Cornell’s School of Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE) invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in the area of risk as related to infrastructure and the environment. We are seeking an individual who is innovating the theory and practice of risk, resilience, and sustainability in the face of climate change…
Assistant Research Professor, Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Penn State
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…
Evaluating the economic impact of water scarcity in a changing world
Flannery Dolan, Jonathan Lamontagne, Robert Link, Mohamad Hejazi, Patrick Reed & Jae Edmonds DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22194-0 Abstract: Water scarcity is dynamic and complex, emerging from the combined influences of climate change, basin-level water resources, and managed systems’ adaptive capacities. Beyond geophysical stressors and responses, it is critical to also consider how multi-sector,…
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…
Exploratory modeling for analyzing coupled human-natural systems under uncertainty (2020)
CITATION: Moallemi, E. A., Kwakkel, J., de Haan, F. & Bryan, B. A. Exploratory modeling for analyzing coupled human-natural systems under uncertainty. Global Environ. Change 102186, 102186, doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2020.102186 (2020). ABSTRACT: Modeling is a crucial approach for understanding the past and exploring the future of coupled human-natural systems. However, uncertainty in…
The Resilience of Inter-basin Transfers to Severe Droughts With Changing Spatial Characteristics (2020)
Murgatroyd, A., & Hall, J. W. (2020). The resilience of inter-basin transfers to severe droughts with changing spatial characteristics. Frontiers in Environmental Science, DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fenvs.2020.571647 Abstract:Faced with the prospect of climate change and growing demands for water, water resources managers are increasingly examining the potential for inter-basin water transfers to alleviate…
Neglecting uncertainties biases house-elevation decisions to manage riverine flood risks (2020)
Zarekarizi, M., Srikrishnan, V. & Keller, K. Neglecting uncertainties biases house-elevation decisions to manage riverine flood risks. Nat Commun 11, 5361 (2020). DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-19188-9 AbstractHomeowners around the world elevate houses to manage flood risks. Deciding how high to elevate a house poses a nontrivial decision problem. The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)…