Postdoctoral Research Assistant in Systems and Engineering Design for the Circular Economy

We are seeking a full-time Postdoctoral Research Assistant to join Circular Economy and Sustainability Lab at the Department of Engineering Science (central Oxford). The post is funded by UKRI and is fixed-term to 29 June 2028 with the possibility of an extension.
The Research Assistant will join the Circular Electrical and Electronics Programme, which was established in 2024 and is funded by Dr Lucia Corsini's UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship (£1.56m), on "Tackling Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment" in order to develop systems and engineering design solutions to enable a Circular Economy for Electrical and Electronic Equipment (EEE).
We are supported by over 24 national and international partners that represent stakeholders from across the EEE value chain, including brands, producers, retailers, waste management services, compliances schemes, trade associates, local authority and policy makers, technology and waste tracking companies, waste non-profit organisations and eco-design consultancies.
Together, we seek to enable a low-carbon Circular Economy for EEE in the UK that reduces the mining of rare, expensive and critical minerals. The long-term vision is to make the UK the first country in the world to eliminate WEEE through effective reduce, reuse, repair, remanufacturing, recycling and recovery of EEE.
You will be responsible for conducting a Material Flow Analysis and Life-Cycle Assessment of WEEE; establishing circular material, component, product and system-level design guidelines, and developing and testing solutions with industry to improve the reuse, repair, remanufacture and recycling of EEE; identifying potential applications and demonstrator projects for emerging and digital technologies to support the reuse, repair, remanufacturing, and recycling of EEE.