FIXED-TERM: 9 MONTHS FROM SEPTEMBER 2025

The School of Engineering, Business School and Edinburgh Climate Change Institute are looking for a postgraduate student to contribute to a project to develop a carbon accounting tool to measure and analyse the emissions from anthropogenic fire incidents in Scotland. This 9-month project will focus on developing and validating the carbon accounting tool, which we hope will inform future strategic interventions to mitigate the environmental damage caused by these fires.
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YOUR SKILLS AND ATTRIBUTES FOR SUCCESS:

• Current University of Edinburgh postgraduate student in the ‘25/’26 academic year.
• An interest in fire safety, environmental science or business analytics.
• An interest in and willingness to learn about carbon accounting methodologies.
• Some experience with data manipulation and analysis.
• Excellent communication skills including the ability to communicate complex information clearly, both in writing and in oral presentations.Ability to work proactively with colleagues with a variety of expertise; understanding and valuing different points of view.
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  As an Earth Fellow, you will be joining a diverse, fun and dynamic team of researchers, students and staff all working together to address the global climate emergency. As part of the Earth Fellows programme, you will have access to co-working space, exciting networking and personal development opportunities and opportunities to contribute towards partnerships and solutions for climate change on a global scale.
  Earth Fellows work on individual and team-based projects which contribute to the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh Earth Initiative’s work on climate change research-led impact, innovation, engagement, and teaching.
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Please refer the Job description for details