Working for the Grantham Research Institute

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (GRI) is part of the London School of Economics in the heart of London. Our offices can be found at the top of the LSE Towers buildings with far-reaching views across the city centre. It’s here that just under 50 staff from all over the world work on a number of varying research programmes:

• Adaptation and development
• Carbon trading and finance
• Ecosystems, resources and the natural environment
• Energy, technology and trade
• Future generations and social justice
• Growth and the economy
• International environmental negotiations
• Modelling and decision making
• Private sector adaptation, risk and insurance

GRI also have a number of Visiting Fellows, Associates and external collaborators who work on these programmes alongside GRI staff.

GRI staff are funded by a number of research grants from funders such as The Grantham Foundation for the Protection of the Environment, ESRC, European Commission, NERC and Statkraft, with contract lengths subject to funding requirements.

In addition to a competitive salary and the opportunity to work at one of the UK’s most prestigious universities staff can also expect a defined benefits pension scheme, generous annual leave and excellent training and development opportunities.

The Grantham Research Institute was the first postdoctoral position for over half of the current research staff – including some who have remained through promotion and are now Professorial Research Fellows.

Researchers who have left us have gone on to work for, amongst others: The University of Oxford, Cambridge University, Cork University, The University of Melbourne, OECD and the European Commission.