University of Exeter

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This full-time post is available immediately on a fixed-term basis for two years with The Land, Environment, Economics and Policy (LEEP) Institute.

We are seeking a colleague excited by the prospect of using economic methods, analysis and tools to address the major environmental challenges facing humanity in the 21st Century including: climate change; biodiversity loss; the trade-offs between land use, food and the environment across any ecosystem; environment related welfare and distribution challenges; and many others. We are looking for colleagues to add to, extend or complement innovative interdisciplinary research bringing economic analysis together with natural, physical, and social science to develop and apply data driven solutions to challenges in integrated environment-economy modelling, environmental valuation, biodiversity economics, environmental economic regulation and mechanism design, agricultural and environmental economics, applied environmental econometrics, spatial and dynamic environmental economic analyses, trade and the environment, environmental resource management, natural capital accounting, sustainability and related decision making.

We are recruiting for a 2-year fixed term Postdoctoral Research Associate/Fellow. Here candidates should have a Ph.D. (or nearing completion) or have such study already in hand and should show evidence or promise of significant scholarship, high quality publications, teaching capacity, and ability to attract research grants.

The LEEP Institute within the Department of Economics, University of Exeter Business School is an internationally acclaimed, highly interdisciplinary research institute using economic methods to address the major environmental, economic and wellbeing challenges facing humanity.

LEEP is a thriving research institute with over 50 members which maintains partnerships with leading researchers and institutes worldwide. It has a reputation for innovative interdisciplinary research bringing economic analysis together with natural, physical, and social science to develop and apply data driven solutions to challenges in integrated environment-economy modelling, environmental valuation, biodiversity economics, environmental resource management, natural capital accounting, sustainability and related decision making.

Alongside its international academic profile, LEEP also has an extremely strong track record of working with government and business delivering substantial real-world impact in terms of enhancing the incorporation of the environment within decision making.

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For further information please contact the LEEP Institute on leep@exeter.ac.uk.