진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time fixed term position as a Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate in the Ryan Institute at the University of Galway which has a strong focus on research, and a growing international profile, ranking among the top 1% of universities in the world.

This position is funded by the Environmental Protection Agency under the EPA Research 2030 framework and is available from March 2026 to contract end date of March 2029.

The successful candidate will join the interdisciplinary research team at the Ryan Institute led by Dr. Liz Coleman (Centre for Climate and Air Pollution Studies) and Prof. Karyn Morrisey (J.E. Cairnes School of Business and Economics), to assess the impact of historical policy interventions on atmospheric composition and subsequent radiative forcing attributable to greenhouse gases (GHGs), and to identify effective policy pathways to enable Ireland to meet climate targets and commitments.

Perceived as a nation committed to sustainability and climate mitigation, Ireland’s ambitions to meet goals of Paris Agreement misalign with progress to-date in implementing required transformations. With Ireland’s underperformance in Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emission reduction, there’s a need for an innovative and transformative approach to emission reduction to meet climate targets.

An understanding of impact of policy intervention is key to formation of effective policy for future emission reduction measures and best directing national efforts and resources towards successful climate mitigation. Evaluating the impact of future policy effects first requires an informed, integrated understanding of the impacts of historical policy changes on GHG emissions.

This proposed project will bring together a cross-disciplinary team working across the fields of atmospheric science, economics and econometrics and data science to survey historical national policy interventions spanning economic, agricultural and environmental policies since the 1990s. The policy impact will be evaluated in terms of successful implementation and achieving intended outcomes, and the effect of policy on GHG emissions and atmospheric composition will be evaluated

**Salary: **Postdoctoral Researcher/Research Associate salary scale €46,305- €59,063 per annum, (subject to the project’s funding limitations), and pro rata for shorter and/or part-time contracts.

The default position for all new public sector appointments is the 1st point of the salary scale. This may be reviewed, and consideration afforded to appointment at a higher point on the payscale (subject to the project’s funding limitations), where evidence of prior years’ equivalent experience is accepted in determining placement on the scale above point 1, subject to the maximum of the scale.

(Research Salary Scales - University of Galway)

Closing date for receipt of applications is 17:00 (Irish Time) on 20/02/26. It will not be possible to consider applications received after the closing date.

Interviews are planned to be held on 05/03/26