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Posts by Michaël Aklin

These are great programs for people who are interested in sustainability (MSc in SMT), entrepreneurship (MSc in MTE), or finance (MSc in MFE), and who want to benefit from a tech curriculum. Our alumni go on to do great things.

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SMT Application & Admission CDM

EPFL's deadline to apply to its MSc programs is approaching (Dec 15).

- MSc in Sustainable Management & Technology (SMT) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...
- MSc in Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MTE) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...
- MSc in Financial Engineering (MFE) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...

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Green jobs for fossil fuel workers: The implications of geography and skills for the clean energy tr... In the absence of effective and cost-competitive carbon capture or removal technologies, a near complete phaseout of fossil fuels will be required to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This colu...

Interested in obstacles to fossil fuel phaseouts?

I wrote a note at VoxEU on labor market problems faced by fossil fuel workers. Labor market frictions make it hard to provide new jobs. Place-based policies can mitigate the problem, but the risk of political failure is high.

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Blog - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University OEO Blog

As my introduction to this app, I am sharing the recently launched blog for the Open Energy Outlook Initiative. We have already released four articles: www.cmu.edu/energy/key-i...

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My lab is recruiting! Two positions:
1 postdoc (1-2yr) (flex starting date) recruiting.epfl.ch/Vacancies/32...
1 PhD student (4yr) (Sept '24) www.epfl.ch/about/workin...

Ideal for folk interested in sustainability policy/econ and who have strong tech skills (causal, computational, etc.).

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