Supply Chain Management

Study how urban energy, material and population flows change over decades and centuries in Patrick Roberts’s Department of Coevolution of Land Use and Urbanization. Research connects supply-chain vulnerabilities and land-use impacts with historical, archaeological and environmental evidence. The Jena fellowship lasts three years; full time is standard and a minimum 75% appointment can be requested. This vacancy belongs to the September 2026 Max Planck Postdoc Program call, which accepts applications until 13 October 2026 at 12:00 CEST through the official application platform.

Support project-development studies for electrochemical ultra-long-duration energy storage in the UK. Proposals should assess technology and engineering design, costs, markets, manufacture, supply chains and a development plan for systems supplying grid power for at least 100 continuous hours with a working life of at least 25 years. Phase 1 requests must be £350,000–£700,000 for projects lasting three to nine months, starting by 1 January 2027 and ending by 30 September 2027. The competition is open and closes on 30 September 2026 at 11:00 UK time. The £3 million headline figure is the total competition budget, not an individual award.