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February 26, 2025 • 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm est

Student Roundtable: Entrepreneurship and AI

Please join the Women in Energy initiative at the Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia SIPA for a student roundtable lunch and discussion featuring Women in Energy’s...

Event • CGEP Large Conference Room
1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027
Student Roundtable: Entrepreneurship and AI

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Senior Policy Advisor

Columbia SIPA Center on Global Energy Policy seeks a Senior Policy Advisor to the Founding Director. The Senior Policy Advisor will report directly to the Founding Director and be responsible for ensuring the Founding Director is well-prepared for high-level engagements, convenings, and decision-making meetings. The Senior Policy Advisor will manage the portfolio of writing and analytical projects for the Founder’s office, including policy focused briefs.

As Senior Policy Advisor, the incumbent will serve as the primary policy aide to the Founding Director where they will be expected to leverage proven energy, climate and foreign policy expertise for the management and development of policy briefings, speaker briefings, research assignments, and other writing tasks on behalf of the Founding Director, such as assistance with drafting speeches, remarks, talking points, op-eds, professional correspondence, and more. This position is also responsible for thoughtfully managing the logistics, coordination and substance for the Founding Director’s internal and external engagements, including high-level convenings, speaking engagements, interactions with senior government officials, business executives and thought leaders. The Senior Policy Advisor will report to the Founding Director’s chief of staff and perform these tasks in coordination with the Founding Director’s chief of staff, special assistant, scheduling team, communications and policy team, and other leadership offices.

This role is not an entry-level position. Applicants must have proven experience serving as: an energy, climate, or foreign policy advisor to a senior government official; an energy-industry business executive and/or consultant or advisor to a senior business executive in a relevant industry; a senior advisor to an NGO leader; an academic administrator focused on public and foreign policy issues related to the energy sector; or other comparable professional experience and responsibility.

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Senior Research Scholar

The Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs is conducting an open search for Senior Research Scholar or Research Scholars to work on major research topics related to energy and climate change.

While the search is open to a broad range of areas of expertise at the intersection of economics, foreign policy, security, markets, policy, climate change, and energy, particular areas of interest include expertise to conduct research on:

a) Artificial intelligence, climate, security, and energy: This field of research will include focus on issues such as (1) the availability of adequate energy supply to enable the growth of AI in the United States and in partner countries (e.g., the availability of clean, firm power, efficiencies to curb AI-driven power demand, transmission and infrastructure expansion, nuclear, etc); (2) national security implications that arise as AI companies operate and build data centers more globally; and (3) how artificial intelligence (AI) can mitigate climate change and enhance resilience.

b) Electricity: CGEP has an interdisciplinary approach to understanding what the IEA calls the “golden age” of electricity. We are interested in scholars with expertise on electricity markets from a supply and demand perspective, on fuels, technologies, and supply chains, as well understanding of utility regulation, rate design and cost allocation.  We are looking for candidates with the ability to take a macro view and understand the role of electricity in decarbonization, in national security and trade, and in scaling emerging new technologies like AI and data centers. We also want to hear from scholars with expertise in global electricity policy outside the United States, particularly China, India, the EU, and GCC.

c) Carbon management: CGEP is interested in understanding the crucial role of policy, regulation, and markets in commercializing and scaling carbon management technology solutions.  We are particularly interested in understanding financing, permitting and regulatory challenges around the deployment of carbon capture, utilization and storage, carbon mineralization, and/or direct air capture technologies.  We are interested in demand-side drivers for carbon management such as the decarbonization of hard-to-abate industrial sectors, natural gas and coal-fired electric power generation, and zero-carbon fuels (e.g.,hydrogen, power-to-X, carbon-to-fuels).  We also are interested in the development of voluntary and compliance carbon markets as a driver for investment and innovation in low and zero carbon emissions technologies.

The search is broad and CGEP anticipates that multiple hires may be made.  Ideal candidates will have expertise and awareness across multiple aspects of the energy ecosystem (e.g., technical, policy, regulatory, markets, etc). Their research will include some combination of experience that could include domestic and/or international energy and climate change policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, economics, development, or other relevant issues.

Successful execution will require generating original research, managing collaborative research projects across departments, and communicating research findings clearly and concisely to a range of audiences in a manner that maximizes policy impact, as well as contributing to the University’s wider research and convening efforts. This person (or persons) will help to set the research vision and agenda for these topic areas in collaboration with the leadership team.

The position will leverage linkages between other areas of ongoing work across the Earth Institute, Business School, Engineering School, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, and other units across Columbia University more broadly, including its first in the nation Climate School. The appointment will be made at the level of Senior Research Scholar or Research Scholar depending on experience.

