PhD Student (4 years)
Center for International Climate and
Environmental Research Oslo (CICERO) has an
open position for a PhD student in the Norwegian
Research Council funded project Quantifying the
global socio-economic and policy drivers for
Brazils contribution to global warming.
The project will link a global input-output model
(113 regions and 57 sectors) of the world economy
to climate relevant emissions and land-use change
to a simple climate model. The systematic
inclusion of land-use change and regional
variations in climate effects of emissions of
different gases and aerosols will be core
components of the project. The focus will be to
quantify the global and regional socio-economic
drivers linking product consumption at the global
level with regional emissions and contributions to global warming.
The PhD component of the project will focus on
the different climate effects of regional
emissions at the sector level (e.g., agriculture
versus manufacturing at different geographic
locations including relevant emissions in the
supply chain). A global 3-D chemical transport
model will be used to analyze the region and
sector differences to be incorporated into a
simple climate model. The regionalized simple
climate model will be linked with a global
input-output model to quantify the linkages
between product consumption and global warming by
region and sector. The PhD will focus on the
chemistry and climate aspects, but will also work
closely on consistently linking the system from
product consumption through to global warming.
The PhD project will extend CICEROs existing
expertise in chemical transport modeling, simple
climate models, climate metrics, and
multi-regional input-output analysis. While the
project is focused on Brazil, the framework will
be applicable at the global level.
The PhD student should have a relevant degree and
a strong background in quantitative modeling,
preferably climate related. Since the project
spans from simple economic models through to
climate models, the student should have broad
interests and the ability to quickly adjust to
new fields. Knowledge of life-cycle assessment or
input-output analysis is an advantage, but not essential.
* Salary: Salary for PhD Students starts at
wage scale (Ltr.) 45 (NOK 355 600,- per year).
* Pension: The Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
* Holidays: 5 weeks (according the Annual Holiday Act)
* CICERO is an equal opportunity employer (IA).
Contact information: Glen Peters,
<mailto:[email protected]>[email protected]
(only e-mail in the period December 14th January 5th).
For the period January 5th January 15th 2010, phone: (+47) 22 85 87 80.
Please send in your application electronically on
our web site. Please download your CV,
transcripts and cover letter. Deadline: 15 January 2009.
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