Advertiser: Economics and Public Policy Department – Imperial College Business School
Field(s) of specialization: Environmental; Ag. Econ.
Position type(s): Postdoctoral Scholar
Location of job: South Kensington Campus, London SW7 4DE, UK
Degree required: Doctorate
Job start date: Flexible
Job duration: 1 year
Letters of reference required: 2
Target date for applications: 10 Jan 2023
Application deadline: 11 Jan 2023
Posting end date: 11 Jan 2023
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted remotely by video starting January, 2023.
Economics and Public Policy Department, Imperial College London
Postdoctoral Researcher in Climate Economics
Salary from £43,093 to £44,876 p.a. plus benefits
This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year
Imperial College Business School is seeking applications for a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Economics to join a team led by Mirabelle Muûls and Ralf Martin. The post holder will contribute to the newly established Hitachi-Imperial Centre for Decarbonisation and Natural Climate Solutions that will build new quantitative evidence on the economics of decarbonisation.
The Research Economist will play a major role in the design and execution of the project and co-author work. The successful candidate will assist with data preparation, merging, modelling, and analysis and will contribute to co-authored journal quality papers as well as coordinating the work of others as required. The appointee will be based in our Economics & Public Policy department and will be expected to play an active intellectual role in the life of the department and the Hitachi-Imperial Centre, including collaborating with other research projects, and staff in other departments. We are looking for individuals who are excited about communicating their research to decisions makers.
The successful candidate will assist with data preparation, merging, modelling, and analysis and will contribute to co-authored journal quality papers as well as coordinating the work of others as required. The Research Economist will help the team to organise stakeholder meetings and workshops and communicate results to the academic community and the wider public.
The successful candidate should have a PhD (or be under one year to completion from post start date) in either Economics or another quantitative social science discipline. They should also have a research interest in the transition to a zero-carbon economy and in the economic, financial, technical, and behavioural/managerial implementation of decarbonisation solutions. They should have advanced analytical skills in handling and quantitative analysis of large firm-level datasets; and experience in the use of R, STATA and other econometrics software, and experience of execution and write-up of independent research projects.
Visit https://www.imperial.ac.uk/business-school/faculty-research/academic-areas/economics-public-policy/ for information about the Economics and Public Policy department.
We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.
To apply please click here https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs/description/BUS00563/research-associate-climate-economics . For further information about the post, please see the, job description .
For technical issues when applying online please email support.jobs@imperial.ac.uk. Should you require any further details on the role please contact Dr Mirabelle Muûls m.muuls@imperial.ac.uk
The closing date for receipt of applications is the 11th of January 2023. Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.
Application procedure
To apply, visit https://www.imperial.ac.uk/jobs. (See posting for details.)