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With around 3 700 full-time equivalent students, 500 employees and 160 international partner universities, the main subjects of economics and law, and its four departments, the School of Business, Economics and Law offers a unique range. The School also provides unique collaborations with industry and the public sector. The School of Business, Economics and Law is EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA accredited.
The Environment for Development (EfD) is a unit at the School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg. EfD is a global network of environmental economics research centers primarily based in the Global South. The overall objective of EfD is to support poverty alleviation and sustainable development by building environmental economics’ capacity for policy-making processes. EfD has centers hosted by academic institutions in Central America, Chile, China, Colombia, Ethiopia, Ghana, India, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, and Vietnam. More information about EfD can be found on the EfD website: www.environmentfordevelopment.org.
EfD was launched in 2007 by the Environmental Economics Unit at the Department of Economics, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. EfD continues to work in close partnership with the Department of Economics, which has around 100 employees and 800 students. The collaboration is particularly strong with the research groups in environmental, behavioral and development economics.
At EfD in Gothenburg, various environmental economic research projects are conducted. For the FORMAS and FRAM (www.fram.gu.se) funded projects "Incentivize - Improved use of information and taxes to phase out hazardous chemicals in consumer products" and “Recycled plastics - weeding out the toxic chemicals”, we are hiring a research assistant. The latter project covers several countries in Africa.
Job assignments
As a research assistant, you will work with literature searches, systematic reviews, design of surveys, coding and analysis of survey data, writing draft texts for reports and articles, administration and arranging workshops with various stakeholders. You will work closely with the research leader and with other researchers in various projects and countries.
Qualifications
The successful applicant should meet the following requirements:
- A master degree
- Excellent knowledge of English as a working language, both written and oral.
- Good knowledge of database management and statistical analysis
- Good analytical skills, documented in written project / degree project and / or in publications in scientific journals.
Emphasis is also placed on the ability to collaborate with colleagues and external partners and to be able to take own initiatives, organize and work independently.
Merits that are taken into account are:
- A master's degree in economics with a focus on environmental economics
- Previous experience as a research assistant
- Accustomed to working in Stata and R
- Experience from survey based investigations, including choice experiments
- Knowledge of chemical-related problems and instruments
- Good knowledge of Swedish, both written and oral
- Experience of and good ability to collaborate in a multidisciplinary and multicultural environment
- Knowledge of languages other than English that are relevant to EfD (i.e. the languages used in EfD countries)
EfD strives for a team with gender balance and therefore we especially encourage female applicants.
Employment
The employment is a temporary position of one year with an extent of 100% of full time, with placement at Environment for Development (EfD), the School of Business, Economics and Law at the University of Gothenburg in Gothenburg, Sweden. The starting date is as soon as possible.
For further information regarding the position
For further information regarding the position please contact:
Daniel Slunge, project leader, EfD, 0046 31-786 92 05, daniel.slunge@efd.gu.se, or
Gunnar Köhlin, Director of EfD, 0046 31-786 44 26, Gunnar.Kohlin@efd.gu.se
Unions
Union representatives at the University of Gothenburg can be found here: https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande
Application
In order to apply for a position at the University of Gothenburg, you have to register an account in our online recruitment system. It is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure that the application is complete in accordance with the instructions in the job advertisement, and that it is submitted before the deadline. The selection of candidates is made on the basis of the qualifications registered in the application at the last date of application.
Please attach the following in the application:
- Detailed CV, including list and grades of relevant university courses
- List of publications/manuscripts incl. written thesis
- A representative publication (if there are scientific publications)
- Personal letter of no more than two pages
- Three references (name and contact details)
Applications must be received by: 2022-03-16
The University works actively to achieve a working environment with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to its operations.
Salaries are set individually at the University.
In accordance with the National Archives of Sweden’s regulations, the University must archive application documents for two years after the appointment is filled. If you request that your documents are returned, they will be returned to you once the two years have passed. Otherwise, they will be destroyed.
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