Research Fellow in Technological Innovation and Climate Change

About us

We are The Bartlett, UCL’s global faculty of the built environment. Individually, our schools and sections lead their fields. In partnership, they develop new responses to pressing world issues. As a whole, they represent a world-leading, multidisciplinary faculty, united by the radical spirit of UCL. Our vision is of a world where everything that’s built aims to add to the well-being of people and the environment. The Bartlett is unrivalled in its breadth and depth of disciplines, programmes, and departments. It is made up 12 Schools, Centres, and Institutes, providing teaching and research in a wide range of subject areas to over 4,000 students each year from across the world.

Further information about The School can be found online.

About the role

Background to the Project

The project “Pathways to(wards) carbon neutrality for climate, environment, health, and socio-economic co-benefits (PANTHEON)” funded by the European Union's Horizon program has been awarded to UCL. This project aims to develop an integrated participatory modeling approach, which integrates the multisectoral input-output model (MRIO) and Computable General Equilibrium (CGE) model, to assess the potential of various technologies to contribute to decarbonization in the energy and industrial sectors and evaluate their socio-economic and environmental impacts along global value chains. It focuses on mature solutions like wind and solar, as well as emerging technologies such as green hydrogen and supercritical CO2 enhanced geothermal systems (EGCS), assessing their readiness, deployment, efficiency, emission reduction potential, and costs. The investigators are a multidisciplinary team with decarbonisation experts in carbon accounting , economic analysis, and environmental assessment.

About you

The appointee is required to have A good Bachelor’s degree (minimum of 2:1), Knowledge of MRIO, A PhD in economics, geography, or a relevant built environment subject, Experience in working in a research or consultancy environment, Experience in high-quality academic publication.

They will also have experience of A proactive approach and ability to communicate effectively in a variety of formats, Effective written and verbal communication skills, Project management and implementation skills, Administrative (e.g. time management) and IT skills, Basic research skills and the ability to analyse and write up data.

Your application will be assessed based on how well the criteria set out in the person specification are met using examples to demonstrate this.

Closing Date: 17/10/2024 – 23:59 (UK time)

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer great benefits. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce.

These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible.

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