The Institute for Sustainability Leadership at IESE Business School (www.iese.edu/sli) aims to foster academic research on sustainability at IESE and bring actionable insights to support the transition to more sustainable business. More than 12 IESE professors across all departments are conducting research programs affiliated with the initiative on the sustainable transition in the financial sector, sustainable leadership in corporations, communities and cities.

The position will be under the supervision of the Academic Director, Prof. Fabrizio Ferraro, and focus primarily on collaborating on several research projects on the following topics: ESG Investing, Impact Investing, Shareholder Engagement, Political Ideology and ESG corporate behavior, Corporate Purpose and Carbon Emissions.

This is a great opportunity to engage directly with high-quality academic research with a focus on sustainability. The position might be especially appropriate for candidates interested in pursuing academic careers in related areas and proceeding to do a PhD in Business Schools with a focus on Strategy, Organization Theory, and Sustainability.

· BS/BA degree or Master’s degree in Management, Economics, Sociology, Business Administration, with good working knowledge of statistics and econometrics.

· The candidate should have working knowledge of:

- Econometrics, and use of Stata (preferred) and/or R

- Some experience working with corporate and financial data

- Some knowledge of Python, ML and NLP appreciated but not required

- Research experience also a plus

· Good English language writing and speaking skills

· Work permit in Spain

Conditions:

Full-time position (1.830 Euros per month before tax)

Work contract and social security

Start day: ASAP

1 year, with the possibility of extending

Interested parties please send CV, academic transcript, samples of writing and a cover letter in English to:

Ingrid Vergés

IESE Business School

Email: iverges@iese.edu