Assistant Professor in Business Development and Energy Systems

Technical University of Denmark - Department of Engineering Technology

Placed On: 28th November 2025

Closes: 12th December 2025

DTU’s Department of Engineering Technology is seeking a Tenure Track Assistant Professor to join our Business Development section. This is a unique opportunity to establish your academic career while shaping the future of sustainable energy systems and business innovation.

You will join our research section Business Development, where you will have colleagues with a mix of research and industrial experience, working closely with business leaders, policymakers, and industry experts to ensure our findings directly address the pressing challenges faced by businesses today. In our section you will be a part of exploring the interplay between economic sustainability and environmental sustainability, examining how they create new avenues for business growth. In an era where the climate crisis poses significant challenges to organizations, nations, and global leaders, research on the interplay between different facets of sustainable business becomes indispensable.

Responsibilities and qualifications

We are seeking an interdisciplinary researcher and educator to contribute to the economics of digitalization in the energy sector, with a focus on research and teaching in areas such as:

• Business models for sustainability in the energy sector: Evaluate and develop sustainable business models and corporate digital responsibility strategies to support the energy transition.
• Complex systems analysis and modeling: Leverage complexity theory principles and tools such as system dynamics, agent-based modeling, and network analysis to modeling to electricity grids, digitalized energy networks, and socio-technical interactions, integrating regulatory, operational, and economic dimensions.
• Cost-benefit analysis of digital technologies across the energy value chain: Assess the techno-economic impacts of emerging technologies, including AI, cybersecurity, and digital grid solutions, to inform investment and policy decisions.

In this role, you will draw on your expertise in economics, engineering, digitalization, and emerging energy technologies, while contributing to holistic solutions for electricity companies and offshore wind energy projects. In particular, you will have the opportunity to translate cutting-edge research into actionable insights that guide regulators, industry, and policymakers, while contributing to the development of sustainable, digitalized energy systems globally.

Your overall focus will be to strengthen the department’s research and teaching within energy systems to fulfil the increasing demand for academic policy, as well as industrial knowledge within this field and competences across multiple (business/ economics) engineering programs. To do so, you will:

• Advance the research field by identifying knowledge gaps of scientific, academic, and industrial relevance, with an emphasis on digital transformation in energy networks
• Lead and contribute to international, high-visibility research projects through collaborations with industry, regulators, and academic networks
• Develop interdisciplinary workshops and research collaborations with national authorities and energy companies
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses and system dynamics modelling to support decision-making in complex energy systems
• Teach and supervise in multiple BEng - and part time diploma-programmes within the above-mentioned fields
• Co-supervise PhD students
• Actively participate in departmental and section activities, such as meetings, seminars, and conferences
• Initiate, attract funding for, and coordinate research projects

Application procedure

Please submit your online application no later than 12 December 2025 (23:59 Danish time).

Interviews will be conducted in English and the first round interview will start with a short research presentation from the candidate.