Research Officer
Research

 

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Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

 

Research Officer (Environmental preferences and behaviour)

 

Salary from £35,999 to £43,360 pa, inclusive of London Allowance

 

 

This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year

 

 

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at LSE are pleased to invite applications to the above post, which is a postdoctoral research position at the level of Research Officer. The successful candidate will work on a NERC-funded multi-disciplinary and multi-centre project examining exposure to air pollution in the UK entitled “APEx: An Air Pollution Exposure model to integrate protection of vulnerable groups into the UK Clean Air Programme”.

 

The appointee will be expected to play an active intellectual role in the life of the Institute, including collaborating with other research programmes, and with staff at other universities. We are looking for individuals who are excited about communicating their research to decisions makers.

 

Candidates are expected to have, or be about to complete, a PhD in Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics or a related field. Candidates should also have a research interest in the environmental preferences and behaviour of individuals. They should have a strong technical background in quantitative techniques for eliciting individual preferences including survey design and Discrete Choice Experiments. Additional quantitative skills including micro-econometrics and program evaluation are desirable. Excellent and proficient IT skills, including creation and development of databases and advanced statistical software (e.g. Stata, R), or scientific computation (e.g. Matlab) are also essential.

 

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave 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.

 

To apply for this post, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/LSEJobs. 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 Ginny Pavey, Institute Manager, at v.pavey@lse.ac.uk

 

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 7th April (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.

 

 
 

LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university

 

 

Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment

 

Research Officer (Environmental preferences and behaviour)

 

Salary from £35,999 to £43,360 pa, inclusive of London Allowance

 

 

This is a fixed term appointment for 1 year

 

 

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) at LSE are pleased to invite applications to the above post, which is a postdoctoral research position at the level of Research Officer. The successful candidate will work on a NERC-funded multi-disciplinary and multi-centre project examining exposure to air pollution in the UK entitled “APEx: An Air Pollution Exposure model to integrate protection of vulnerable groups into the UK Clean Air Programme”.

 

The appointee will be expected to play an active intellectual role in the life of the Institute, including collaborating with other research programmes, and with staff at other universities. We are looking for individuals who are excited about communicating their research to decisions makers.

 

Candidates are expected to have, or be about to complete, a PhD in Environmental Economics, Applied Econometrics, Economics or a related field. Candidates should also have a research interest in the environmental preferences and behaviour of individuals. They should have a strong technical background in quantitative techniques for eliciting individual preferences including survey design and Discrete Choice Experiments. Additional quantitative skills including micro-econometrics and program evaluation are desirable. Excellent and proficient IT skills, including creation and development of databases and advanced statistical software (e.g. Stata, R), or scientific computation (e.g. Matlab) are also essential.

 

We offer an occupational pension scheme, generous annual leave 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.

 

To apply for this post, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/LSEJobs. 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 Ginny Pavey, Institute Manager, at v.pavey@lse.ac.uk

 

The closing date for receipt of applications is Sunday 7th April (23.59 UK time). Regrettably, we are unable to accept any late applications.