Job opportunity: Research Assistant at EfD
Deadline to apply: may 23, 2025
The Initiative of Environmental Economics for Development (EfD) invites you to apply for a position of Research Assistant (Research Assistant).
General description: EfD is a unit of the School of Business, Economics, and Law of the University of Gothenburg, and leads a global network of centers for research in environmental economics, mainly in the Global South. Its mission is to strengthen the capacity in environmental economics to support processes of formulation of public policies aimed at poverty reduction and sustainable development.
The Research Assistant will work closely with the coordination of the collaborative programs and the research manager of EfD Global Hub, supporting the management of programs, research projects and funding applications.
Main responsibilities:
- Support the management and monitoring of research projects of EfD.
- Assist in the planning, documentation and reporting of collaborative programs.
- Monitor results of external projects and funding applications.
- Organize meetings, workshops, and support the logistics of the annual meeting of the EfD.
- To help in the collection, analysis and visualization of data for research projects and proposals.
- Contribute to the communication of research and policy at the website, social networks and other media.
Requirements:
- Master’s degree in Economics with specialization in environment or development.
- Demonstrable experience in project management, especially in administrative matters.
- Good analytical skills, supported by jobs’s degree or scientific publications.
- Working knowledge of Stata or R.
- Excellent command of English, both written and oral.
More information and application: see the full announcement here: