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

Tätigkeitsprofil:

Key responsibilities:

• supporting the development and curation of the What Works Climate Solutions (WWCS) evidence bank which will house a comprehensive, global body of literature on the evaluation of climate mitigation and adaption policies
• contributing to the systematic literature search by screening abstracts and identifying relevant empirical studies
• conducting full-text screening of eligible studies and extracting relevant quantitative and qualitative information covering emissions and broader socio-economic outcomes
• assessing the methodological quality and risk of bias of included studies
• support the team in establishing a WWCS Crowd platform and leveraging citizen-science to support the development of accessible evidence on climate solutions
• supporting coding, analysis, and visualization of data
• ad hoc support to the WWCS project team, including tasks related to the organization and promotion of the WWCS Summit in April 2027 and other associated events

Anforderungsprofil:

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

• successful student with a background in 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 approaches and climate policy
• previous experience in systematic literature reviews and/or meta-analyses, or a strong interest in developing knowledge in this area, is desirable
• experience with data analysis and coding in programs such as R and/or Python is an asset