Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Environmental and Resource Economics

Stony Brook University: Provost Office: School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences: Division of Sustainability Studies

Salary Range or Pay Grade

Commensurate with experience

Description

The School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Sustainability Sciences (SoMAS) at Stony Brook University seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor of environmental and resource economics. SoMAS’s mission is to advance knowledge and solve critical global and regional problems through the study of human and natural systems. Coastal and marine resources, land use, food systems, and the climate are changing rapidly, and sound management depends on understanding how people, markets, and policies respond to and shape those changes. We seek an economist whose research addresses these questions for living resources (e.g., fisheries, ecosystems and ecosystem services, and food systems), non-living resources (e.g., carbon, energy, water, and ocean and coastal space), or both. Relevant areas include spatially explicit economic analysis of environmental systems, marine spatial planning, land-use transitions, externality pricing, benefit-cost analysis, and the economics of ocean- and land-based climate mitigation. Theoretical, empirical, and quantitative approaches are all welcome. The position offers an economist an unusual opportunity to work alongside oceanographers, atmospheric scientists, ecologists, and sustainability scholars to connect ecosystem dynamics, human behavior, and markets, and to translate that work into effective and socially beneficial policy.

Description of Duties: The successful candidate will establish and sustain an independent, externally funded research program supported by federal agencies (e.g., NSF, NOAA, USDA), state programs, foundations, or nongovernmental organizations. The successful candidate will have a strong commitment to teaching and will teach classes at the undergraduate and graduate levels, as well as mentor students. The candidate will commit to departmental and university service.

Special Notes: This is a tenure-track position. FLSA Exempt position, not eligible for the overtime provisions of the FLSA.

Campus Description: Stony Brook University, home to many highly ranked graduate research programs, is located 60 miles from New York City on Long Island's scenic North Shore. Our 1,100-acre campus is home to 24,000 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students and more than 13,500 faculty and staff. SBU is a comprehensive research-intensive university and a member of the prestigious Association of American Universities (AAU), which includes 34 public universities among its 62 members. SBU consists of 12 schools and colleges and a teaching hospital that provides state-of-the-art healthcare in the Long Island region. SBU also manages and performs joint research with Brookhaven National Laboratory, the only Department of Energy Laboratory in the Northeast, and shares doctoral programs with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, a world-renowned molecular biology institute. SBU serves as the anchor of the New York Climate Exchange, located on Governors Island close to Manhattan. Home to the Emerson String Quartet, the Pollock-Krasner House in East Hampton, New York, the Humanities Institute, and the Southampton Arts Program, and with endeavors that extend to the Turkana Basin Institute in Kenya and the Ranomafana National Park in Madagascar, SBU sustains an international reputation that cuts across the arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences.

School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Sustainability Sciences: The School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Sustainability Sciences (SoMAS) is the State University of New York’s center for marine and atmospheric research, education, and public service. Its three divisions (Atmospheric Sciences, Marine Sciences, and Sustainability Studies) serve approximately 800 graduate and undergraduate students, and its faculty are internationally known for research in atmospheric sciences, all the major disciplines of oceanography (biological, chemical, geological, and physical), and sustainability studies. SoMAS has a strong record of partnership with agencies such as NOAA and the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation and with regional programs such as the Peconic Estuary Partnership. It also provides scientific leadership for the New York Climate Exchange on Governors Island, which aims to be a leading hub for climate finance, policy guidance, and innovation in scaling investment in climate action. Excellent opportunities for collaboration exist within SoMAS and across Stony Brook, including with the Department of Economics, the Institute for Advanced Computational Science, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. For more information, please visithttp://www.somas.stonybrook.edu and our strategic plan at https://www.stonybrook.edu/somas/about/strategic-plan.html .

Qualifications

Required Qualifications: Ph.D. in economics, or closely related field in hand no later than September 1, 2027.

Preferred Qualifications: Research in environmental, natural resource, or spatial economics relevant to living or non-living resources in coastal, marine, terrestrial, food-system, or climate contexts. Interest in or experience with interdisciplinary collaboration, including with natural scientists. Experience or demonstrated potential in teaching and mentoring undergraduate and/or graduate students

Application Instructions

Application Instructions: Complete applications should include a single page cover letter, curriculum vitae, a job market paper or other representative research paper, three letters of reference at the time of submission, and separate statements of: i) current and proposed research; ii) teaching and mentoring philosophy, interests, and previous experiences (e.g., courses taught, activities); iii) experience ensuring a fair, supportive work environment where all colleagues have the opportunity to contribute and succeed. Statements should be no more than two pages each. Applications should be received by 12/1/2026 for best consideration, although applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

Anticipated Start Date: 9/1/2027

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Stony Brook University is committed to excellence in the creation of an inclusive learning and working environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, familial status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, and all other protected classes under federal or state laws.

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