Apply for a Postdoctoral Position in Climate Economics

Application Deadline: 11 May, 2022

The University of Graz Field of Excellence “Climate Change and Sustainable Transformation” is inviting applications for a highly attractive research and teaching environment, with world leading faculty across the relevant disciplines involved from its schools of social sciences and economics, natural sciences, environmental sciences, and the humanities. The selected candidate will become a member of one of the leading research groups on the economics of climate change, covering impacts, adaptation and mitigation. He/She will work on highly relevant topics in an international environment and contribute to solving key challenges in adaptation to and mitigation of climate change.

Duties/Responsibilities

Further development, maintenance and open access documentation of the Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) models of the Economics of Climate and Environmental Change (EconClim) research group at the Wegener Center for Climate and Global Change; Coordination of and responsibility for CGE model versions
Engagement in the international modelling community to further strengthen visibility
Collaboration and task lead in research projects with regard to economic modelling and introduction of young scientists to modelling as well as quality assurance
Research in the field of economics of climate and environmental change, especially in climate change adaptation and mitigation
Collaboration in and, if necessary, management of research projects of the centre; if necessary, participation in the application process for the acquisition of third-party funding.
Cooperation with the established research groups at the Wegener Center as well as with the Field of Excellence “Climate Change and Sustainable Transformation”.
(Co-)supervision of students in the context of bachelor’s or master’s theses and dissertations
Teaching in the bachelor and master programs for the programs of environmental systems sciences and economics in German and English (max. 4 semester hours per week)
Participation in organisational and administrative tasks as well as in evaluation

Eligibility

Doctorate/ Ph.D. in economics or environmental systems science with a focus on economics.
International publications in climate/energy or environmental economics and in computable general equilibrium modelling
Several years of experience in own model development, simulation and interpretation of multi-regional, multi-sectoral CGE models
Experience and practical knowledge in interdisciplinary modelling collaboration
Research experience in large-scale projects (such as EU FP7, Horizon2020)
Software skills in and experience with GAMS/MPSGE (required), as well as Git, R, Python (desirable).
Experience in model intercomparison initiatives (such as Energy Modeling Forum or ISI-MIP) (desirable)
Experience in the exchange with stakeholders and with the transfer of stakeholder knowledge into quantitative modelling (desirable)
Experience in teaching and/or supervision of students (desirable

Requirements

Very good knowledge of German and English (level C1)
Fluency in written and spoken English and experience with scientific publishing in English
Independent, self-reliant work style, quality awareness and innovative spirit
Communication skills, organizational and teamwork skills
Leadership and motivation skills in a team and enjoying working with people in an internationally oriented work environment