Doctoral school in Sustainable energy engineering (SEED)

The main objective of this  Sustainable Energy Engineerind Doctoral program (SEED) is to develop capacities of PhD researchers for complex developmental challenges and solving them with holistic and innovative system solutions; make them competent to work in multidisciplinary research to address the complex developmental societal challenges.

The focus will be on bridging doctoral research and educational activities among the partnering universities in fields related with food, water, energy, sustainable production and consumption and  climate change while closely addressing issues of gender and poverty.

It will run for 4-years with 3 intakes of 6 PhD students per year and the contents will be organized such that it can be recognized in the existing local PhD programs, enabling the students to complete their doctoral training within the ordinary time frame, yet with an added global flavor.

Each intake has a 1,5-year program with an initial 4-month mobility period in Sweden followed by a period at the home university with on-line courses within the GDP.

Also mandatory participation in the webinar series and continued online collaboration with research peers which has been established during the mobility period.

This proposed Graduate Doctoral Program is thus focused on how interdisciplinary research in sustainability of energy systems is essential in the transformation  in low-income countries, creating an interdisciplinary addressing of  the transformation.