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PhD Researcher (m/f/d): Economic Impacts from Complex Climate Risks Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Germany
Degree Level
PhD
Field of study
Computer Science
Funding
Standard PhD salary at 65% of EG 13 TVöD (Bund), plus 31 days annual leave and additional benefits including travel support, public transport subsidy, training opportunities, and language and health courses.
Country
Germany
University
Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology
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About this position
The Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology in Jena offers a PhD position within the Carl Zeiss Stiftung Independent Research Group on High-End Climate Risks (CZS-HECR). The group studies worst-case climate outcomes, from unprecedented and compounding extremes to their societal impacts, combining climate physics, Earth system analyses, targeted climate model experiments, advanced statistics, and machine-learning-based approaches to produce usable climate risk estimates for sectors such as health, food, energy, and finance.
This doctoral project focuses on the economic impacts of extreme, record-breaking, and compounding weather extremes. The successful candidate will work on integrating extreme weather events and their interactions into empirical damage functions and/or integrated assessment modelling frameworks, and may also apply or develop agent-based economic models to study impacts from compounding weather extremes. The research also includes using causality tools and advanced statistical methods to understand the drivers of worst-case climate impacts.
Doctoral researchers join an interdisciplinary team within a broad international network and are expected to develop and publish their work as a doctoral thesis and journal papers, while presenting results at conferences, group events, summer schools, and workshops.
The position is associated with the International Max Planck Research School for Modeling the Anthropocene, and the institute highlights a research environment with generous support for travel and research visits.
Funding details
Standard PhD salary at 65% of EG 13 TVöD (Bund), plus 31 days annual leave and additional benefits including travel support, public transport subsidy, training opportunities, and language and health courses.
What's required
Applicants need a Master's degree or equivalent in climate science, atmospheric science, physics, geosciences, mathematics, statistics or a related field. They should have good knowledge of atmospheric dynamics and climate variability, programming skills such as Python, experience analysing large climate datasets, strong motivation for independent research, and very good written and spoken English. Advantageous qualifications include experience with climate observations, reanalysis and climate model output, standard statistical modelling techniques, and familiarity with causal inference, explainable AI and machine learning techniques, as well as interest in the link between climate variability and societal impacts.
How to apply
Apply through the application portal. Prepare a cover letter, a CV of no more than 3 pages, a summary of research interests of max. 2 pages, and if applicable a list of peer-reviewed publications or a copy of your MA/MPhil/MSc thesis, contacts of two referees, and any relevant certificates.
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