Environmental economics: New ideas in survey research
Ref SLU ua 2018.2.5.1-931
SLU seeks applications for an open post-doc position at the SLU-Umeå campus. Our group does research on environmental and resource economics within a Centre for Environmental and Resource Economics (CERE), one of the larger groups in Europe in the field. We are looking for postdoc applicants holding a PhD in economics, or related fields, having an interest in the intersection of economics, statistics and psychology. The applicant will work closely together with a post-doc in statistics and a team of researchers in psychophysics at the Stockholm University. The post-docs will be supervised jointly by Associate Professor Magnus Ekström, Umeå University, Professor Bengt Kriström, SLU/CERE and Professor Mats E. Nilsson, Stockholm University. The research focuses on improving surveys, not the least those used in non-market valuation research using self-selected intervals for elicitation. Both economic and statisical theory must be developed to cater for the non-standard type of data generated. A particularly important part of the testing this elicitation mechanism is carried out at the Gösta Ekman laboratory of cognitive neuroscience (GEL), Stockholm University.
The postdoc will be involved in all aspects of the research, including project planning, research design, data analysis, presentation of findings at conferences, and preparation of manuscripts for submission to leading peer-reviewed journals. The Postdoc will have the opportunity to co-author papers with colleagues, work with an array of affiliated faculty, including several post-docs interested in the same topic, and develop independent projects related to these research areas. There are no organizational or teaching duties, although teaching can be offered.
The appointment will be for two years with flexible starting date beginning August 2018.
Tidningen Syre skriver i sin artikel om målet att fasa ut klimat- och miljöskadliga subventioner. Ett mål som har ett brett stöd politiskt men inte är helt oproblematiskt. CERE:s Runar Brännlund kommenterar att det finns goda skäl att ha en nedsättning av miljöskatter.
”– Det vanliga skälet som anges är konkurrensskäl. Men jag skulle säga att det är smartare att beskriva det som en koldioxidläckagefråga. I exempelvis jordbrukssektorn skulle det kunna bli så att man fick lägga ner stora delar av verksamheten om man var tvungen att betala full skatt. Det skulle leda till en ökad import från annat håll, med potentiellt högre utsläpp i slutändan som effekt. Då har man inte vunnit någonting.
Därför behöver vi i varje enskilt fall göra en ordentlig analys av vilka effekter på de globala utsläppen som en förändrad skattenivå skulle ha, menar Runar Brännlund. Just nu saknas emellertid tydliga motiveringar till varför en subvention får vara kvar i Sverige, slog bland annat OECD fast i en granskning 2014.”
Sliperiet, Room “White Box” May 8th, 2018, 09:00 – 16:00
The workshop on waste economics will address issues relating to municipal waste management. The focus will be on the waste hierarchy and how environmental effects and sustainability can be worked into a social welfare framework. At the very heart of the discussion will be the question of how fast we should climb the waste hierarchy ladder. The workshop will also address the importance of considering incentive structures and market dynamics when designing policies aiming for a circular economy. For more information about the presentations, see the attached program.
The workshop targets a broad audience and constitutes a platform where researchers and stakeholders can meet and exchange ideas. All presentations and discussion will be in English.
Sign up for the workshop by sending an e-mail to Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den. no later than April 30. Please indicate if you have any special preferences regarding lunch (vegetarian, allergies etc). The seats are limited to around 50.
The Green Technology and Environmental Economics Research and Collaboration Platform focus on interdisciplinary research and development by integrating environmental system analysis, process integration and environmental economics expertise. The platform focuses on environmental analyses and relates to Sweden’s environmental quality objectives and the development of sustainable cities. The platform is a joint initiative from Umeå University and the Umeå Municipality Companies Umeå Energi, VAKIN and Dåva DAC.
CERE member Erlend Dancke Sandorf spent 3 weeks (25.01.18 – 17.02.18) at the Institute for Transport Studies and the Choice Modeling Centre (CMC) at the University of Leeds. The CMC is large cross-disciplinary research centre comprising leading researchers in choice modeling.Click on headline to read more
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