Michaël Aklin
aklin.bsky.social
Michaël Aklin
@aklin.bsky.social
Prof at EPFL |
Policy & Sustainability lab (PASU) |
Director at E4S
EPFL's deadline to apply to its MSc programs is approaching (Dec 15).

- MSc in Sustainable Management & Technology (SMT) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...
- MSc in Management, Technology & Entrepreneurship (MTE) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...
- MSc in Financial Engineering (MFE) www.epfl.ch/schools/cdm/...
SMT Application & Admission
CDM
www.epfl.ch
December 9, 2024 at 1:36 PM
Interested in obstacles to fossil fuel phaseouts?

I wrote a note at VoxEU on labor market problems faced by fossil fuel workers. Labor market frictions make it hard to provide new jobs. Place-based policies can mitigate the problem, but the risk of political failure is high.
Green jobs for fossil fuel workers: The implications of geography and skills for the clean energy tr...
In the absence of effective and cost-competitive carbon capture or removal technologies, a near complete phaseout of fossil fuels will be required to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions. This colu...
cepr.org
January 3, 2024 at 12:43 PM
Reposted by Michaël Aklin
As my introduction to this app, I am sharing the recently launched blog for the Open Energy Outlook Initiative. We have already released four articles: www.cmu.edu/energy/key-i...
Blog - Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation - Carnegie Mellon University
OEO Blog
www.cmu.edu
December 22, 2023 at 10:13 PM
My lab is recruiting! Two positions:
1 postdoc (1-2yr) (flex starting date) recruiting.epfl.ch/Vacancies/32...
1 PhD student (4yr) (Sept '24) www.epfl.ch/about/workin...

Ideal for folk interested in sustainability policy/econ and who have strong tech skills (causal, computational, etc.).
December 21, 2023 at 2:34 PM