[voew-listserver] Post-doc and PhD-positions at DIW/PIK
- From: Bernd Siebenhüner <bernd.siebenhuener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2006 09:51:06 +0200
Dear All
For the project "Mainstreaming climate risks and opportunities in the financial sector" the University of Potsdam and the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin) are looking for one PostDoc and four Ph.D. Students.
Information can be found below and under
http://www.uni-potsdam.de/climate-mainstreaming/
Best regards,
Armin Haas
Based on the needs of German financial service providers, this project will seek to assist in mainstreaming the management of climate risks both in the assessment of businesses and in asset management. You will have the opportunity to apply your sound professional skills to a socially relevant field in an interdisciplinary setting.
This project is a joint research effort undertaken by the University of Potsdam
in cooperation with the NGO Germanwatch, the German Institute for Economic
Research (DIW Berlin), the Wuppertal Institute for Climate, Environment and
Energy, the Potsdam-Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK), and the
European Climate Forum (ECF). The project is scheduled to last for three years.
The following positions are to be filled as soon as possible:
PostDoc
Economics/Business Administration/Statistics/Applied Mathematics
(Pay scale: IIa BAT-O)
Id-Nr. cj/07/05
You are familiar with risk management in theory and practise and would enjoy the challenge of improving and applying non-orthodox techniques. You are competent and interested in doing research regarding theoretical basics; e.g., de Finetti's theorem. You would enjoy taking over some executive functions within the research project.
Ph.D. Student
Economics/Business Administration
(Pay scale: IIa 1/2 BAT-O)
Id-Nr. cj/07/01
You are familiar with risk management in theory and practise and are fascinated by mainstreaming Bayesian risk management in the financial sector.
Ph.D. Student
Economics/Statistics/Applied Mathematics
( Pay scale: IIa 1/2 BAT-O)
Id-Nr. cj/07/02
You would enjoy the challenge of improving non-orthodox techniques of risk management based on a sound understanding of their theoretical basics, e.g., de Finetti's theorem.
Ph.D. Student
Economics/Statistics/Applied Mathematics
(Pay scale: IIa 1/2 BAT-W)
Id-Nr. cj/07/03
You have mastered the standard techniques of time series analysis and enjoy working with data. In close collaboration with your colleagues, you would improve and apply techniques of Bayesian risk management.
Ph.D. student
Economics/Sociology/Psychology/Empirical Social Research
(Pay scale: IIa 1/2 BAT-O)
Id-Nr. cj/07/04
You have sound expertise in empirical social research and would enjoy
organising focus groups. Moreover, you would enjoy developing and using online
markets for assessing expectations.
We expect that you are willing to travel, demonstrate written and verbal
fluency in English (English applies to all positions, German to positions
Id-Nr. cj/07/01, cj/07/04 and cj/07/05), enjoy mathematics and computers, are
able to work professionally in a team, and have the ability to work
independently. Additionally you hold a university degree (Masters level or
equivalent), and, for position Id-Nr. cj/07/05 a doctorate. All positions are
limited initially to one year with the possibility of extension to a further
two years.
The University of Potsdam is striving to increase the percentage of female
employees in all fields and encourages applications from female candidates.
Applicants with special abilities will be given preference in the case of equal
qualifications.
Interested candidates are asked to submit concise application materials,
including CV, publication list (when applicable), ID-Nr., two or three
references, and other relevant information, to:
Dr. Armin Haas
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Telegrafenberg A31
D-14473 Potsdam
Germany
Submission deadline: August 25, 2006
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Prof. Dr. Bernd Siebenhüner
Juniorprofessor für Ökologische Ökonomie
Forschungsgruppe GELENA
Carl-von-Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Fakultät 2: Informatik, Wirtschafts- und Rechtswissenschaften
26111 Oldenburg
Tel: 0441/798-4366
Fax: 0441/798--4379
Email: bernd.siebenhuener@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
URL: www.uni-oldenburg.de/ecoeco
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