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Post-Doc Research Associate - Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy - UTK
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About the role
The Baker School of Public Policy and Public Affairs at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UTK) is seeking applications for a post-doctoral position from doctoral candidates or recent Ph.D. recipients interested in designing and evaluating policies that encourage a more circular economy in the energy and agriculture sectors.
JEL Classification: Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
Keywords: circular economy, natural resources, bioeconomy, sustainability
Required Qualifications:
Applicants should hold a Ph.D. in economics, agricultural and resource economics, public policy or a similar field prior to starting. Applications for candidates graduating in the Spring 2026 semester are welcomed to apply. Excellent programming, data management, and written communication skills are essential. Experience fostering circular economies in the agriculture or energy sectors is a plus.
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee UNITED STATES
Salary Range: Competitive salary plus full University benefits package.
Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis without need now or in the future for sponsorship for employment-based visa status.
The Baker School has research focal areas in environmental and energy policy, along with its instructional and public service missions. The Baker School’s Center for Energy, Transportation, and Environmental Policy (CETEP) combines sound science, rigorous economics, and thoughtful policy to address natural resource use and environmental challenges facing the state of Tennessee, the U.S., and the world. CETEP is an interdisciplinary network of joint faculty, faculty fellows and affiliates, research associates, and post-doctoral researchers. The Baker School’s research network extends to industry, government, the nonprofit sector, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The successful candidate will join a cohort of postdoctoral researchers working on environmental and energy challenges.
To apply, please submit the following items with your application: a letter of interest, a curriculum vitae, a research paper, and three recommendation letters. Note, letters or recommendation may be submitted with your application, or can be sent directly from the reference to the Search Chair, Jilleah Welch, at jgwelch@utk.edu Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Successful candidates are expected to start a 24-month appointment in the Summer/Fall of 2027 (exact start date negotiable).
The successful candidate will work with Charles Sims at the Baker School, industry partners, and collaborators at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority on research at the interface of circular economy, waste remediation and reuse, and land use. The work will focus primarily on two areas:
- Develop and evaluate state and federal policies designed to grow a regional bioeconomy in the southeastern US centered on miscanthus and switchgrass.
- Define the benefits and costs of state and federal policies designed to encourage coal ash recycling and reuse.
The postdoctoral associate will:
- Contribute to modeling and decision-support tool development
- Apply optimization, statistical, simulation, and spatial analysis to increase the circularity of agriculture and fossil fuel industries
- Organize and integrate ecological, economic, behavioral, and geospatial datasets
- Prepare manuscripts for peer-reviewed publication
- Help develop fact sheets, policy briefs, and other outreach materials to support applied and policy-oriented activities
- Mentor graduate and undergraduate students contributing to project activities
- Contribute to stakeholder-engaged research activities, which may include focus groups or surveys
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