Two full-time, non-tenure track, faculty position are available at The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, to join the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute in the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences. The successful candidate will become part of a transdisciplinary research group analyzing strategies to manage climate risks. The position…
Senior Climate Change Specialist – The World Bank
The ideal candidate would be someone with strong climate/energy modeling skills (e.g., IPCC SSP/RCP modeling, 2050 Pathways) with policy relevant analytical work, demonstrated by publications and experience with policy dialogue. Experience in using large scenario databases and methodologies (e.g., robust decision-making, scenario elicitation techniques) are a plus. Native fluency in an official Indian language…
Four PhD positions on hyper heuristics, climate policy, and fairness at TUDelft
Four PhD positions on hyper heuristics, climate policy, and fairness are available at the new Hippo DAI Lab at TU Delft: Hyper-heuristic Optimization for Fair Public Policy Design Supporting Climate Change Deliberations via Artificial Intelligence Interpretable AI Techniques for Heuristic Search and Optimization of Climate Change Policies Decision Support for…
Early-career academic job opportunity in scenario planning and strategic foresight at Strathclyde University, Glasgow, UK
The Department of Management Science has a vibrant intellectual culture and our academic staff have a strong record of both publication and generating funding through research and knowledge exchange activities. Our teaching portfolio includes an undergraduate principal subject in the BA in the Strathclyde Business School as well as our…
PhD position: Economic analysis of coastal adaptation decisions
The Global Climate Forum (GCF) is a non-profit research institute based in Berlin that brings together representatives of different parties concerned with climate change including energy industries, insurances, policy-makers, environmental NGOs, and scientists in order to carry out joint studies that support climate mitigation and adaptation policies. The Research Process…
Four tenure-track positions at the Josef Korbel School – University of Denver
The Josef Korbel School at the University of Denver is searching for four tenure-track positions at the Assistant Professor level, one in public policy focused on inequality (broadly construed), and three in international studies open to a variety of subfields, including security (broadly construed), development and its alternatives, sustainability, and methods. We are eager for innovative…
Research Fellow in Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty
The School of Earth and Environment at the University of Leeds invites applications for a postdoctoral research fellow in Decision Making under Deep Uncertainty You will participate in a six-year EPSRC-funded research project, Multi-Actor Adaptive Decision Making (MAADM). MAADM aims to understand how to make better decisions to transform infrastructure…
Assistant Professor in Digitalized sustainable energy
The Department of Technology, Policy and Society (TPS) at the University of Twente (UT) invites applications for 5 Assistant Professor positions, all at the crossroads of social sciences and digitalization. Notably, there is a position of Assistant Professor in “Digitalized sustainable energy” focusing on the governance of decentralized multi-actor energy…
Postdoctoral Scholar Risk- and Decision Analysis to Inform Flood-Risk Management at The Pennsylvania State University
The Earth and Environmental Systems Institute (EESI) at The Pennsylvania State University invites applications for a Postdoctoral Scholar position focusing on the analysis of flood risks and strategies to manage these risks. The successful candidate will join a transdisciplinary research team supported by funding from sponsors such as The Department…
Young Graduate Trainee for Agent-based Modelling of Future Complex Systems in Space
Opportunities are open until 15 December 2019 and are available in engineering, science, IT, natural/social science, business and administration services. The Young Graduate Trainee (YGT) programme offers a one-year experience at ESA and is a launch pad for many exciting opportunities in aerospace, research institutes or in international organisations such…