Academic Positions

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Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of MSCEP

The Harris School of Public Policy invites applications for a Senior Lecturer and Executive Director of MSCEP to manage and teach in a new Masters of Science Degree in Climate and Energy Policy (MSCEP).
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Assistant /Associate/Full Professor – Experimental Aspects of Climate Systems Engineering Environmental Geoscience

The Department of the Geophysical Sciences at the University of Chicago invites applications for tenured faculty positions from scholars who will make significant contributions to the experimental aspects of Climate Systems Engineering.
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Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank) – Climate Systems Engineering initiative

The University of Chicago invites applications from scholars who will make significant contributions to Climate Systems Engineering.
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Faculty Position, Department of Political Science – Climate Politics (Open Rank)

The Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago invites applications for Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in climate politics.
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Faculty Position, TechnoEconomic Analysis/LCA for Energy & Climate Engineering Technologies (Open Rank)

The Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering invites applications for multiple faculty positions at the intersection of technoeconomic analysis (TEA), life cycle analysis (LCA), and emerging energy and climate engineering technologies (TEA/LCA Energy and Climate Engineering Technologies).
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Postdoctoral Researcher at the rank of Research Associate, Climate Systems Engineering

The Climate Systems Engineering initiative (CSEi) at the University of Chicago invites applications for the 2026 cohort of CSEi Postdoctoral Researchers, to be appointed at the rank of Research Associate. We seek outstanding early career scholars interested in any aspect...
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Postdoctoral Scholar: Agrometeorology

UChicago’s new Human-Centered Weather Forecasting (HCF) Initiative seeks an Agrometeorological Postdoctoral Scholar.
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Postdoctoral Scholar/Research Scientist – AI weather forecasting across scales

The University of Chicago’s Human-centered Weather Forecasting (HCF) Initiative and Climate Extremes Theory and Data (CeTD) group invite applications for multiple postdoctoral fellow and research scientist positions to work with Prof. Pedram Hassanzadeh and a group of multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary collaborators on advancing AI weather forecasting across...
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Postdoctoral Scholar – Glacial Systems Engineering Research

The Climate Systems Engineering Initiative (CSEi), a pillar of the University of Chicago’s Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth, is accepting applications for a postdoctoral scholar to join an interdisciplinary research team to develop strategies for engineered intervention into ice...

Staff Positions

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Executive Director – Climate Impact Lab

The Climate Impact Lab is currently seeking an Executive Director to lead a world-class team at the forefront of climate science and policy initiatives.
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Manager / Assistant Director, Human-Centered Weather Forecasting Initiative

UChicago’s new Human-Centered Weather Forecasting (HCF) Initiative seeks an Assistant Director and/or Manager to manage and advance HCF. In this role, you will oversee project management, strategic partnerships, research integration, proposal writing, and the development of scalable short-term to seasonal...
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Senior Director, Weather Forecasts

DIL is seeking a full-time Senior Director to lead the UChicago Human-Centered Forecasts initiative. The Senior Director will work closely with the faculty leads to build and grow this new initiative that has the potential to transform access to a...
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Research Data Scientist – Climate Impact Lab

Successful candidates will work with the Climate Impact Lab, a unique collaboration of experts - economists, climate scientists, and computational scientists- working to build data-driven estimates of the local and global costs of climate change.
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Grants and Contracts Administrator

The Grants and Contracts Administrator supports both pre-award and post-award grant and contract administration for the Institute.
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Human Resources Generalist

The Human Resources Generalist will work collaboratively with faculty, staff, and leadership to ensure effective HR and academic hiring practices while maintaining compliance with University policies and procedures.
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Executive Assistant, CSEi

The Executive Assistant, CSEi will manage advanced and diversified administrative responsibilities in support of CSEi Director, Professor David Keith.
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Research Professional – Michael Greenstone

The Energy Policy Institute (EPIC) is seeking to hire a full-time Research Professional to work with Professor Michael Greenstone on ongoing and new research projects related to research on the Economics of the Global Energy Challenge.