Research assistant position, Inter-American Development Bank, Climate and Sustainable Development Sector

Job description

  • Work with senior researcher (Allen Blackman) on microeconomic analysis of environmental, natural resource, and climate change issues in Latin America and the Caribbean
  • Position begins spring-early summer 2024
  • One-year term with possibility of extension for a second year
  • Full-time (~40 hours per week)

 

Criteria

· Required

o   Master’s degree in environmental economics or related field

o   Significant coursework and experience in econometrics

14 March 2024

Senior Program Specialist - IDRC, Montevideo

If you are looking for a career opportunity, want to give meaning to your professional achievements and contribute to making the world a better place by playing a part in international development, and are passionate about managing a portfolio of distinct project initiatives (PI), the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) is the place for you!

IDRC is home to people who share a passion for international development research. We look for employees who believe that knowledge and innovation can help solve the world’s most critical challenges.

19 February 2024

PhD Scholarship in Sustainable Climate Policy - Carbon Pricing Instruments

A full-time PhD studentship to start in September 2024 at the Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. Studentships include a tuition fee waiver and an annual stipend. The School also offers a research support allowance to cover conferences,  courses, fieldwork, or other academic activities. In addition, full-time scholarship holders are normally offered an opportunity to undertake paid teaching support each academic year.

This Scholarship is on the topic

 "Sustainable climate policy: Economic, social and environmental dimensions of carbon pricing instruments".

16 February 2024

Project Coordinator, Environmental Policy Research Unit (EPRU) School of Economics, Cape Town

The Environmental Economics Policy Research Unit (EPRU) is a collaborative association of academic researchers specialising in environmental and natural resource issues. Members of EPRU include eleven researchers, 6 postdoctoral fellows and 14 PhD students, based in the School of Economics at the University of Cape Town. The unit is the South African centre of an international network, the Environment for Development initiative (EfD) and receives its core funding from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida) as well as research funding from a variety of sources.

29 January 2024

Lecturer/ Assistant Professor in Environmental Economics and Policy, UCD School of Architecture, Planning and Environmental Policy

Applications are invited for a permanent Lecturer/Assistant Professor post in Environmental Economics and Policy.  This is a permanent position.  Applicants must have a PhD in environmental economics and policy; a commitment to evidence-based research and a high-quality publication record; a strong quantitative research and teaching ability; a capacity for graduate student supervision; a commitment to high-quality university-level teaching; an enthusiasm for working collaboratively in an interdisciplinary context to promote policy impact; a team player with excellent interpersonal skills; a

11 January 2024

Postdoc in policy instrument evaluation at MCC in Berlin

MCC is searching for a new postdoc in policy instrument evaluation. Solving the climate crisis requires the brightest minds. If you enjoy working in a very collaborative, supportive, and international team, you crave to understand what climate policies work, when, and why, and you feel that policy should be informed by the best available scientific evidence - then you may want to apply for this position in MCC’s Applied Sustainability Science (APSIS) group!

Here is the job description.

20 December 2023