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Senior Staff Associate I 

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Senior Staff Associate I (Officer of Research) to support research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health).

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Senior Staff Associate II

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Senior Staff Associate II (Officer of Research) to support original research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health).

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Senior Staff Associate III

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Senior Staff Associate III (Officer of Research) to support original research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health).

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Staff Associate I

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Staff Associate I (Officer of Research) to support research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health).

The incumbent will support CGEP’s Sr. Staff Associates, Research Scholars and Senior Research Scholars by contributing to the research subject, assisting with interpretation of research, conducting literature reviews; analyzing and visualizing data. The incumbent will contribute to outputs including peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, issue briefs, and/or op-eds. They may present at conferences, seminars and/or events. Under the direction of a PI or Senior Staff Associate, they may ensure deliverable deadlines are met and coordinate and work with external or partner organizations.

The position will leverage linkages between other areas of ongoing work across the Earth Institute, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, and Columbia University more broadly, including its Climate School. The position may engage at a high level with key stakeholders.

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Staff Associate II

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Staff Associate II (Officer of Research) to support original research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health). The position will leverage linkages between other areas of ongoing work across the Earth Institute, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, and Columbia University more broadly, including its Climate School. The position will engage at a high level with key stakeholders.

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Staff Associate III

The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia’s School of International and Public Affairs seeks a Staff Associate III (Officer of Research) to support research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, nuclear or other relevant areas (e.g., the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health).

The incumbent will support CGEP’s Senior Staff Associates, and Senior Research Scholars by contributing to the research subject, assisting with interpretation of research, conducting literature reviews; analyzing and visualizing data. The incumbent will contribute to outputs including peer-reviewed journal articles, research reports, issue briefs, and/or op-eds. They may participate at conferences, seminars and/or events. Under the direction of a Senior Research Scholar or Senior Staff Associate, the incumbent will ensure deliverable deadlines are met and coordinate and work with external or partner organizations.

The position will support original research on domestic and/or international energy policy, geopolitics, technology, equality and justice, markets, development, oil and gas, natural gas, hydrogen, electricity, carbontech, nuclear or other relevant areas (e.g. the energy transition to zero-carbon fuels, energy and public health). The staff associate will connect the Center’s work related to the decarbonization of heavy industry in our Carbon Management Research Initiative (CaMRI) program to the work related to the production, distribution and use of low-carbon fields, topics studied by our low-carbon fields group at CGEP. The position will not only leverage linkages between other areas of ongoing work within CGEP but also across Columbia University more broadly, including the Earth Institute, Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Lenfest Center for Sustainable Energy, and the Climate School. CGEP currently engages in collaborative projects involving experts from multiple schools, including the Mailman School of Public Health and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, Law School.

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Student Opportunities

Note: student positions are only open to current Columbia Students. Students graduating in Spring 2025 are not eligible to work in student positions after 05/15/2025.

Open Applications for Spring 2025:

On the application pages for each position students may select which research programs, scholars, and/or teams for which they would like to be considered. For example, on the Departmental Research Assistant application page a student can select if they would like to be considered for a position with the Carbon Management Research Initiative, the Energy for Development program, the Power Sector team, etc. Students may select as many or as few of these options they would like.

Students may apply for multiple positions, but should only apply for the positions where they meet the minimum requirements. 

Please submit all inquiries to [email protected].

Student Research Worker

Student Research Workers for the Center on Global Energy Policy will be given a wide range of assignments to support the administration of our research programs. Assignments will include conducting background research and literature reviews under the direction of research scholars, collating and analyzing data, drafting briefing memos, providing operational support through coordination with other CGEP teams (including assisting researchers with public and private event planning), attending meetings and events, note taking in private workshops, and other related tasks. These hourly positions are open both graduate and undergraduate students studying either full-or part-time. Recipients of Federal Work Study awards may apply.

Student Administrative Support Worker

Student Administrative Support Workers for the Center on Global Energy Policy support the operations and administration of the department. Students assist staff members of the Communications, Development, Events, Finance & Administration, Publications, Women in Energy Program and/or the Offices of the Founding and Executive Directors. These hourly positions are open both graduate and undergraduate students studying either full- or part-time. Recipients of Federal Work Study awards may apply.

Departmental Research Assistants II

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Departmental Research Assistants II (DRAs) for the Center on Global Energy Policy will be given a wide range of assignments to support the research and activities of this growing research department. Responsibilities may include conducting research under the direction of our Scholars, data analysis and visualization, generating and presenting research data, drafting written work for publication, providing operational support through coordination with other CGEP teams (including assisting researchers with public and private event planning), attending meetings and events, notetaking in private workshops, and other related tasks.

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