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This is NTNU NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus in professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim. At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 43,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world. You will find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here. Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_KHQjc4ndas&t=41s About the position The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering (IBM) has a vacancy for a PhD Candidate on Impacts of Interdependent Multi-Hazards on Transport Systems (four-year position). As part of the interdisciplinary STRIDE initiative, this PhD project addresses the critical challenge of how converging climate-driven multi-hazards, such as intense storms, floods, and water-induced landslides, interact with acute security threats like targeted sabotage across transport networks. Current hazard assessments remain largely siloed and static, failing to capture the non-linear, compounding feedback loops that occur when natural risks and human intelligence threats overlap. In STRIDE you will develop a hybrid multi-hazard framework that bridges physics-based simulations with data-driven statistical and machine learning approaches. Your work will pioneer spatiotemporal fragility functions to quantify how multi-hazard disruptions propagate along critical transport corridors. Are you motivated to take a step towards a doctorate in STRIDE and open up exciting career opportunities? As a PhD Candidate with us, you will work to achieve your doctorate, and at the same time gain valuable experience that qualifies you for a further career in higher education and research, in and outside academia. Your immediate leader will be the Head of Department. About the project How do we build a society that is resilient to crises, attacks, and unexpected shocks? A More Resilient Society is a major strategic initiative at NTNU that requires interdisciplinari