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Europa-Universität Flensburg

Europa-Universität Flensburg
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112623
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50 % (19,35 h)
EG 13 TV-L
01.10.2026
2026-08-02

In general full-time positions are divisible.

Professional contact:
Prof. Dr. Bernd Möller
bernd.moeller(at)uni-flensburg.de

Administratrive contact:
Inken Alsen
bewerbung(at)uni-flensburg.de

We offer:

  • An appreciative and collegial working environment
  • Secure salary based on collective agreement
  • Flexible working hours, including mobile work option
  • Company pension plan
  • Options to balance work/family life
  • Professional training opportunities
  • Free language courses at EUF
  • Reduced rates at the university sports center
  • Reduced fares for local public transport (Job Ticket)

Europa-Universität Flensburg has an immediate job opening for the following position

Research associate (m/f/d) in the research project 'SPLASH'

to be filled on a temporary basis until September 30, 2027, in the research project 'Flexible Power-to-Heat in Municipal Swimming Pools for the Integration of Renewable Energies in Schleswig-Holstein (SPLASH)'.

The project is called “Flexible Power-to-Heat in Municipal Swimming Pools for Renewable Energy Integration in Schleswig-Holstein (SPLASH).” This project, funded by the Gesellschaft für Energie- und Klimaschutz Schleswig-Holstein (EKSH), explores the potential of over 180 municipal swimming pools in the state of Schleswig-Holstein to act as "thermal batteries" through power to heat (PtH). The duration of the research project is one year starting from October 2026.

Duties:

The successful candidate will oversee the project's strategic direction and supervise four dedicated Master’s theses covering the following work packages but not limited to:

  • Data Acquisition & Profiling: Developing energy baselines and load profiles for SH pools using publicly available databases, survey and interview.
  • Willingness assessment: Conducting operator willingness surveys to determine the feasibility of PtH integration.
  • Technical Assessment: Evaluating current heating demand, storage capacity and heating technologies.
  • Geospatial modelling: For analysing the proximity of swimming pools to local wind/solar farms and existing grid constraints.
  • Energy system modelling: To assess the viability to reduce RE curtailment through using swimming pools as energy storage.
  • Strategic Roadmap: Synthesizing findings to quantify environmental and economic benefits and creating a state-wide roadmap for implementation, focusing on industrial-scale heat pumps
  • The candidate will also be responsible for documentation, reporting and scientific publications for the project collaborating with master students and research coordinators.

Your profile:

  • Academic Background: Master’s degree in Sustainable Energy Systems, Energy Engineering, or an interdisciplinary field combining engineering and social sciences.
  • Technical Expertise: Strong understanding of sector coupling (Power-to-Heat) and thermal storage systems.
  • Analytical Skills: Experience in data mining, survey design, geospatial analysis (GIS) and energy system modelling and optimisation, preferably using Python and python libraries.

Preferred:

  • Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills for conducting interviews with pool operators and collaborating with SH grid operators.
  • Language: Excellent command in English equitation to C1 and good command in German equivalent to B1.
  • Reporting: The candidate must be able to collaborate with multiple research to prepare research articles in English and able to analyse survey and interview data in German.
  • Motivation: A deep commitment to solving regional energy challenges and advancing Schleswig-Holstein’s climate goals
  • Pathway to qualification: an interest in transitioning to a PhD would be highly welcomed.

Europa-Universität Flensburg seeks to promote employee diversity with respect to the trajectories and competencies of its staff. We explicitly welcome applications from persons with a migration background. Severely disabled applicants with adequate qualifications will be given preference. The university also strives to obtain a balanced gender ratio in all occupational groups.

EUF expressly renounces the use of CV photographs and kindly asks applicants to refrain from providing one.

We look forward to receiving your application via our online application portal