Job Opportunities

Postdoctoral Position: Environment & Energy Economics

Deadline to apply: may 9, 2025

The Department of Economics at the Geneva Graduate Institute invites you to apply for a position of Postdoctoral Fellow in Economics of the Environment and Energy, in the framework of a project funded by the Swiss National Science (SNSF).

General description: The successful candidate(a) selected(a) will work under the supervision of professor Imelda, joining a research environment dynamic in the Department of International Economics of the Institute. This position offers an excellent opportunity for strengthening the academic career, participate in research, high-impact and collaborate with researchers of international stature.

Details:

  • Type of contract: One year, renewable up to three years (September 2025 – August 2028).
  • Activity rate: 75%.
  • Start date: September 1, 2025.
  • Place: Geneva, Switzerland.

Requirements:

  • Phd in Economics, preferably in energy economics, environmental economics or spatial economics.
  • History of promising publications.
  • Excellent communication skills in oral and written English.
  • Solid skills in econometrics.
  • Ideally, knowledge of data analysis tools and coding as ArcGIS/QGIS, Stata, R, Matlab or Python.

What gives the position:

  • Mentoring and collaboration in research projects.
  • Terms of salary under the regulations of the SNSF.
  • Participation in seminars, workshops and high-level conferences organized by the institute.
  • Opportunity to interact with international organizations based in Geneva (UN, WTO, World Bank, ILO).
  • Possibility of receiving support to apply for other scholarships of the SNSF.

More information and application: see the full announcement and apply through the following link: https://erecruit.graduateinstitute.ch/recrutement/?page=advertisement_display&id=605&lng=en

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Job Opportunities

Post-doctoral Study: Water Resources in Africa

The Collaborative Program on Natural Capital (NatCap), funded by the Swedish International Development Cooperation (SIDA) and supported by the Environment for Development (EfD), invites applications for a position as postdoctoral fellow in the Research Unit on Environmental Policies (EPRU) University of Cape Town, south Africa.

The goal of this position is to develop an agenda of interaction between research and policy in the areas of water resources, biodiversity and ecosystem services in the whole of Africa. It offers a unique opportunity for african researchers in the beginnings of their career to participate in research, high-impact collaborations in the field of policies within a centre EfD in an african country.

General description of the position

Postdoctoral fellow:

  • Lead research initiatives and policies on water resources, biodiversity and ecosystem services in sub-saharan Africa.
  • Collaborate with a center EfD (Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Tanzania or Uganda).
  • Will engage with policy makers and stakeholders to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and applicable policies.
  • You will be welcomed in the center EfD Uganda, where it will work in close collaboration with the coordinator NatCap of EPRU-EfD south Africa and the makers theme.

Research topics

🔹 Water systems

  • Impacts of climate change on the water supply and the resilience.
  • Inequality in the access to and the conservation of water resources.
  • Water management in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGS).
  • Infrastructure development fair, pricing and demand management of water.

🔹 Biodiversity and ecosystem services

  • Assessment and integration of ecosystem services into decision making.
  • Role of ecosystem services in sustainable agriculture.
  • Land-use planning and habitat restoration.
  • Links between ecosystem services and the management of water resources.

Eligibility criteria

✅ Phd in economics or a related field (obtained in the last 5 years).

African nationality or permanent residence.

✅ Solid skills quantitative research, analytical, and conceptual.

✅ Excellent communication skills both written and verbal in English.

Application process

Interested candidates should send:

📌 Cover letter describing interests and qualifications.

📌 CV detailed.

📌 Research statement (max 2 pages) in line with the objectives of NatCap.

📌 Contact details of two reference persons.

Deadline: 18 march 2025, at 17:00, south Africa standard time (SAST).

📩 Send requests to felicity.downes@uct.ac.za.

For any query, please contact Prof. Amin Karimu in amin.karimu@uct.ac.za.

🌍 Join us to promote research and policy solutions for impact on water systems and biodiversity of Africa!

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Academic Opportunities

New Academic Opportunity: Environmental Economics

Are you a phd student or post-doctoral researchers interested in the economics and environmental resources? This opportunity is for you!

📅 Summer school EAERE 2025

📍 Castle of Seggau near Graz, Austria

📆 7 to 13 June 2025

🎯 Theme: ‘The design of international agreements on the environment: drivers and barriers to success’

👩🏫 Learn from experts of world-class environmental economics and global governance, with lectures from renowned teachers of Bocconi, Graz, Kassel, Valencia and many more.

📌 Why participate?

✅ Lectures of leading experts

✅ Methodologies, cutting-edge: theoretical models, experiments, and simulations

✅ Accommodation in a castle with full board 🍽️🏰

✅ Networking with researchers from all over the world

✅ Participation certificate 📜

💰 Cost: 440 EUR (includes accommodation in a double room and full board). Option of single room is available for a fee.

