Postdoctoral position at the Toulouse School of Economics

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The French National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food, and Environment (INRAE) is a major player in research and innovation. It is a community of 12,000 people with 272 research, experimental research, and support units located in 18 regional centres throughout France. Internationally, INRAE is among the top research organisations in the agricultural and food sciences, plant and animal sciences, as well as in ecology and environmental science. It is the world’s leading research organisation specialising in agriculture, food and the environment. INRAE’s goal is to be a key player in the transitions necessary to address major global challenges. Faced with a growing world population, climate change, resource scarcity, and declining biodiversity, the Institute has a major role to play in building solutions and supporting the necessary acceleration of agricultural, food and environmental transitions.

Work environment, missions and activities

Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) is offering an ANR*-funded 2-year postdoctoral position on the CACTEE research project managed by Anouch Missirian. The successful candidate will contribute to one (or more) of the project’s core components, related to the health outcomes of environmental change, using high-resolution data from the French healthcare system. (*ANR: Agence Nationale pour la Recherche)

The candidate will be immersed in the Environmental Economics group at TSE, and more generally in the scientific activities at TSE (seminars, conferences). The Group strives to foster an inclusive, collaborative work environment to bring interdisciplinary expertise to solve critical environmental problems and pose original questions or new approaches to old questions in environmental and resource economics.

The ideal candidate should have training and experience in econometrics, environmental economics, health and spatial data, and an interest and track record in publishing in top science and/or economics journals. The successful candidate will have flexibility to contribute to the CACTEE project, and can also allocate a fraction of their time to their own research. They will thus have the opportunity to work with the CACTEE team (Joakim Weill, US FRB; Emmanuel Paroissien, PSAE-INRAE; Sylvain Chabé-Ferret, TSE-INRAE) on its human health component, but also with the rest of the TSE community as they work their own research.

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Knowledge of French is not required.

Applications will be accepted until January 31st, 2025.

Applications should include a CV, a cover letter with a short research statement (1 page max.), one research paper, and at least two recommendation letters.

Short-listed candidates will be invited to interview in February (online).

Submission materials required

* Curriculum vitae

* Job market paper

* Additional paper (optional)

* Additional paper (optional)

* Other material (in one file) (optional)

* Cover letter

* Letters of reference: 2

 

Training and skills

PhD in economics (or similar field)

Candidates should have a research interest in at least two of the following domains:

* Environmental Economics

* Health Economics

* Agricultural Economics and land use

* Applied Econometrics

INRAE's life quality

By joining our teams, you benefit from (depending on the type of contract and its duration):

- up to 30 days of annual leave + 15 days "Reduction of Working Time" (for a full time);
- parenting support: CESU childcare, leisure services;
- skills development systems: training, career advise;
- social support: advice and listening, social assistance and loans;
- holiday and leisure services: holiday vouchers, accommodation at preferential rates;
- sports and cultural activities;
- collective catering.

How to apply

I send my CV and my motivation letter