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Florida International University · 1 month ago

Open Rank, Tenure Track Faculty in Environment Finance and Risk Management

Miami, FL

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

Florida International University is a Top 50 public research university located in Miami, seeking an open-rank faculty member in Environmental Finance and Risk Management. The role involves developing innovative approaches to disaster risk management and collaborating with stakeholders to enhance risk policy and finance.

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Responsibilities

Collaborate in the development of innovative approaches, instruments, and policies for disaster risk management

Contribute to interdisciplinary training as part of the Environmental Finance and Risk Management Program

Interface with public and private stakeholders at multiple scales and across risk management institutions

Lead risk policy and finance efforts in disaster risk management scholarship

Devise new financial instruments to mitigate, adapt, and reduce environmental and disaster risk

Qualification

PhD in relevant fieldDisaster risk managementEnvironmental economicsQuantitative analysisTeaching experienceInterdisciplinary researchStudent supervisionModeling complex systems

Required

Completion of a PhD in Disaster and Risk Policy, Decision Science, Environmental Sciences, Environmental Economics, Applied Mathematics to the Environmental Sciences, Quantitative Environmental Finance, or a related field is required

Demonstrated teaching and research experience in those fields, preferably involving the natural environment, such as contingent financing for natural hazard preparedness, or financial risk transfer for adverse environmental conditions

Excellent potential in research involving modeling of complex systems

Aptitude to supervise students at the MSc and PhD levels

Desire to engage in cross-disciplinary research groups

Company

Florida International University

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FIU is Miami's public research university. Offering bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees, both on campus and fully online.

Founded in 2016

Miami, Florida, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://startup.fiu.edu/

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