Doctoral student in Industrial Management and Economics Full-time

Doctoral Student in Industrial Management and Economics

Third-cycle subject: Industrial Management and Economics

The Ph.D. student will conduct research within the EU Horizon project CARES, which will study and develop systems to improve the security and resilience of food supply chains under major climate-related and geopolitical disruptions, including armed conflicts. The doctoral work will focus on identifying critical food supply chains and analyzing how they can autonomously adapt to ensure continuous, resilient, and sustainable replenishment. The project will gather empirical data and develop analytical models based on a Swedish demonstrator, where industry and public stakeholders are actively driving a sustainable and resilient transformation of the food system.

Supervision: Associate Prof. Luca Urciuoli is proposed to supervise the doctoral student. Decisions are made on admission.

Admission Requirements

To be admitted to postgraduate education (Chapter 7, 39 § Swedish Higher Education Ordinance), the applicant must have basic eligibility in accordance with either of the following:

• passed a second cycle degree (for example a master's degree), or
• completed course requirements of at least 240 higher education credits, of which at least 60 second-cycle higher education credits, or
• acquired, in some other way within or outside the country, substantially equivalent knowledge

Special Eligibility: at least 60 credits of courses at the second-cycle level in the field of Industrial Economics and Management (or equivalent) or other subjects deemed directly relevant to the research specialization in question

In addition to the above, there is also a mandatory requirement for English equivalent to English B/6.

Selection

In order to succeed as a doctoral student at KTH you need to be goal oriented and persevering in your work. During the selection process, candidates will be assessed upon their ability to:

• independently pursue his or her work
• collaborate with others,
• have a professional approach and
• analyze and work with complex issues.
• MSc. degree in Industrial engineering and management or a related field (e.g., mechanical, transportation, logistics, management engineering, computer science etc.)
• Modeling/programming skills,
• Knowledge of statistical, optimization, simulation software (e.g. Rstudio, Python, ILOG CPLEX, Anylogic, etc.),
• Agentic AI foundations (e.g. Langchain/LangGraph, AutoGen etc.),
• Language level in English (English test can be used),
• Previous work experience,

After the qualification requirements, great emphasis will be placed on personal skills.

Target Degree: Doctoral Degree

Information regarding admission and employment

Only those admitted to postgraduate education may be employed as a doctoral student. The total length of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education in four years' time. An employed doctoral student can, to a limited extent (maximum 20%), perform certain tasks within their role, e.g. training and administration. A new position as a doctoral student is for a maximum of one year, and then the employment may be renewed for a maximum of two years at a time. In the case of studies that are to be completed with a licentiate degree, the total period of employment may not be longer than what corresponds to full-time doctoral education for two years.

As a doctoral student, you are entitled to a workplace with many employee benefits and monthly salary according to KTH's Doctoral student salary agreement. Read more about Doctoral studies (PhD) | KTH | Sweden.