PhD scholarship on the Ethics of Carbon Pricing

Job List: 
Europe
Name of institution: 
Dublin City University
Town: 
Dublin
Country: 
Ireland
Job Description: 

The Institute of Ethics at Dublin City University is offering a four year fully funded (stipends & fees) scholarship in the Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences at Dublin City University. The project will be supervised by Professor Bert Gordijn and Dr. Goran Dominioni.

Research topic: Climate change is one of the defining challenges of our time. There is broad agreement among scholars and policymakers that a cost-effective climate change action strategy should include carbon pricing. The design and implementation of carbon pricing instruments pose questions that have important ethical components. What type of carbon pricing instrument to adopt? What price should be put on carbon? What sectors to exempt? How should carbon revenues be used? This PhD project aims to contribute to the research on the ethics of carbon pricing by i) deepening the analysis of carbon taxes and emissions trading schemes by considering specific design features and ii) broadening the analysis to types of instruments currently ignored in the research. The analysis aims to provide recommendations to policymakers on the ethical design and implementation of carbon pricing.

Deadline: The strict deadline for application is: 17th of May (5 pm, UTC +1). Applications received after this deadline will not be considered. Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview in the last week of May.

What to submit: Candidates should email their applications in a single PDF file to bert [dot] gordijn [__at__] dcu [dot] ie and goran [dot] dominioni [__at__] dcu [dot] ie with “PhD in Climate & Society” in the subject line. This application must include:
1. A cover letter outlining your motivation for applying as well as your qualifications for the PhD position
2. A curriculum vitae
3. A writing sample (for example, a copy of your Master thesis)
4. Names of two referees
5. A complete version of the application form

Deadline for Applications: 
May 17, 2021
E-mail: 
bert [dot] gordijn [__at__] dcu [dot] ie
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