Overview

The Institute for Policy Integrity at New York University School of Law (policyintegrity.org) is seeking applicant for a Research Associate to assist with modeling projects related to energy, climate, and environmental policy.

Research Associates at the Institute for Policy Integrity receive strong preparation for doctoral programs and for other analytical jobs in academia, consulting, industry, or programming. Their work may lead to published research in academic journals.

About the Institute for Policy Integrity

Policy Integrity is a non‐partisan think tank housed at New York University School of Law, dedicated to improving the quality of government decisionmaking through legal advocacy and academic scholarship in the fields of law, economics, and public policy. Policy Integrity’s interdisciplinary mission focuses on the rational use of economic analysis in government decisionmaking and how tools like cost‐benefit analysis and economic modeling can improve policy design. Policy Integrity focuses on a range of issue areas, with a particular emphasis on federal‐ and state‐level energy and climate policies.

Responsibilities

The Research Associate willdevelop, maintain, modify, and apply electricity market and planning models, with guidance from senior staff members. This work will involve the ongoing development and support of simulation modeling in the electricity sector.. Furthermore, the Research Associate will analyze modeling results and participate in developing papers, reports, and presentations based on the modeling outcomes. The Research Associate will also help with Policy Integrity’s modeling efforts in other sectors as needed.

The Research Associate will:

  • Understand, use, update, and improve in-house optimization models used to plan electric transmission buildout and simulate future market outcomes;
  • Curate and update extensive input datasets;
  • Analyze, validate, visualize, and use model outputs;
  • Help write journal papers, memos, and presentations using these models;
  • Participate in other research or policy work as need.

Qualifications

We are looking for applicants with the following skills:

  • An undergraduate or graduate degree in economics, engineering, computer science, mathematics, physics, or a related field.;
  • Relevant work experience is a plus but not required;
  • Ability to understand, use, maintain, modify, and add features to extensive models for transmission planning and electricity market outcomes written primarily in Python and Julia;
  • A basic understanding of convex and non-convex optimization (preferred);Knowledge of STATA (preferred);
  • Ability to work in a careful and conscientious manner;
  • Strong writing and communication skills.