Contract - Climate change policy and governance

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change 

Venice, Italy

Closing date: 31st March 2014.

Description

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change announce a job opening for motivated and talented researchers on climate change policy and governance. FEEM is a leading research institute on sustainable development (www.feem.it) and CMCC is a research institution that manages and promotes scientific and applied activities in the field of international climate change research (www.cmcc.it).

The selected applicant will join the activities of the project “International Center for Climate Governance” (www.iccgov.org). He/she will be involved in the management of the ICCG Observatories focused on the following aspects of climate change governance: 

- the role of institutions, interests, and alternative models of governance for the control of climate change; 

- the evaluation of climate and energy policies at international, European and national level; 

- best practices tackling climate change. 

FEEM and CMCC offer an interdisciplinary workplace and have strong ties to a worldwide network of research institutions engaged in environmental research.

The selected applicant is expected to begin his/her assignment in late Spring 2014. The initial appointment is for 12 months and can be renewed. Gross salary will be competitive with other top European research and academic institutions. The researcher will be based at the FEEM/CMCC premises in Venice.

Contrato - Doctores en contabilidad

Universidad Pública de Navarra

Pamplona, España

Descripción 

Se buscan Doctores en Contabilidad que quieran desarrollar su carrera académica en una Universidad Española.

Los candidados podrán formar parte de un grupo de investigación así como participar de las tareas docentes propias del área de Contabilidad.

PostDoc - General equilibrium modelling and resource economics and policy

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei and Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change

Milan and Venice, Italy

Deadline date: 11th December 2013.

Description

Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM, a leading research institute on sustainable development - www.feem.it) and the Euro-Mediterranean Center on Climate Change (CMCC, a research institution that manages and promotes scientific and applied activities in the field of international climate change research – www.cmcc.it) aim to recruiting motivated and talented researchers to cover one open position on climate change and sustainable development economics.

The selected applicant will join the FEEM Research Programme on Climate Change and Sustainable Development (CCSD), or the CMCC Research Division on Climate Impacts and Policy (CIP). These research branches carry out high level research on climate change economics, climate change integrated assessment modelling, climate change policy and governance, climate-related innovation and technological change, natural hazards and extreme climate-related events, management of natural resources, sustainability and growth beyond GDP.

Requirements

Applicants should have a PhD in economics and/or past proven experience, both with a focus on applied general equilibrium modelling and resource economics and policy. Applications from PhD candidates who are close to its completion are accepted. Experience in conducting applied economic research using empirical and numerical methods is required. The selected applicant will join a project focusing on policies for resource efficiency. 

This project involves analysis of policy mixes to decouple resource use from growth, using a computable general equilibrium modelling approach. The main tasks of the selected candidate will be to: (i) contribute to numerical modelling of policy mixes in a general equilibrium framework; (ii) compile a review of the theoretical predictions of general equilibrium models regarding selected policy mixes; and (iii) provide a qualitative assessment of relevant socioeconomic implications, not reflected in the models. 

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PostDoc - University assistant in Economics

University of Vienna 

Vienna, Austria

Description

The Economics Department at the University of Vienna invites applications for a position at the assistant professor level (University Assistant) in the following field: Applied Economics. 

The department is seeking to strengthen its profile in research areas analyzing empirical data using statistical and econometric techniques. The University of Vienna is an equal opportunity employer and aims at increasing the number of female faculty members. Therefore, it particularly encourages qualified women to apply. 

Requirements

Applicants should have completed (or should be close to completing) a PhD in Economics. Knowledge of German is an asset, but not required. Good level in English

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