Careers with EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

Join an international centre of reference on climate change finance

Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC Business School is ranked in the top ten of European business schools. With more than 110 nationalities represented in its student body, some 50,000 alumni in 130 countries, and learning partnerships with 290 institutions worldwide, it is truly international.

For over 20 years, EDHEC Business School has been pursuing an ambitious research policy that combines academic excellence with practical relevance. Spearheaded by EDHEC-Risk Institute, this original research policy aims to make EDHEC Business School an academic institution of reference for decision makers in a small number of areas in which it has reached critical mass in terms of expertise and research results. This ambition is delivered by furthering academic research in these areas while simultaneously highlighting its practical implications and applications to decision makers. The approach may be complemented by strategic partnerships or business ventures that can accelerate the transfer of scientific innovation to the industry and financially benefit the School and its constituencies.

Marking the priority assigned by the School to sustainability issues and building on its research programmes exploring the relationships between climate change and finance, EDHEC-Risk Institute will become EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute in the Fall of 2022.

The mission of EDHEC-Risk Climate is to help private and public decision makers manage climate-related financial risks and make the best use of financial tools to support the transition to low-emissions and climate-resilient economies.

As part of its international development programme and in order to strengthen its research potential, the research centre offers the following opportunities:

Research Engineer - Infrastructure Climate and Carbon Risk – One vacancy in London (UK)

EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute aims to help private and public sector decision-makers manage climate-related financial risks and make the best use of financial tools to invest in a sustainable, low-carbon, climate-resilient economy. EDHEC-Risk Climate is searching for a Climate and ESG Research Engineer to help build the science and engineering evidence to understand infrastructure's sustainability risks. More...

Senior Research Engineer Position – Empirical Macroeconomist with Climate Change Focus – One vacancy (Flexibility on Location, preferably London)

We are looking for senior research engineer in empirical macroeconomics and/or financial economics for a two-year full-time position (which may be turned into a permanent position) to begin as soon as possible (the start date is flexible). The researcher will join the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute (preferably) in London.

The successful candidate will work under the direct supervision of Riccardo Rebonato, Professor of Finance at EDHEC Business School and Scientific Director of the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute. He/she will join a growing, vibrant team of researchers with a varied academic background (Economics, Physics and Finance). The candidate's work will contribute to inform the decisions of strategic investors and their portfolio construction, financial supervisors and the financial industry on issues related to climate financial risk assessment and management. More...

Senior Economist (Senior Research Engineer Position) – Green Finance Policies for Climate Mitigation and Adaptation – One vacancy in Nice (France)

We are looking for a senior research engineer in macroeconomics and/or financial economics for a full-time and permanent position to commence on 1 September 2022 (start date flexible). The researcher will join the EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute (preferably) in Nice, France, to work on green finance and policy evaluation.

The successful candidate will join the “Impact of Finance on Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation” research programme and work under the direct supervision of Irene Monasterolo, PhD, Professor of Climate Finance at EDHEC Business School. The candidate will join a growing, vibrant team of researchers in climate finance with a track record of academic publications in the field. The candidate's work will contribute inform financial supervisors, development finance institutions and the financial industry on issues related to climate financial risk assessment and management. More...

About EDHEC

Operating from campuses in Lille, Nice, Paris, London and Singapore, EDHEC is one of the world’s top 15 business schools. Fully international and directly connected to the business world, EDHEC commands a strong reputation for research excellence and the ability to train entrepreneurs and managers capable of breaking new ground. EDHEC functions as a genuine laboratory of ideas and produces innovative solutions valued by businesses. The School’s teaching is inspired by its research work and a focus on “learning by doing”, all with the aim of equipping people with the skills to succeed in business.

About EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute

EDHEC-Risk Institute is changing; going forward it will become EDHEC-Risk Climate Impact Institute (EDHEC-Risk Climate). This evolutions marks EDHEC Business School’s commitment to sustainability issues and will build on its ground-breaking research programmes that explore the relationships between climate change and finance. Our ambition is to become a leading academic reference point for long-term investors, helping them to manage the asset-pricing implications of climate change as well as mitigation and adaptation efforts. EDHEC-Risk Climate’s mission is to help private and public decision-makers manage climate-related financial risks and make the best use of the financial tools available to transition to low-emission and climate-resilient economies.