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The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is hiring an economist to work as part of NOAA’s Chief Economist’s team. The link to the announcement is here: https://www.usajobs.gov/job/788011500. The deadline for applying is May 3. Please share this announcement widely with your networks.
BLM WY is hiring a GS-12 Economist; Open till 4/26. Incentives offered for well qualified candidates
There are two USDA NRCS positions available now.
Dr. Motallebi is recruiting a Ph.D. student to join the Climate-Smart Grown in SC project. This position entails collaborating with an interdisciplinary group of faculty, Extension Associates, and non-profit organizations to investigate the marketability of climate-smart wood products. The most important part of this study will be focused on consumers’ willingness to pay for climate-smart wood products and the wood industry’s willingness to process these products. This study requires a significant amount of interaction and communication with loggers, timber buyers, and forest owners. The specific objectives of the research will be in line with the project and program goals. The student will serve as a Research Assistant for this three-year project.
The Department of Economics at the University of Nevada, Reno seeks a Post-Doctoral candidate for an NSF funded project on divergence/and or convergence of human perceived and instrumented climate change induced impacts. The successful candidate with work with Dilek Uz, Loretta Singletary, Elizabeth Koebele, and Christine Albano.
The future incumbent of this position will establish and oversee programs and policies to improve EPA’s statistical activities and inform Agency decision-making with high quality statistical evidence. The ideal candidate is a statistician with extensive current or former experience that demonstrates leading the successful creation and establishment of statistical programs or research on new methods and techniques. We are open to various specialization and interest areas that candidates may bring, as they will have the opportunity to work on a wide-spanning portfolio,
The Department of Forest Ecosystems and Society (FES) in the College of Forestry at Oregon State University is seeking a recent Ph.D. graduate for a postdoctoral scholar position, starting as early as May/June. The successful candidate will conduct within- and cross-country comparisons of quantitative impact estimates of changes in land use/cover, welfare, and causal mechanisms resulting from land management or development policies/programs that provide land use rights information or livelihood resources. The project spans multiple countries including Brazil, Liberia, and Ghana as well as the U.S. to further our understanding of the changes in resource use behaviors, land use/cover, and local welfare and establish better policy implications. Please visit Dr. Jung’s homepage to learn more about past and current research.
We are recruiting far and wide for a PI-level social scientist to join our small but mighty EPA research team in lovely Narragansett, Rhode Island. The position is open to qualitative or quantitative social scientists.
The Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at Colorado State University seeks a Post-Doctoral candidate for a project related to the impacts of inland flooding, funded by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The Post-Doc will work in collaboration with Jude Bayham, Chris Goemans, Dale Manning, and Jordan Suter to analyze responses to flood risk, information about flood events, and evacuation orders using mobile device location data. The research seeks to quantify impacts on short-run and longer-run economic activity and will include the compilation and analysis of datasets related to the timing, location, and intensity of flood events.
We are delighted to announce the XXV Annual BIOECON Conference, themed “Economic Development, Population Dynamics, and Biodiversity Conservation,” taking place from September 4th to 6th, 2024, at Kings College, Cambridge, United Kingdom.