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Michaël Aklin

@aklin.bsky.social

Prof at EPFL | Policy & Sustainability lab (PASU) | Director at E4S

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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.

09.12.2024 13:36 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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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/...

09.12.2024 13:36 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0
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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.

03.01.2024 12:43 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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...

22.12.2023 22:13 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

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.).

21.12.2023 14:34 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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