This position will focus on the quantitative analysis of mitigation policies under uncertainty about future mitigation technologies and climate change. The successful candidate will develop a stochastic energy-economy-climate model of intermediate complexity building on existing modelling frameworks such as the MIND and ReMIND modelling suites operated in our Research Domain.
Research tasks:
Development of a stochastic energy-economy-climate model with intermediate resolution of the energy sector and coarse resolution of the macro-economic production process.
Analysis of mitigation policy under uncertainty with a focus on technology uncertainty in cost-effectiveness frameworks.
Desired skills:
Expertise in macro economics and cost-benefit analysis.
Strong experience in the application of mathematical and numerical methods. Skills in stochastic programming are helpful.
The model development will be conducted in close cooperation with Prof. Dr. Hermann Held, Chair Sustainability & Global Change, University of Hamburg – KlimaCampus Hamburg. The successful candidate is expected to travel to Hamburg several times per year.
Salary and benefits are according to a public service position in Germany (E13 TV-L).
For further information, please contact Dr. Elmar Kriegler (Email: kriegler [at] pik-potsdam.de, Ph.: +49 (0)331 288 2616) or Prof. Dr. Hermann Held (Email: hermann.held [at] zmaw.de, Ph.: +49 (0)40 428 38 70 07).
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