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Centre for Economic Transition Expertise

Research Fellow (Economic and Fiscal Policy)

Salary from £53,949 to £62,160 pa inclusive with potential to progress to £69,073 pa inclusive of London allowance

Funding is available to support this position for two years.

The Global School of Sustainability has established a new Centre for Economic Transition Expertise (CETEx), focused on leveraging, strengthening and amplifying research, and developing well targeted policy analysis and other outputs, by convening policymakers, and by providing technical support, assistance and capacity-building to central banks and finance ministries. This new centre will support the reforms necessary to deliver sustainable, inclusive and resilient economies and financial systems around the world.

CETEx is seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work within the Economic and Fiscal Policy pillar of the centre, contributing to programmes focused on the role of fiscal and economic policymakers in the transition to low carbon, resilient, sustainable economies. The post holder will work on a range of research projects related to the fiscal and industrial strategy implications of climate change and a green transition and will coordinate with colleagues to disseminate their findings and ensure that their research outputs inform policy debates and decisions.

Candidates will have a PhD (or working towards completion of a PhD) in environmental economics, finance, geography or closely related fields. They should have demonstrated experience researching fiscal or industrial policy related to climate change mitigation, advanced quantitative research skills (e.g. using Stata, R, Python or MatLab), a track record of high-quality research publications on climate policy, and experience of working with fiscal and economic policymakers.

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave, hybrid working, and excellent training and development opportunities.

For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.

If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email gri.hr@lse.ac.uk  

The closing date for receipt of applications is 18 August 2026 (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.