PhD Fellowship in Environmental & Energy Economics, Germany

The initial three-year contract can be extended by additional two years. The regular working time will be half of a full position (currently 19.9 hours per week). Salary will be according to the appropriate civil service level (13 TV-L). TV level 13 (Entgeltgruppe 13) is the tariff that doctoral students in engineering, computer science and applied math (high-demand occupations) qualify for. For a single person this means a gross salary of about €3.110 per month for a 39.83 hour workweek, according to the website HERE.

The place of work is Oldenburg, Germany.

The candidate will work in the project “sub-global climate policy and carbon leakage” headed by Prof. Dr. Christoph Böhringer focusing on the environmental and economic impact analysis of sub-global climate policy design.

More about the Centre for Transnational Studies

ZenTra, the Centre for Transnational Studies, is a research incubator where professors and senior staff from Germany’s Northwestern universities of Bremen and Oldenburg carry out projects in the areas of social sciences in a broad sense. Researchers from political and legal sciences, sociology, business and economics as well as other social sciences are actively building a research space, together with leaders of junior research groups that are recruited at national and international levels. ZenTra is focused on having internationally visible interdisciplinary research projects on the topic of transnational studies.

This research is necessary because modern societies are increasingly formed by social, economic and legal relations that dissolve the traditional boundaries of nation states. Markets have outgrown systems of national regulation and international policy coordination. Transnational corporations and other cross-border organizations and networks interact in new patterns and set new standards of governance. Transnational migration, mobility and IT-driven communication change mindsets and public discourses. Contagion in financial crises, climate change and other critical developments reveal an interdependence of modern societies through uncoordinated transnational action that requires new institutional responses.

Eligibility

The ideal candidate is expected to

• have an excellent degree in economics
• have excellent knowledge in microeconomics and environmental economics
• be markedly interested in doing research on climate policy using simulation models (partial or computable general equilibrium models)

Center for Transnational Studies offers a stimulating interdisciplinary research environment and sound academic supervision of the dissertation work.

As the University of Oldenburg intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In case of equal personal aptitudes and qualification disabled persons will be given priority.

Application

Please send your complete application documents in PDF format by November 30, 2012 by e-mail to Mrs. Catharina Müller  a catharina.mueller@uni-oldenburg.de. Application and travel expenses can not be refunded.

For more information see the original website HERE. For more information about previous fellows, see the website HERE.