Nature-based Compliance Market Postdoctoral Researcher University of California, Santa Barbara in United States

The Environmental Markets Lab (emLab) at the University of California, Santa Barbara is seeking a postdoctoral researcher to lead the design and on-the-water pilot of market-based conservation mechanisms aimed at reducing the catch of endangered and sensitive species, including turtles and sharks, by fisheries in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean. The project is carried out in collaboration with emLab directors, Conservation International field teams, local management agencies, and fishers in L...

The School of Public Policy at the University of California, Riverside is seeking a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join a research program on the economics of water and wastewater treatment in California. Working under the supervision of Principal Investigator Dr. Kurt Schwabe, the fellow will contribute to research that connects water conservation, water quality, affordability, and pricing with policy analysis. The project combines water and wastewater economics with hydro-economic modeling a...

Funded M.S. research assistantship in Environmental and Resource Economics at Virginia Tech (Department of Sustainable Biomaterials), USA. The student will work with Dr. Ching-Hsun Huang on the economics of forest-based bioenergy and sustainable forest utilization as part of an interdisciplinary team. Research directions include economic valuation and benefit-cost analysis , social welfare and public-health externalities , and uncertainty and sensitivity analysis with policy interpretation. This...

Ciriacy-Wantrup Postdoctoral Fellowships in Natural Resource Economics and Political Economy at the University of California, Berkeley support advanced research for the 2027–2028 academic year. The fellowship is designed for scholars working on natural resource economics , political economy , and related areas of environmental resources . The program welcomes applicants from any social science discipline, as well as related professional fields such as law and planning . The strongest proposals a...

We’re recruiting for 1–2 funded PhD positions on a USDA sustainable aquaculture project at Purdue University West Lafayette (United States). The research focuses on sustainable aquaculture , electrochemical water treatment , and electrocoagulation to support fish farms in resource reuse and zero-discharge operation . The project also includes farm-scale economics , along with laboratory experiments , modeling , and economic and environmental assessment . This opportunity may suit students intere...