Role overview
Research Scientist
Requisition #: A-181038-3
Status: Full Time
Type: Faculty
School: Zanvyl Krieger School of Arts and Sciences
Department/Program: Department of Political Science
Salary: $90,000 - $110,000
Location City: Baltimore
Location State: MD
Location Zip Code: 21218
Closing Date: 03/31/2026 at 11:59 PM US Eastern Time
To apply: apply.interfolio.com/181038
General Description
The Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab (NZIPL) at Johns Hopkins University is hiring a research scientist to serve as the technical lead for the industrial base project. The industrial base research scientist will conduct research on countries economic opportunities in the green energy transition.
The lab is embarking on a multi-year project to support the development of smart green industrial policies in multiple countries. In this ongoing industrial base project, we will extend our Clean Industrial Competitiveness Explorer (CICE) model to map the global industrial base for clean energy technology and assess each countries' capacity to produce the natural resources and technologies needed to build a net zero world economy. This modeling methodology will produce a picture of each country's current capacities and future capabilities. This provides a rigorous, highly detailed analytical base for the formulation of foreign, trade, industrial, and supply chain policy.
This position requires someone who combines strong modeling background with the policy knowledge to support NZIPL's substantive work in green industrial policy, climate geopolitics, and technology competitiveness.
This is a remote position with flexible hours on a two-year contract renewable upon mutual agreement and available funding.
The Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab conducts rigorous, policy-relevant research on how countries can use industrial policy to accelerate decarbonization while building economic competitiveness. Our work spans clean energy supply chains, climate geopolitics, trade policy, and technology development, with a focus on providing actionable analysis to policymakers all over the world. The Lab has 11 senior staff engaged in research, policy analysis, and engagement with governments and multilateral organizations. Learn more at www.netzeropolicylab.com.
*Key Responsibilities
Research (75%)**
Conduct data collection and modelling to create supply chain representations of current and emerging net-zero technological chains and map representations onto trade and production data
Liaise with engineering experts to deeply understand and model global clean energy supply chains and emerging net zero technologies.
Mapping current collaborative efforts to advance industrial policy and clean energy supply chains across international policy domains (trade, finance, security, and development) and developing analytical frameworks to understand and explain this dynamic landscape.
Co-author peer-reviewed academic papers, policy briefs, and analytic reports.
Co-author grants and funding proposals.
What we're looking for
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