Summer Research Assistant – Energy & Environment Lab (2026)

<p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Job Title: Summer Research Assistant, Energy &amp; Environment Lab</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Location: </span></strong><span data-contrast="auto">Chicago, IL</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Who We Are</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The University of Chicago Energy &amp; Environment Lab (E&amp;E Lab) partners with agencies at the local, state and federal level to identify, rigorously evaluate, and help scale programs and policies that reduce pollution and improve environmental outcomes, while ensuring access to reliable and affordable energy. The E&amp;E Lab uses natural experiments, randomized controlled trials, behavioral economics, and machine learning to help policymakers identify and generate evidence around innovative approaches to their most pressing environmental and energy-related challenges.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The E&amp;E Lab is part of the University of Chicago’s new Institute for Climate and Sustainable Growth. The Lab's mission is to partner with government agencies to identify and rigorously evaluate policies with the greatest potential to improve human lives at scale; the Lab's evidence-based approach gives policymakers and practitioners the knowledge they need to effectively achieve the greatest social good per dollar spent.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="auto">Job Summary</span></strong><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-contrast="auto">The E&amp;E Lab is seeking Summer Research Assistants (RAs) with strong research, methodological, and programming skills to support large-scale environmental policy research projects. The RAs will work on a portfolio of economics projects, designed to evaluate the impact of promising energy and environmental interventions. Typical research projects involve the analysis of environmental and energy data, utilizing quasi-experimental and experimental methods to provide government partners with guidance on key policy questions.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p> <p><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></p