Apply as a Postdoctoral Associate in Yale School of the Environment

Application Deadline: December 10, 2023

Yale School of the Environment is inviting applications for a Postdoctoral associate position available in natural resource economics- Scaling up measurement of natural capital and developing uses of natural capital accounts. The successful candidate will be joining Dr. Fenichel’s research group as a post-doctoral associate and help develop measures of natural capital and the policy use cases for natural capital accounts and other environmental-economic statistics.

The successful candidate will contribute to research on one or more of the following:

• Approaches to measuring and valuing stocks of natural capital and developing techniques to do so repeatedly and at scale. (e.g., for species, forests, wetlands, soil – exact topics TBD with candidate)
• Green or sustainability accounting.
• Theoretical and empirical uses of natural capital accounts or other environmental-economic statistics in policy analysis. (for example, in uses beyond benefit-cost analysis – exact topics TBD with candidate).

The individual filling this role will collaborate with faculty to develop original research. Yale has access to many large data sets and cloud computing options, and it is expected that this position will engage with those data resources.The position is expected to last 1-2 years.

Eligibility

• PhD with a focus on Natural Resource & Environmental Economics, Economic Measurement, or closely related areas
• Knowledge of economic dynamics or capital theory
• Strong programming capabilities
• The group is working mostly in R and python these days
• Abilities in econometrics or applied statistics
• Knowledge and interest in ecological and economic systems
• Ability to conduct independent and collaborative research
• Strong English language writing and communication

Requirements

• Experience with non-market valuation techniques
• Understanding of national accounts preferred 
• High performance or cloud computing experience
• Experience with large data sets, including spatial data, administrative data, and consumer data

Application Details

• A cover letter describing interests and skills as related to the job description
• A CV
• A link to a public code repository or a one-page description of a computational project he/she/they has engaged in outside of a class
• The contact information for three references
• A copy (or link to) the candidate’s Job Market Paper

The complete application should be sent in, as a single pdf, to el**********@ya**.edu" title="">Eli Fenichel, el**********@ya**.edu.  Also, check here for recent publications.