JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2024 - January 31, 2025

Johns Hopkins University

Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Department of Economics and the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI)
Assistant Professor in the Economics of Sustainable Energy and Climate

JOE ID Number: 2024-02_111474617
Date Posted: 10/02/2024
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant Professor in the Economics of Sustainable Energy and Climate
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Baltimore, Maryland, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
C -- Mathematical and Quantitative Methods
D -- Microeconomics
E -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
H -- Public Economics
L -- Industrial Organization
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Department of Economic (https://econ.jhu.edu/) and the Ralph O’Connor Sustainable Energy Institute (ROSEI) (https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/) at Johns Hopkins University seek junior faculty candidates in the fields of energy and environmental economics as part of a cluster search related to sustainable energy and climate. Applicants from related fields, such as industrial organization, public economics, time series econometrics, environmental macroeconomics, or applied microeconomics, with applications to energy and the environment are welcomed. The appointment will be in the Department of Economics. Successful candidates will join ROSEI, a fast-growing endowed university-wide institute with 17 core and 40+ affiliated faculty
(https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/core-and-associate-faculty/). This position provides an opportunity to develop a world-class program of research in sustainable energy as part of this new Institute and collaborate with researchers at ROSEI’s NSF Global Climate Center EPICS (https://epics.center/), DOE Center of Excellence ARROW (https://arrowosw.org/) and Net-Zero Industry Policy Lab (https://www.netzeropolicylab.com/). The search committee includes representatives from economics, applied mathematics, engineering, and public policy.

Johns Hopkins University is committed to active recruitment of a diverse faculty and student body. The University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer of women, minorities, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities and encourages applications from these and other protected group members. Consistent with the University’s goals of achieving excellence in all areas, we will assess the comprehensive qualifications of each applicant.

The expected academic base salary range for an Assistant Professor position is: $184,500–209,000.

The referenced salary range is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will be based on factors including, but not limited to, the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate – e.g., years in rank, training, field, discipline, other work experience, and other similar factors; geographic location; internal equity; external market conditions; and other factors as reasonably determined by the University.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/31/2024
Application Instructions:
Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, CV, research, teaching, three reference letters, and job market paper to Interfolio by no later than November 30, 2024. Applications will be considered until positions are filled. Applicants are encouraged to describe and present a job market paper on topics in energy and environmental economics related to sustainable energy and climate and to the research pillars at ROSEI (https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/research/). Applicants should also describe potential collaborative opportunities with colleagues in the Department of Economics, ROSEI and Johns Hopkins University and to envision potential translational contributions of their scholarly work (https://energyinstitute.jhu.edu/translation/). Applicants should send requests for recommendation letters from their Interfolio account to at least three references. Letters of reference are required for current PhD students; advanced applicants may provide the names of three references, who will be contacted only if the application moves forward. For questions about Interfolio, call (887)997-8807 or email help@interfolio.com.