Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

We offer:

• Opportunity to shape your academic profile on a long-term basis;
• Develop your own research and teaching agenda;
• Working in a dedicated team at one of the best places to teach and research on environmental and research economics;
• Collaborative research with international scholars;
• Opportunity to tackle key global challenges, especially climate change.
• A qualification to habilitation or equivalent will be supported.

You should have:

• PhD in economics (close to completing to be finished by the time of employment) with experience in environmental, resource or climate change economics, game theory and/or theory of optimal taxation; alternatively a PhD in related fields such as mathematics and physics with a background in economic modeling;
• a record in analytical and/or numerical modeling and/or empirical methods;
• publication track-record in renowned peer-reviewed international journals;
• teaching experience and previous acquisition of third-party funding is an advantage;
• very good command of English, both written and spoken (comparable to C1, a formal proof is not necessary)
• good knowledge of German (B2 level) is an asset

The successful candidate will be located at Christian-Albrechts-Universität Kiel, joining the chair of environmental and resource economics at the institute for economics, and work with Ulrike Kornek. The chair’s research focuses on climate change economics, policy instrument and institution modeling as well as applying game theory to understand incentives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The methods include analytical and numerical integrated assessment modeling as well as empirical data analysis. The chair will conduct collaborative research with scholars from national and international institutes, e.g. the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Paris School of Economics and ETH Zurich. Please see Ulrike Korneks website for further references: https://www.eree.uni-kiel.de/de

At the chair you can conduct independent research in environmental and resource economics. You will profit from the strong research activities at Kiel’s institutes as well as the international network of the chair, with the possibility for research stays. In addition you can teach, develop and implement classes and seminars. Application of third-party funding and the supervision of bachelor- and master students are desirable. The preparation of a habilitation is possible. Research topics such as the following are ideal, but the position is not limited to these areas: climate policy instrument and institution design; incentives for global public good provision; inequality, redistribution and the environment; climate change governance. Ideal tools are analytical and/or numerical modeling and/or empirical methods within: cost-benefit analysis; game theory; optimal taxation; integrated assessment modeling; agent-based modeling; policy instrument analysis.

The University of Kiel is a modern and equal opportunity employer. We encourage applications independent of age, gender as well as cultural and social background, religion, disabilities or sexual orientation. We support equality of genders.

Kiel University aims to strenghtend the share of female employees in research and teaching and especially encourages women to apply. Female applicants will be treated with priority if their qualifications and achievements are equal to those of male applicants.

The University of Kiel has an equal opportunities policy for persons with recognized disabilities. Disabled persons with the necessary qualifications will therefore be given priority.

Applications by people with a migration background are particularly welcomed.

For application, please send an e-mail with your electronic application by Oktober 15th 2025 to

re2-sekretariat@economics.uni-kiel.de.

Please attach the following in one single pdf file:

• Motivation letter with research and teaching statement
• Curriculum Vitae, mentioning one or two academic references that can be contacted
• One representative academic paper
• Copies of relevant certificates

Please refrain from submitting application photos.

Applications that arrive via mail will be destroyed after the position has been filled. They will not be sent back.

Interviews will take place in October and November, virtually if necessary. For questions please contact Prof. Dr. Ulrike Kornek, kornek@economics.uni-kiel.de.

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