreneurial problem-solvers, both in business and in a social context.
Faculty Technology, Policy & Management
The Faculty of TPM provides an important contribution to solving complex technical-social issues, such as energy transition, mobility, digitalisation, water management and (cyber) security. TPM does this with its excellent education and research at the intersection of technology, society and policy. We combine insights from both engineering and social sciences as well as the humanities. TPM develops robust models and designs, is internationally oriented and has an extensive network of knowledge institutions, companies, social organisations and governments.
Conditions of Employment
Relocation Support
If you need to relocate to the Netherlands for this job, TU Delft is committed to making your move as smooth as possible. The HR unit, Coming to Delft Service, offers information to help you prepare your relocation. In addition, Coming to Delft Service organises events to help you settle in the Netherlands and expand your (social) network in Delft. A Dual Career Programme is available to support your accompanying partner with their job search in the Netherlands.
Additional Information
For more information about this vacancy, please contact Ming Yang, m.yang-1@tudelft.nl.
De fascinatie voor science, design en engineering is wat ruim 13000 bachelor & masterstudenten en 5000 medewerkers van de TU Delft drijft. De Technische Universiteit Delft is niet alleen de oudste, maar ook de grootste technische universiteit van Nederland: een universiteit die continu op zoek is naar jou als (inter)nationaal talent om het onderzoek en onderwijs van deze unieke instelling…
De fascinatie voor science, design en engineering is wat ruim 13000 bachelor & masterstudenten en 5000 medewerkers van de TU Delft drijft. De Technische Universiteit Delft is niet alleen de oudste, maar ook de grootste technische universiteit van Nederland: een universiteit die continu op zoek is naar jou als (inter)nationaal talent om het onderzoek en onderwijs van deze unieke instelling op topniveau te houden. Met ongeveer 5.000 medewerkers is de Technische Universiteit Delft de grootste werkgever in Delft. De acht faculteiten, de unieke laboratoria, onderzoeksinstituten, onderzoeksscholen en de ondersteunende universiteitsdienst bieden de meest uiteenlopende functies en werkplekken aan. De diversiteit bij de TU Delft biedt voor iedereen mogelijkheden. Van Hoogleraar tot Promovendus. Van Beleidsmedewerker tot ICT'er.
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