Applied Economist

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**The opportunity**:

- **Bring your expertise in EE-IO and LCA into one of CSIRO’s key research areas**:

- **Exciting role within a supportive multi-disciplinary team, with great career development on offer**:

- **Join CSIRO - Australia’s National Science Agency - and create valuable impact**

CSIRO’s Environment Business Unit brings together capabilities in marine, atmospheric, water and terrestrial environment disciplines, as well as significant social and economic research, to align and support the nation in creating a better and more sustainable future. Partnering with a variety of internal stakeholders across the organisation, as well as other external R&D, government, university, industry and community stakeholders, together, we are addressing Australia’s biggest environment challenges by translating complex science into essential decision ready information and tools.

In line with this, ‘Sustainable Consumption and Production (SCP)’ is one of CSIRO’s essential areas of research, and our team specialises in combining innovative social processes with robust data-driven tools, integrated assessments and approaches, to assist policy, business and infrastructure planning and material decisions in accelerating innovation in cities and ways to influence consumer behaviour. Our research aims to provide a whole-of-systems view of the sustainability of our built environment and how to improve it.

As an Applied Economist within this dynamic research team, you will bring your skills, domain knowledge and experience to play a key role in enhancing CSIRO’s research capability to our multi-disciplinary approach to sustainability transitions. You will be responsible for using your expertise in environmentally extended input-output (EE-IO) analysis and life cycle analysis (LCA) to develop a comprehensive view of the interconnections between industries and the environment within both the Australian and global economies, and provide insights into the relationship of economic activity and environmental footprint. Your research will be used for creating a better understanding of the importance of economic processes of consumption and production for environmental outcomes, and decision making in several key areas of environmental economic policy, including achieving net zero emissions and a circular economy.

**Your duties will include**:

- Identifying environmental footprints for different environmental pressures and impacts for different economic sectors, provision systems and final demand categories.
- Working collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary research team, developing strong working relationships and a focus on integration, in support of CSIRO’s science and impact objectives.
- Assisting in the planning and preparation of research proposals and carrying out research investigations, requiring originality, creativity and innovation.
- Drawing on professional expertise, knowledge of other disciplines and research experience to recognise opportunities for innovation and generate new theoretical perspectives by pursuing new ideas/approaches and networking with scientific colleagues across a range of disciplines.

**Location**: Canberra (Black Mountain), ACT

**Salary**: AU$110K - AU$119K pa + up to 15.4% superannuation

**Tenure**: Specified Term of 3 years; Full-time

**Reference**: 96884

**To be considered you will need**:

- A PhD (or an equivalent combination of qualifications and research experience) in a relevant field such as environmental economics, ecological economics or industrial ecology.
- Demonstrated skills in environmentally extended input-output analysis, and skills in hybrid analysis of EE-IO and LCA.
- Proven ability to undertake I-O analysis using MATLAB or a commensurate platform.
- Demonstrated ability to undertake original, creative and innovative research by generating and pursuing novel ideas and solutions to scientific research problems.

For full details about this role please review the **Position Description**.

**Eligibility**:
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