Research Professor in Economics of Adaptation and Resilience

Job Information

• Organisation/Company: Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)
• Research Field: Economics » Environmental economics
• Researcher Profile: Leading Researcher (R4)
• Country: Finland
• Application Deadline: 29 Sep 2025 - 13:00 (UTC)
• Type of Contract: Permanent
• Job Status: Full-time
• Hours Per Week: 38
• Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
• Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

At Luke, we are looking for a Research Professor to lead and conduct research on the economics of adaptation and resilience to environmental and geopolitical shocks, with a focus on effective policy design through advanced economic modeling. Global environmental and economic changes require industries to adapt to new conditions. As geopolitical conflicts and extreme weather events disrupt global trade flows, assessing the role of governments in stabilising the economic system and recovering from the shocks raises its importance.

The research field covers economics, focusing on the environmental issues and policies, from the perspective of adaptation to climate change and geopolitically originated shocks. Combining economics of adaptation, resilient system design and understanding of global trade and change is expected to offer new insights in designing effective, welfare maximising policies at the national, EU and global levels.

Our expectations of the applicant

• The research professor should have a doctoral degree in economics.
• Extra merit is awarded for resource and/or environmental economic focus within economics.
• The research professor should have a profound understanding of analytical economics and related methodology.
• Numerical modelling skills are a prerequisite including, for example applications in stochastic modelling or other established approaches in economics under uncertainty.

We offer you

The well-being of our people and a positive approach towards innovation and development are particularly important to us. Our mobile work model allows you to work in Finland in the location most appropriate for your work.

Contact Information

Antti Asikainen
Executive Vice President, Research
Phone: +358 29 532 3250
Email: antti.asikainen@luke.fi

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