Integrated Assessment and Climate Change (IACC) RESEARCH GROUP
The Energy, Climate, and Environment (ECE) program at IIASA is searching for a Researcher (R1)/ Research Scholar (R2) to work on climate impacts, extremes, attribution and damages assessment. The successful candidate will contribute to developing a climate impact indicator framework that pairs observation and attribution-based indicators with scenario-based projections (using the RIME-X model, Schwind et al. 2026), spanning a range of impact clusters including health/heat, food/water, marine systems, economy/labor, energy/transport, socioeconomic conditions, and climate extremes including compound risks
BACKGROUND
The role and tasks will evolve, in the medium- to long-term likely contributing to activities in various projects (such as Horizon Europe projects), collaborating with other scientific experts and engaging with relevant communities (e.g. impacts, attribution, risks, compounds), in Europe and across the world. These activities may contribute to scientific assessments in of themselves, for public-facing dissemination such as climate risk dashboards, and/or to other modelling activities such as the representation of climate impacts in integrated assessment modelling.
MAIN tASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In the following items, we deliberately use the words “contribute” to and “develop” to respectively distinguish between the more supportive role of Researcher (R1) and independent role of Research Scholar (R2).
SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE
Education and Background
APPOINTMENT TERMS
The successful candidate should be available to take up the position as soon as possible - No later than January 2027
The place of work is IIASA in Laxenburg, near Vienna, Austria (home office options available).
The successful candidate will be appointed as a researcher ( R1) OR Research Scholar ( R2) depending on qualifications and experience and in accordance with the IIASA profiles for research careers
1 -year full-time fixed-term contract (100%, 40 hrs/week), with the possibility of extension thereafter Flexible arrangements on duration can be discussed, and part-time arrangements will also be considered.
IIASA salaries are:
Further details here
IIASA is committed to a working environment that promotes equality, diversity, tolerance and inclusion within its workforce. This is reflected in our IIASA core values We encourage qualified candidates from all religious, ethnic, and social backgrounds to apply. In the case that candidates are equally qualified, preference will be given to applicants from countries where IIASA has a Member Organization
For further information about this opportunity please contact:
WAGNER Pat – Program and Project Officer (IACC/ICI)
BEYRS Edward– Sr. Research Scholar (IACC)
SCHLEUSSNER Carl-Friedrich– Research Group Leader and Principal Research Scholar (ICI)
In order to apply for this opportunity, you will need to provide the following documents in English:
In order to apply for this opportunity, you will need to provide the following documents in English:
