In the past, graduate research training groups have been successfully established and carried out at HFT Stuttgart in cooperation with universities (e.g. under the names CI-NERGY, Windy Cities, or ENRes). While a graduate research training group provides a thematic framework for interdisciplinary research projects, the doctoral candidates themselves are responsible for organizing their own research and setting their own priorities. The Graduate School at HFT actively promotes a regular, structured exchange between doctoral candidates and regular status updates between main supervisors and doctoral candidates.
With the award of the right to award doctorates, HFT Stuttgart has launched its first graduate research training group on the topic of "Technologies for the sustainable, energy-efficient and resource-saving design of resilient living spaces" as part of the HIRE project.
The doctoral programme's overall approach is to develop technologies for the 'digital twin' of the city. The design of urban spaces as complex, dynamically changing systems requires the development of digital tools and technologies. The focus is on the collection, processing and interpretation of large amounts of urban data and on the analysis and prediction of urban conditions such as noise and heat pollution derived from this data. The methods developed will contribute to decision-making.
Six PhD students and one post-doctoral researcher are investigating the following key questions:
How can digital tools support the design of high-quality, resource-efficient, liveable and resilient public living spaces?
How can interdisciplinary research approaches be used to answer this question in a way that creates added value for society?
The keyword 'interdisciplinary' describes the essence of this doctoral programme. It aims to deliver robust individual research performance while facilitating networking across different disciplines. This allows scientific questions to be examined from a variety of angles, which in turn stimulates the generation of new ideas.
Collaboration is encouraged within the research group, e.g. through joint seminars or an annual Summer School.
If you have any questions about the graduate research training group or scientific exchange, please contact the research coordinator, Dr. Svetlana Valger. If you are interested in a doctorate in the above-mentioned subject areas, please take a look at our job market or contact the Graduate School of the HFT Stuttgart. We currently have no vacancies in the Graduate Research Training Group.
| Name & Position | E-Mail & Telephone | |
|---|---|---|
| Academic staff member/Researcher | +49 711 8926 2320 | 344 |
