Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs (SIPA) invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Economics to begin in July 2016 (or as soon thereafter as possible). We are particularly interested in candidates working in environmental economics, sustainable development or development economics. 

The successful candidate will contribute to teaching and intellectual leadership in the SIPA curriculum at the master’s level and advise Ph.D. students of the interdisciplinary Sustainable Development Ph.D. program.  

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The Department of Economics at the University of San Francisco invites applications for a tenure-track position in the field of International/Open Economy Macroeconomics, broadly defined, at the Assistant Professor level beginning in August 2016, pending approval and funding. Preference is for a supplementary field and/or applied research in Economic History, Trade, Econometrics, Financial Economics, or Political Economy. The USF Economics Department offers an undergraduate Economics major, an MA in Economics, and an MS in International & Development Economics (IDEC).

Application Deadline: 12/1/2015
Position Start Date: Available immediately

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Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Economists until the age of 35 (born 1980 or later) are invited to apply for this award by submitting up to three published or unpublished papers in the field of global economic affairs, and specifically pertaining to the following areas:

• International Trade and FDI
• Knowledge Creation and Growth
• Poverty Reduction, Equity and Development
• Environmental Policy
• Reforming the Welfare Society
• Labour Market Policy
• Monetary Policy
• Financial Markets and Macroeconomic Activity
• Behavioural Economics

Submission of a paper does not preclude publication in the standard outlets. Submitted papers may include coauthored papers. The aim of the Excellence Award is to build a community of the brightest young researchers in the area of global economic affairs. Submitted papers will be evaluated by a jury. The top contestants will be granted the “Excellence Award in Global Economic Affairs” at a prize-giving ceremony at the Kiel Institute. In addition, they will receive a Research Fellowship at the Kiel Institute, entitling them to a research visit to the Institute, all expenses paid. Research Fellows will receive research support, access to the Institute’s Virtual Research Communities and the opportunity to participate in the Institute’s research projects and events. There are four named Research Fellowships: the “Horst Siebert Fellowship”, the “Porsche Fellowship”, the “Landeshauptstadt Kiel Fellowship” and the “Birke Hospitality Fellowship”. Further information is provided on the Excellence Award website. Staff members of the Kiel Institute and of the sponsoring organizations are not eligible for the fellowship. Papers should be submitted as email attachment to kristina.sander@ifw-kiel.de together with a CV that includes the birth date. The submission deadline is Oct. 31, 2015.

The starting date is August 1^st, 2016, or upon mutual agreement.

The successful candidate will be a member of the Department of Economics at HEC Lausanne. Our department aims at hiring first-rate international researchers.

Applicants must hold a PhD in economics with a specialization in Development Economics (both Micro or Macro). Preference will be given to candidates with a confirmed capacity to publish in leading academic journals and with solid experience in university-level teaching. The rank of appointment will be determined by the candidate’s publication record and academic experience.

The successful candidate will be expected to be able to teach in French after two years. A detailed job description and the electronic application form are available at: www.hec.unil.ch.

Applications must be submitted online using the above link until December 1^st, 2015 (11.59 pm local time). Please fill in the electronic application form, including the names and addresses of three references maximum, and upload your curriculum vitae, a cover letter and samples of your scholarly work via the same site. Candidates should indicate in their cover letter whether they will be available for interviews at the January 2016 AEA Meeting in San Francisco.

Additional information can be obtained from Professor Olivier Cadot () or Professor Dominic Rohner ().

Seeking to promote a balanced representation of men and women among its academic staff, the University encourages women to apply.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is inviting applications that address specific challenges defined in the grant programs below. For details and application instructions, please visit the new Grand Challenges website. Please note that descriptions of the challenges will soon be available on the website in Chinese, French, Portuguese and Spanish.

1) Grand Challenges Explorations is seeking innovative global health and development solutions and is now accepting proposals for its latest application round. Applicants can be at any experience level; in any discipline; and from any organization, including colleges and universities, government laboratories, research institutions, non-profit organizations, and for-profit companies. Initial grants will be US $100,000 each, and projects showing promise will have the opportunity to receive additional funding of up to US $1 million.

Proposals are being accepted online until November 11, 2015 for the following challenges:

• Novel Approaches to Characterizing and Tracking the Global Burden of Antimicrobial Resistance
• Explore New Solutions in Global Health Priority Areas
• Addressing Newborn and Infant Gut Health Through Bacteriophage-Mediated Microbiome Engineering
• Explore New Ways to Measure Delivery and Use of Digital Financial Services Data

2) New Interventions for Global Health: Vaccine Manufacturing. This challenge focuses on innovations in vaccine manufacturing platforms designed to lower production cost for vaccines that target diseases of great global burden and that are among the most costly to produce with current technologies.

Letters of Intent will be accepted until November 5, 2015. Read more about this grant opportunity here.

