Student Research Assistant – Climate Policy Evaluation (m/f/d)

Tätigkeitsprofil:

Key responsibilities:

• support a systematic review and meta-analysis of empirical studies examining the effectiveness of climate mitigation policies in the agriculture, forestry, and other land-use (AFOLU) sector
• contributing to the systematic literature search by screening abstracts and identifying relevant empirical studies (econometric/causal inference studies)
• conducting full-text screening of eligible studies and extracting relevant quantitative and qualitative information
• assessing the methodological quality and risk of bias of included studies
• supporting the coding, analysis, and visualization of data for the meta-analysis

Anforderungsprofil:

You are a Bachelor or Master student, enrolled at a German university, and ideally meet the following requirements:

• studies in the field of economics, quantitative social or political science, environmental science, geography, ecology or related fields
• good understanding of empirical research methods and causal inference
• ability and motivation to critically assess empirical studies and reflect on their methodological approaches
• interest in evidence-based policy evaluation and climate policy research
• prior knowledge of climate change mitigation, climate policy, or the agriculture, forestry, and other land-use (AFOLU) sector, or a strong interest in developing expertise in these areas
• previous experience in systematic literature reviews and/or meta-analyses is an asset
• experience with data analysis and coding in R and/or Python is an asset