Job Description
Opportunity:
Salford Business School boasts a vibrant international community. We are pioneers in redefining education and its role in shaping the future and world around us. Industry collaborations, knowledge transfer partnerships, research partnerships, international exchanges, student opportunities, outreach activities - these are just some of the ways we connect and work together.
We are seeking an ambitious and highly motivated Postdoctoral Research Fellow to join our research team on sustainable and resilient systems and societies. Theresearcherwill focus on modelling consumer-led flexibility resources (e.g. V2G EVs and batteries) at the sub-grid/community level, with an emphasis on understanding distribution grid challenges and evaluating the impact of incentive mechanisms on both consumers and distribution system operators.
The role:
This role is central to advancing our research on self-sustaining communities, local energy neighbourhoods, and consumer-driven flexibility, building on national initiatives such as Clean Power 2030, Future Energy Scenarios, and Ofgems smart charging and V2X priorities.The role will involve developing and applying advanced modelling frameworks to capture consumer-led flexibility at both distribution and sub-distribution levels.
The researcher will design and run simulation studies to assess the technical and economic impacts of dive...