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Internal Deadline: June 9, 2025

EU Call Deadline: September 10, 2025 (17:00 CET)

Following its long-time tradition of successful international post-graduate and doctoral training, FEEM invites expressions of interest from researchers wishing to apply for the 2025 MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowships under the Horizon Europe Programme.

FEEM welcomes applications in a wide range of topics:

  1. Socio-ecosystems modelling and mapping
  2. Integration between different modelling approaches: system dynamics, agent based, multi-scale modelling
  3. Cost-Benefit/Efficiency Analysis of Nature-Based Solutions
  4. Decision support tools for decision making under deep uncertainty
  5. Common Movements of Commodity Prices and the Macroeconomy
    5A. Common movement analysis with cointegration and factor models.
    5B. A monetary policy model for commodity price co-movements: an application of Factor-Augmented Structural VAR model
  6. Moving Forward through the Energy Transition: Re-evaluating the Role of Energy Commodity Markets in the Global Economy
    6A. Analysing the relationship between energy and non-energy sectors and economic fluctuations with macro-econometric models
    6B. Economic and climate scenarios with Global Structural VAR models
  7. Measuring Climate Change and Extreme Weather Events.
    7A. Development of new indicators of climate change and comparison with existing approaches.
    7B. Modelling the interactions among new indicators of climate change and key macroeconomic variables
  8. Finance of Climate Change and Energy Transition.
    8A. Impacts of ESG factors on firms’ credit risk, productivity and investment.
    8B. Effects of the ETS market and green stock/bond markets on the economic consequences of climate change
  9. The impacts of climate policies on labour reallocation and skill mismatches: theoretical and empirical evaluations
  10. Distributional effects of climate policies and green deal plans on workers using matched employer-employee and job posting data
  11. The political economy of the energy transition, with a particular focus on structural drivers and material interests
  12. Assessing emerging inequalities in the low-carbon transition: gender, health and income
  13. Micro and/or macroeconomic models to assess the Water-Energy (and Food) nexus in an uncertain framework
  14. Decarbonization, renewable resources: microeconomic models for evaluating investments in condition of uncertainty
  15. Agent based Models for Environmental Economics and Energy transition
  16. Access to energy, decentralization, mix of resources for the ecological transition
  17. The Economics of Critical Raw Materials and Energy Transition Metals
    17A. Modelling and scenario analysis of markets for critical raw materials and energy transition metals using econometric methods
    17B. Assessing the macroeconomic impacts of critical raw materials and energy transition metals
    17C. Modelling and Forecasting commodity prices, demand and supply using time series and panel data models
  18. Innovation policy for energy system transformation. Assessing innovation in recycling, reuse and in the context of energy transition policies
  19. Impact assessment of mining using social cost benefit analysis
  20. Modelling the impact of high VRES penetration, hydrogen and increased frequency of adverse extreme weather events on the European and Italian power and gas systems to define resilient decarbonization strategies
  21. Modelling of the diffusion and climate emissions impact of electric cars on the Italian car fleet in order to verify the possibility of achieving climate neutrality by 2050
  22. Modelling and forecasting of the evolution of the road transport sector in Italy in relation to the achievement of the EU-wide climate targets
  23. Climate change adaptation and engagement of citizens and stakeholders
  24. Merging biophysical models and socio-behavioural change analytical framework for implementing WEFE Nexus approaches
  25. Open/Big Data and Citizen Science methods for monitoring and understanding human-water-climate interactions
  26. Geographic Information Systems and earth science modelling for mitigating natural disasters and for sustainable natural resource management
  27. Transdisciplinary data and methods for merging technology and socio-behavioural change for next generation water governance

Integrating geospatial data models and tools into a web GIS platform for water resource and risk management at continental scale: focus on the Euromed and on the African continents.

A full list of suggested research themes is available on FEEM’s website.

Who Can Apply

  • Hold a PhD by the call deadline (10 Sept 2025). Those who have defended their thesis but not yet received the degree are also eligible.
  • Have no more than 8 years of research experience since their PhD. Career breaks, non-research work, and research in third countries (for EU nationals or long-term residents returning to Europe) do not count toward this limit.
  • Comply with mobility rule: you must not have lived or worked in Italy for more than 12 months in the past 36 months before the call deadline.

Fellowship Duration and Benefits

Duration: 12–24 months at FEEM (Milan, Italy)
Start Date: Projects are expected to begin in April 2026

EU Funding Includes:

  •   Living allowance
  •   Mobility allowance
  •   (if applicable) Family, long-term leave, and special needs support

FEEM offers a truly international and multi-disciplinary workplace. Thanks to a world-wide research network you will be involved in a continuous fruitful exchange of experiences.

How to Apply

By June 9, 2025, please submit via FEEM’s online platform:

  • A detailed CV (including publications)
  • A 1-page abstract of your proposed research

Selected candidates will receive full support in preparing their MSCA proposals for submission to the European Commission by September 10, 2025.

More details on the fellowship call are available here.

Contact
Fundraising Office
Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM)
Corso Magenta, 63 – 20123 Milan, Italy
📧 [email protected]