🎓 Scholarships available for those who need financial assistance.

📩 Apply before march 7, 2025 sending a single PDF with the required documents eaere-summer-school@uni-graz.at

🔗 More details at the web page of EAERE. Don’t miss this amazing opportunity of learning and networking! 🌱✨

#EAERE2025 #EconomíaMedioambiental #Research #Sustainability #OportunidadAcadémica

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Events

¡Series of Webinars EfD 2025!

We are pleased to announce the start of the Series of Webinars EfD 2025, a space of academic exchange where we will explore key research in economics and environmental resources.

To kick off the year, we have the presentation of a study on Vietnam by Dr. Bui Bich Xuan, a leading researcher in economics in fisheries and marine conservation.

📢 Upcoming Webinar

📌 Title: Factors that affect the compliance of the fisheries management based on rights in Vietnam
📅 Date: February 26, 2025
⏰ Time: 1 PM CET
📍 Platform: Zoom

🎙️ About the Speaker

The Dr. Bui Bich Xuan is a teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Nha Trang. He obtained his Ph.D. in Economics with an emphasis in Economics and Environmental Resources at UiT-The Arctic University of Norway in 2017. His work focuses on the economics and management of fisheries and aquaculture, conservation of marine biodiversity and sustainable production.

🔹 Participation in our webinars is absolutely free of charge.
🔹 Invite your network and do not miss this interesting discussion.
🔹 The recordings will be available in the channel of YouTube of EfD.

What are you waiting for!

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Academic Opportunities

Research Fellowships in Sustainability: Spain

Are you a researcher highly-motivated and passionate about sustainable transformation and the points of inflection positive in the Global South? 🌱🔬 The Carolina Foundation, in collaboration with professor Laura Pereira, offering scholarships and grants to researchers iberoamerican of different academic levels and fields related to the Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development.

🎓 Scholarships available:

✅ Scholarships for master’s, phd and post-doctoral researchers

✅ Mobility grants for teachers

✅ All fields of research aligned with the objectives of sustainability and development

📅 Deadline:

📌 March 12, 2025: scholarships graduate and institutional

📌 April 3, 2025: other modalities

📍 Location: Spain 🇪🇸

💡 If you’re interested or you know someone who might be pregnant, do not hesitate to get in touch with us! This is an amazing opportunity to advance your research in an academic setting of the first level. 🌎✨

🔗 It asks for your place now, and part of the change! 🚀

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Webinar

Webinar: natural disasters and their impact in Colombia.

🌍📢 Don’t miss this exciting webinar! 📢🌍

Presented by the Bank of the Republic , and the Technological University of Bolívar, this event will count with the participation of Jhorland Ayala as a speaker and Aaron Espinosa as a moderator. 🏛️📖

🔎 Topic: The impact of natural disasters in Colombia 🌪️🌊🔥

📅 Wednesday, February 12
🕔 5:00 p. m.
📺 Live stream here: 🔗 YouTube Live

Oh come with us and discover how these events affect our country! 💡🇨🇴

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Job Opportunities

Position at the University of the Andes: Department of Economics 

The Department of Economics of the University of the Andes invited to submit applications for two positions of assistant professor, with the possibility of obtaining ownership, which will begin in the fall semester of 2025. Candidates must demonstrate potential for outstanding in the academic field and have obtained a phd degree before the start date of the contract or shortly after. Entries are welcome from individuals working in any field of economics.

Information: https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/listing.php?JOE_ID=2024-02_111474983

Deadline for applications: November 20, 2024.

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Job Opportunities

Position at Yale University: School of Environment

The School of Environment of Yale has opened a vacancy for a position as an environmental economist and resources, with the possibility of getting tenure. Candidates must have a phd in economics, applied economics, agricultural economics or an interdisciplinary phd with evidence of a solid training in economics at phd-level or similar.

Information: https://apply.interfolio.com/155122

Application deadline: December 2, 2024 23:59, est.

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Academic Opportunities

UCD Ad Astra PhD: Disaster Risk & Climate Adaptation

Project leader: Dr. Ronan McDermott (ronan.mcdermott@ucd.ie)

Deadline: Thursday, November 7, 2024

The Centre for Humanitarian Action (UCD CHA) of the Faculty of Agriculture and

Food science of the University of Dublin is pleased to offer a phd scholarship Ad Astra fully funded on a related topic

with the intersection of governance and the fields of disaster risk reduction and/or the

adaptation to climate change. Areas of research may include the assessment of vulnerability and risk, risk perception, on the part of stakeholders and the role of the government and humanitarian actors in disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. This scholarship supports cross-disciplinary projects that incorporate empirical research is substantial.

