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Michaël Aklin

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

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Michaël Aklin @aklin.bsky.social · Dec 9

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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Michaël Aklin @aklin.bsky.social · Dec 9

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/...

SMT Application & Admission

CDM

www.epfl.ch

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Michaël Aklin @aklin.bsky.social · Jan 3

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.

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...

cepr.org

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Paulina Jaramillo @paulijllo.bsky.social · Dec 22

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...

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

OEO Blog

www.cmu.edu

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Michaël Aklin @aklin.bsky.social · Dec 21

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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