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There are fewer formal structures in academia than in many other careers and professional life is often interwoven with personal life. In addition, to follow a successful academic career, there is high external pressure to publish and acquire funding. In face of this reality, the following working policy sketches key points for a work environment to foster creative work while allowing for work-life balance.

1. The meaning of our work life

The overarching goal of all work in our group is to contribute to a better world by solving applied research questions around energy, the environment and society. It is easy to lose sight of this when battling with the daily demands of being an academic - writing papers, chasing grants, and dealing with the administrative minutae and politics of academic institutions. It helps to occasionally remind ourselves of the reason for it all, especially during difficult times.

Are you interested in doing an MSc thesis with my team? Here are some general points for you to consider. Note: some of these points are specific to TPM MSc theses, but most of them are equally valid for SET and external students.

Proposal. There are two purposes to the thesis proposal. First, it is the basis on which you and your supervisor(s) agree to work together, and agreement on the proposal is a requirement in our group before you can officially begin your thesis. It is not set in stone, but based on experience, having a clear basis to work from will make everybody’s life easier. Second, it is your work plan for the rest of your thesis. The thesis work has to be feasible within the length of time allotted by the MSc program you are in, and a clear proposal can be used to judge whether there will be sufficient time before you start - thereby avoiding issues later. If your first one or two sub-questions (see below) relate to literature review and/or establishing what methods to use, you need to have made a first stab at answering them in order to produce a credible proposal that you can use as a project plan.

Research

My group’s research is on the global transition to a 100% clean and renewable energy system. This includes designing future energy systems that are able to work with high shares of variable renewable electricity. A prerequisite for this is understanding the spatiotemporal variability of renewable generation and demand. But to develop a truly sustainable energy system it is also necessary to consider trade-offs between the energy transition and other concerns such as biodiversity protection. → More on my research areas.

Overview

Our working policy.

MSc theses

I regularly supervise MSc theses. You can see the currently available topics here. If you have an idea for a project of your own, you can get in touch, though my capacity to supervise is normally limited to topics that are directly related to the research areas of my group (see research topics).

Current PhD students and postdocs

Alumni