PhD Student

International Society for Industrial Ecology; Bilbao; Presencial; EUR 30.000 - 40.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading research institute in Bilbao is seeking a Research Assistant for a project focusing on environmental sustainability indicators. The candidate will work on extending the Strong Environmental Sustainability Index and computing the Monetary Environmental Sustainability Gap. This role offers a chance to gain expertise in environmental-economic accounting and collaborate with international institutions.

Formación

• Knowledge of environmental-economic accounting.
• Experience in developing environmental sustainability metrics.

Responsabilidades

• Participate in projects developing environmental sustainability metrics.
• Extend coverage of the Strong Environmental Sustainability Index.
• Compute the Monetary Environmental Sustainability Gap.

Descripción del empleo

PhD position on Beyond-GDP environmental sustainability indicators

The Basque Centre for Climate Change (BC3) is opening a competitive call for applications for one Research Assistant position to work on issues related to environmental sustainability indicators. The selected person will take part in different projects aimed at developing novel environmental sustainability metrics based on the Environmental Sustainability Gap (ESGAP) framework.

In particular, the research in BC3 implies extending the country coverage of the Strong Environmental Sustainability Index (SESI) and computing the Monetary Environmental Sustainability Gap (M-ESGAP) of European countries. To that end the candidate will acquire knowledge on environmental-economic accounting to compute composite indicators that consider (1) environmental limits across a variety of topics and (2) options and investment needed to reach environmental sustainability in the future. The research will be conducted at BC3 and in collaboration with other international research institutions.