The Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University invites applications for a faculty position in “climate change and social science” to begin in July 2024.

The department is seeking applicants whose research is solution-oriented, focusing on the transition to a low-carbon economy (mitigation) and/or adapting to unavoidable climate change.

Research of interest includes, but is not limited to, topics such as:

• The politics and political economy of decarbonization;
• climate-induced migration and displacement;
• environmental justice as it pertains to creating climate solutions;
• technology policy and climate change;
• the social, racial, and political aspects of economic transitions away from fossil fuels in the United States or elsewhere in the world;
• and international trade and finance in an age of climate change.

This faculty position will involve a joint appointment between the Watson Institute and a relevant tenure-granting disciplinary department at Brown.

Review of applications will begin on Sept. 24, 2023, but applications will be accepted until the position is filled. Junior candidates must have completed their PhD by the time of appointment.