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Interdisciplinary post doc studying impacts of extreme heat
Summary
The postdoctoral researcher will conduct quantitative research on the socioeconomic impacts of extreme heat, particularly in developing-country settings, and collaborate across disciplines on adaptation and policy-relevant research.
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The University of Copenhagen (UCPH) invites candidates for an interdisciplinary post doc position studying impacts of extreme heat from 1 December 2026. The position is for 2 years and is funded as part of the interdisciplinary UCPH Convergence Grant project “In the Heat of the Moment:
Mapping the Extreme Heat Landscape.” Introduction The postdoctoral researcher will be based at the Department of Economics at the University of Copenhagen and will contribute to an interdisciplinary research project investigating the impacts of extreme heat and the institutional, economic, and legal responses to increasing heat risk.
Extreme heat is becoming a structural feature of climate risk worldwide, yet evidence on its impacts remains highly uneven across countries. This is particularly the case in the Global South, where limitations in climate, health, administrative, and socioeconomic data constrain both the measurement of heat-related impacts and the development of effective adaptation policies. The project “In the Heat of the Moment:
Mapping the Extreme Heat Landscape” brings together researchers from development economics, climate and environmental science, public health, data science, and law1 …
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