3) In addition, the African Academy of Sciences and the New Partnership for African Development have launched Grand Challenges Africa in Nairobi, Kenya. This program joins others within the Grand Challenges family of grant programs supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its partners. Grand Challenges Africa will build on the global success of Grand Challenges programs in India, Brazil, and South Africa, as well as the strong base of Africa Grand Challenges grantees already funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Grand Challenges Canada, and USAID. For more information please visit AAS.

They look forward to receiving innovative ideas from around the world and from all disciplines. If you have a great idea, please apply. If you know someone else who may have a great idea, please forward this message.

Furthermore, as a forum for sharing ideas, pursuing new opportunities and keeping abreast of new developments in the field of global health, The Gates Foundation together with Grand Challenges Canada has set-up a LinkedIn group. All you need to join is a free LinkedIn account – go to Global Health Innovations and click “Join”.

Guided by the belief that every life has equal value, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation works to help all people lead healthy, productive lives.

www.grandchallenges.org

Urbana, IL

The Department of Economics invites applications for a full-time tenure/tenure track position in the field of Macroeconomics and International Economics. The Department offers a Ph.D. degree, a professional Master’s degree (MSPE), and an undergraduate degree (BA). For information about the Department, see www.economics.illinois.edu. Successful candidates are expected to teach effectively at both the undergraduate and graduate levels, establish and maintain an active and independent research program, and provide service to the department, the university and the profession. The salary will be commensurate with the research record and other accomplishments. The target starting date is August 16, 2016.

Closing date: December 1, 2015

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Resources for the Future (RFF) currently has openings for several postdoctoral researchers. RFF’s Postdoctoral Program in Natural Resources and the Environment promotes research and policy analysis in natural resources, energy and the environment. The program is designed to provide unique opportunities for postdoctoral fellows to contribute to projects underway, pursue new lines of inquiry, and participate with RFF fellows and senior fellows in engaging fully with policymakers in Washington, DC.

ABOUT RFF: RFF is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research institution focused on independent economic and quantitative policy analysis in the fields of environment, energy and climate, and natural resources (http://www.rff.org). RFF is committed to scholarly excellence and policy application and offers an outstanding environment for academic publication and high-level communication of research to policy audiences.

JOB DESCRIPTION: Five positions are available:
– Resilience in coastal communities to repeated hurricanes. The project is funded by the National Science Foundation (http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1331399&HistoricalAwards=false) and in addition to working with RFF researchers, the postdoc may have opportunities to collaborate with other researchers on the grant at Johns Hopkins University, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan, George Mason University, and the University of Maryland’s National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC). Depending on expertise and interests, the postdoc may work on (i) agent-based modeling of land and housing markets; (ii) integration of the agent-based model with other team members’ models of storm surge, wind damages and hurricane mitigation choices; (iii) model-based policy analyses of options to alter land use to promote resilience and/or (iv) an empirical investigation of homeowner and business investments in hurricane mitigation options. The position requires strong skills in mathematical programming, including experience with MatLab; expertise in working with spatial data, GIS software, Stata and R; and a demonstrated interest in coastal issues, including topics related to land use and development in coastal areas, extreme weather events, and climate adaptation. In addition, some knowledge and experience with agent-based models is desirable. Candidates should have recently completed a Ph.D. in economics, decision sciences, geography, urban planning, environmental engineering or a related discipline.

– Forest carbon tracking. Funded by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the University of Maryland’s National Socio-Environmental Synthesis Center (SESYNC), this project focuses on using satellite and other remote sensing data to target and evaluate forest conservation/REDD+ policies in Latin America. The postdoc’s main responsibility will be helping to conduct quasi-experimental evaluations of forest conservation policy using remote sensing data. The postdoc will also help refine and disseminate computational web-based decision tools for forest conservation. Candidates should have strong econometrics skills; excellent written communication skills; a demonstrated interest in forest conservation policy, preferably evaluation and/or targeting of such policies; and at least some familiarity with remote sensing, spatial data, and geographic information systems. In addition, Spanish language skills and computer programming (e.g., Matlab, C++, Python) are desirable.

– Ecosystem service valuation and conservation. This position centers on empirical and econometrically focused work on several ecosystem service valuation projects, including global meta-analysis of forest valuation; stated preference research to value ecosystems in the United States; and new research collaboration between RFF and the Environment for Development Centers (EfD) in Chile, Costa Rica, China, Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. The postdoc will participate in all aspects of research, including data collection and analysis, development and estimation of econometric models, and design and organization of workshops. The position requires solid training and skills in applied econometrics as well as experience in Stata and Matlab (or R or GAUSS). Experience with spatial data and GIS is a plus. Candidates should have recently completed a Ph.D. in economics, agricultural and resource economics, or a related field.

