Doctoral Researcher - Towards a Paradigm Shift for Real Estate Valuation

The School of Architecture and Environment at the University of the West of England invites applications for a Fully Funded Doctoral Researcher in the MSCA Doctoral Network QUIVAL – Quantum Inspired Valuation of circular real estate.   

Do you want to be part of the circular revolution to rethink the way we value the built environment?  In order to make our cities more circular, we need to fundamentally revisit the way that we define and quantify the value of our built environment. 

Project Overview

This fully-funded doctoral project is part of a Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Doctoral Network, QuiVal, a programme funded by the European Union in the Horizon Europe MSCA-DN programme under grant agreement No 101169048, with the aim to develop a fundamentally new approach to real estate valuation, allowing the sector to rapidly transition towards a more sustainable, low carbon and circular future. QuiVal is a transdisciplinary doctoral training programme across 8 universities and 14 industry partners, and including 13 doctoral candidates who will work, together and separately, to rethink the philosophy, principles and processes of valuation. The programme is co-produced by leading academics and practitioners who are passionate and knowledgeable about the real estate industry and about sustainability. Five objectives have been developed through which to achieve the aim, and each doctoral project will respond to one of these objectives. For an overview of all the vacancies of QuiVal, see here.

PhD Topic Description

The doctoral project at the University of the West England (research project 1c) is part of the response to the first objective, ‘Quantum inspiration and implementation’. The project will explore potential mechanisms for enabling the paradigm shift in real estate valuation. A mixed methods approach is proposed to consider how valuation is influenced by governance, behaviours and structures, through in-depth case studies of valuation practices, expert elicitation on the potential of new tools, data and concepts, and wider surveys of the real estate sector, enabled through the project partners. The project will analyse this data to produce a proposed a theoretical framework through which to consider the (re)construction of valuation within the real estate sector and a set of recommendations for the effective implementation of a new valuation approach through new governance mechanisms and structural changes within the industry. As well as a dissertation, and a number of academic papers, the project will produce an accessible report for real estate professionals.

The doctoral candidate (DC) will spend the majority of the funded three years at the University of the West of England in Bristol, United Kingdom, but will also be funded for two periods on secondment to QuiVal partners, one to industry partner Jones Lang Lasalle in the UK and the other to university partner ETH in Zurich, Switzerland. There will also be significant opportunities for sharing knowledge and fostering discussions with the other 12 DCs, through five workshops and three summer schools. The DCs will work together to collect data and collaborate with stakeholders including a network of industry frontrunners who are partners in the programme, increasing understanding, research impact, and chances of employment in the real estate and related sectors.

For full vacancy information and how to apply, please click on the ‘Apply’ button above for vacancy R07523. 

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