Faculty of Engineering
Research project description
I am seeking fully funded PhD. students to join my new research group in the Department of Systems Design Engineering, starting September 2026. I am looking for highly motivated students with strong computational and quantitative backgrounds.
Fields of research
- Quantitative analysis and modelling of climate migration
- Resilient and just disaster management
- Modelling and analyzing coupled natural-human systems
- Quantitative analysis of social/collective decision-making and social tipping involving climate/weather/climate cha
Qualifications and ideal student profile
Prospective graduate student researchers must meet or exceed the minimum admission requirements for the programs connected to this opportunity. Visit the program pages using the links on this page to learn more about minimum admission requirements. In addition to minimum requirements, the research supervisor is looking for the following qualifications and student profile.
- Ideal candidate should hold a Bachelor's degree in System Engineering, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Complex Systems Science, Physics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field.
- Priority will be given to those with research experience in system modeling, agent-based modeling, network theory, causal discovery, and geospatial data analysis in the proposed topics as well as experience in handling climatic/hydrological data.
Faculty researcher and supervisor
- Woi Sok Oh
Associate Professor, Department of Systems Design Engineering
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Graduate programs connected to this project
Important dates
Modeling and analyzing human-environment interplays is accepting expressions of interest for intake in the fall 2026 term.