You will be responsible for establishing a research group dedicated to quantitatively assessing system-level implementation and market potentials of innovative climate solutions. This includes modeling climate solutions spatial and socio-economic scaling trajectories and estimating their overall market potential. The position will focus on climate-positive infrastructure solutions, such as NetZero construction techniques, water reuse, or blue-green infrastructure, but candidates are encouraged to bring in ideas and expertise from related fields. Your main tasks will include: Building up and guiding your own research groupwith a high-quality publication record and international visibility in relevant academic communities Creating a strong competence base in modelling and assessing plausible pathways through which innovative climate solutions may scale to wider, potentially global applications Securing third-party funding for research and stakeholder integration activities Actively supporting the build-up of the Climate Solutions Hub through engagement in integrated research projects, close collaboration with the managing team, and the Hub’s key stakeholders Co-designing roadmaps, geographic maps, strategy tools, or compelling visualizations that support innovation scaling dynamics with partners in industry, the public sector, NGOs, or the media Your Profile: You are team-oriented and forward-thinking with a strong methodological background in modeling approaches and a passion for work at the interface of social sciences, engineering, and natural sciences and in close collaboration with stakeholders. Your qualifications include: PhD in environmental economics, economic geography, urban studies, public policy, engineering, environmental sciences, or related fields Promising publication record in modelling and critically assessing the implementation potential of solutions to climate change under varying geophysical, economic, and political conditions Relevant methodological strengths, e.g. in applying technology adoption and diffusion models, feasibility and suitability mapping, and/or policy and regulatory scenario modeling Experience in developing research projects in close collaboration with stakeholders and communicating key results to broad, non-scientific audiences Experience in research on climate-relevant innovation in infrastructure sectors is a plus Excellent proficiency in English; knowledge of at least one of the official languages in Switzerland (German, French, Italian) is a plus Clear vision for including equity, diversity, and inclusion in managing your research group Position 2: System and business innovation
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