The UCD CHA offers a collaborative environment and global approach, with strong alliances, particularly with partners from the Global South, which deals with humanitarian issues critical as resilience in the face of the crisis, the localized help and gender-based violence. The researchers will participate in projects of great impact that contribute to sustainable solutions and driven at the local level to the global challenges more pressing. For more information, see our web page.

The selected candidate will perform a doctorate at the Centre of Humanitarian Action of the UCD under the

supervision of Dr. Ronan McDermott, from January of 2025.

The scholarship will provide:

  • Tuition fees up to the amount corresponding to the rate for students not belonging to the EU;
  • A one-year scholarship of 22 000 €; and
  • An annual budget of € 4000 for expenses related to research, as the data collection,
  • attendance at conferences, etc.
  • The scholarship has a maximum duration of four years, renewable each year if the progress is satisfactory.
  • The scholarship is only available to full-time.
  • Application process:
  • Requests should be sent to Dr. Ronan McDermott (ronan.mcdermott@ucd.ie) before the end of the day 7
  • of
  • November 2024 with the subject ‘Application for phd scholarship Ad Astra’ and the
  • name of the candidate.
  • Applications must include the following documents in PDF format:
  • A cover letter (one page maximum) in the statement setting out the reasons for the interest in the scholarship and the theme
  • research;
  • A brief research proposal (1000 to 1500 words maximum) should include: a statement
  • the area of interest proposal within the overall theme of the disaster risk reduction and adaptation to climate
  • ; a brief review of the literature which point to the jobs that could be based on the proposed approach
  • ; and a brief description of the proposed methodology;
  • Copies of all academic records. If you are currently enrolled in a master’s program and still not
  • features of the final grade, you need to include all the records up to date;
  • CV or curriculum vitae;
  • The names and contact details of two academic references; and
  • Test of English language proficiency (in the case of applicants whose first language is not English and
  • Have NOT obtained college degrees prior to a university in an English-speaking country).
  • Click the link below for more information: Requirements of English
  • The presentation of the records of original and other documents will be an
  • requirement for the granting final for a place in the program.
  • You may also be asked to perform a personal interview, or online as part of the application process.
  • Specific questions about the phd scholarship and the application process may be addressed to the
  • Dr. Ronan McDermott.
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News

Special Issue: Political Economy of Clean Air

Economics of the Environment and Development

Deadline for paper submission: march 31, 2025

Guest editors: Jorge Alexander Bonilla (Universidad de Los Andes); Rohini Support (School of Economics, Delhi)

Economics of the Environment and Development you want to publish a special issue on the political economy of transitions to a clean air. The number will be released by Jorge Bonilla, of the University of The Andes, and Rohini

Support from the School of Economics, Delhi.

The journal Economics of the environment and development are invited to submit papers for a special issue focused on the political economy of transitions to a clean air. This issue, edited by Jorge Bonilla, of the University of The Andes, and Rohini Support, of the School of Economics, Delhi, aims to explore policy approaches to improve urban air quality, especially in regions of the global south that are urbanizing rapidly.

🌍 Context and purpose

While many cities around the world are faced with poor air quality, the challenges faced by urban centers in rapid growth in the global South are different. Issues such as weak governance and limited resources tend to hinder the transition to cleaner fuels and an efficient public transportation, even when these changes improve the well-being. This special issue aims to create a corpus of knowledge on the policy and institutional factors that influence the success or failure of policies in these contexts.

The special issue will collect case studies that analyze political reforms specific, successful or not, by examining the political economy of the formulation and implementation of policies. Your goal is to answer questions such as:

Why are some policies that improve the well-being applied more easily in certain cities than others?

What types of transfer agreements can facilitate the change?

📝 Guidelines for the submission

Deadline: Send the articles prior to march 31, 2025.

Shipping process: We recommend sending the items with in advance, since they will be processed as they are received. All items shipped will be subject to the standard review process in function of its quality and relevance to the special issue.

How to submit articles: articles should be submitted on-line through: https://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/ede. During the first step of the shipping process, in the field ‘special issue’, the authors must select ‘clean Air’. The authors must also indicate in your cover letter that the manuscript is for the special issue, ‘The political economy of transitions to a clean air’.

Format: articles may be qualitative or a combination of qualitative and quantitative research. Each article should focus on a case study of a policy or concrete reform related to the quality of urban air.

For more details, refer to the Instructions for contributors, or contact the guest editors:

Jorge Alexander Bonilla, Universidad de Los Andes: jobonill@uniandes.edu.co

Rohini Support, Delhi School of Economics: rohini@econdse.org

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