– Energy and water modeling of Arizona and the Southwest. This project will design and build an energy flow model of Arizona and surrounding western states. The post doc will lead this project, working at RFF under the leadership of scholars at RFF and Arizona State University (ASU). Funds for occasional travel to ASU will be provided. Principal duties and responsibilities include design and implementation of an energy system model (adaptation of existing models is a possible approach), an algorithm for integration of the energy flow model with a general equilibrium model (integration with an existing computable general equilibrium (CGE) model at RFF or other institutions is a possible approach), a plan for the acquisition and maintenance of raw data inputs, and execution of model simulations as part of a policy or research driven collaboration with scholars at RFF and ASU. The project also requires full documentation of the model and a template for reporting model results. Collaboration in preparation of working papers, journal articles and other written materials is also expected. Candidates must have a strong background in economics and economic modeling. Useful specialized skills could include familiarity with general equilibrium theory, mixed complementary programing, operations research and/or optimization, and energy sector and regulatory knowledge. Programming experience in MATLAB or GAMS is highly relevant and experience with Python, R, Stata, SAS or Analytica is useful.

– Uncertainty quantification for the carbon cycle and policy implications. This project centers on improving the quantification of climate uncertainty to support uncertainty propagation in integrated assessment models. The postdoc will work with RFF fellows to identify the major uncertainties in the carbon cycle, including dynamics of carbon transfers; design an elicitation protocol to enable domain experts to quantify the relevant uncertainties; conduct elicitations; project the uncertainties onto parameters of a carbon cycle model; and draw policy implications. The postdoc will also promote deeper awareness of climate science at RFF by designing a seminar series inviting climate science experts to RFF. The candidate must have a strong background in carbon cycle modeling, high dimensional dependence modeling and policy aspects of climate change.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: All candidates for the above positions should have (i) a PhD completed prior to beginning the postdoc, (ii) excellent written communication skills, (iii) enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research, as well as interest and ability to work with researchers from multiple disciplines, and (iv) ability and desire to collaborate with a team of RFF Research Fellows and Research Assistants.

FURTHER INFORMATION: All positions are for a one-year appointment beginning in fall 2015 and may be renewable for a second year upon satisfactory performance and funding availability. The position provides some support for independent research, including publishing papers from a completed dissertation. RFF offers a competitive salary and employee benefits.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Review of applications will begin August 31, 2015 and continue until the positions are closed. Application materials must be in PDF format and include a cover letter (indicating the position/s you are applying for), CV, transcript, and three letters of reference. All applicants should use the online application process at http://www.rff.org/jobs to submit the cover letter, CV and transcript. For letters of reference, please include candidate name in subject line and email them to . Should you experience any difficulty in applying online, please email  or call Mara Parrish at (202) 328-55053.

RFF is an equal opportunity employers. Women, minorities and veterans are encouraged to apply.

Call status: Open
Application deadline: 16 September 2015, 4pm

BBSRC, NERC and ESRC invite proposals for both research and research translation projects to the second call of the Sustainable Agriculture Research & Innovation Club. Approximately £5M of funding is available for this call, divided between:

• research grants (£3.5M)
• research translation grants (£1.5M)

Guidance about the process for submitting outline research applications and research translation applications are described in the call text (see downloads).

Summary

Researchers may apply for two different funding streams which will support research grants and innvovation grants respectively. Both funding streams will operate concurrently:

• Research proposals which will provide new data and knowledge (research grants – see annex 1 of the call text for specific guidelines)
• Research translation proposals which will support innovative approaches to translating existing research data and knowledge into new tools, technologies and other outcomes that create tangible economic or societal benefits (innovation grants – see annex 2 of the call text for specific guidelines)

1. Applications must fit with the first key challenge of SARIC (predictive capabilities for sustainable agriculture), as described in the call text (see downloads)
2. Applications must fall at the interface or within the remit of BBSRC, NERC and ESRC (see external links)
3. It is likely that the aims of this Club can best be achieved by an interdisciplinary approach. Therefore, we particularly encourage collaborative applications which bring together groups with relevant expertise or experience to move research closer
4. Research projects are typically 3-4 years in duration, but projects up to 5 years will be considered. Research translation projects will typically be 1-2 years in duration, but projects up to 3 years will be considered

Workshop

A workshop for both calls will be held on 1 July 2015 at the Mariott Hotel, Grosvenor Square, London. The workshop will be an opportunity for applicants to:

• understand the SARIC research challenges and assessment process
• meet other potential applicants and form new collaborations
• discuss proposals with representatives from the SARIC steering group, the Club’s company members and the Research Councils

Please register here: www.surveymonkey.com/s/SARIC_launch

Eligibility

Standard RCUK eligibility rules for BBSRC, NERC and ESRC apply to this call.

How to apply

Full guidance can be found in the call text (see downloads). Please note that the research translation call is a single stage process, whereas the research call has two stages.