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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Up to 3 PhD </span>
<span style="font-family:Arial" class="">students</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">are</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">sought</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">work</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">areas</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">climate</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">environmental</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">policy</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">decision</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">making</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">under</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> (</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">deep</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">)
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">uncertainty</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">/</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">or</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">complex</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">socio</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">-</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">technical</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> (</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">or</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">socio</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">-</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">ecological</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">)
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">systems</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">at</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">University</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Waterloo</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Ontario</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Canada</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">This</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">work</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">is</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">support</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">methodological</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">research</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">on</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">anticipating</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">low</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">-</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">probability</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">high</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">-</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">impact</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">events</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">supported</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">by</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Natural</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Sciences</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Engineering</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Research</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Council</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">There</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">is</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">flexibility</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">on</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">home</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">department</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">depending</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">on</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">interests</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">experience</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> (</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">students</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">can</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">earn</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">their</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">PhD</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Systems</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Design</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Engineering</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">or</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">an</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">appropriate</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">department</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">the</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Faculty</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Environment</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">).
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Canadian</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">citizens</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">permanent</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">residents</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">as</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">well</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">as</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">women</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">are</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">especially</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">encouraged</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">apply</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.<span class=""></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Complex</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">systems</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">whether</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">engineered</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">or</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">natural</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">function</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">at</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">multiple</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">levels</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">and</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">have</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">many</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">moving</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">parts</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Within</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">such</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">systems</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">there</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">are</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">multiple</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">opportunities</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">for</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">things</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> ‘</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">go</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">wrong</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">’ –
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">potentially</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">simultaneously</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Such</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">scenarios</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> ‘</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">perfect</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">storms</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">’
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">have</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">low</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">likelihood</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">according</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">probability</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">theory;</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">however</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">internal</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">feedback</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">mechanisms</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">in</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">complex</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">systems</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">may</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">encourage</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">cascading</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">failures</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">making</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">perfect</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">storms</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">more</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">frequent</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">than</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">probabilities</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">suggest</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">In</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">this</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">methodological</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">research</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">program</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">,
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">system</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">theoretic</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">approach</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">es
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">will</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">be</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">developed</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""> and applied
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">to</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">anticipate responses of</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">socio-technical or socio-ecological</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">
</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">systems to environmental and socio-economic stressors</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">. Potential application areas include energy planning, environmental management, water management, and related
topics.<span class=""></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Students will use methods for quantitative policy analysis (e.g. benefit-cost analysis, multi-criteria decision analysis) and complex systems (e.g. Bayesian networks, cross-impact balances) to advance
analytical techniques for risk and policy analysis. The Faculty of Environment, as well as the Department of Systems Design Engineering, provide vibrant environments for interdisciplinary learning, teaching, and research.<span class=""></span></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Students with quantitative backgrounds (mathematics, physics, engineering, information science, computational social science) are especially desired. Desirable backgrounds also include environmental
studies or geography. </span><span style="font-family: Arial;" class="">Students should have an interest in interdisciplinary research with strong analytical skills (quantitative and/or qualitative, depending on the position) and an interest in mixed methods.
Students should have strong writing skills and the ability to work independently or collaboratively.</span><span style="font-family:Arial" class=""><span class=""></span></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:Arial" class="">Students would be expected to start in the fall of 2018. Before completing an application for PhD study at the University of Waterloo, expressions of interest should be sent to Dr. Vanessa Schweizer (</span><u class=""><span style="font-family:Arial;color:rgb(17,85,204)" class=""><a href="mailto:vschweiz@uwaterloo.ca" class="">vschweiz@uwaterloo.ca</a>)</span></u><span style="font-family:Arial" class="">.</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:Arial" class=""><span class=""></span></span></p>
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