Jobs for Boston University Graduate Students

Fall 2018/Spring 2019

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sustainable Energy Business Models and Policy

ISE director Peter Fox-Penner teaches this course, PL851 in the Questrom School of
Business this Fall. The course surveys businesses, technologies, policies, and
business models in the main areas of clean energy, with a guest speaker from
industry every week. The course meets at 6.30 pm Tuesdays. Qualifications:
knowledge of clean energy industry business models and policies, knowledge of basic
regulatory and business economics, very good organizational skills. 

10 - 20 hours/week, fall 2018 only.

Communications Assistant, Project on the Global Clean Power Grid

The ISE is engaged in a program with China’s Global Energy Infrastructure and
Development Cooperation Organization (GEIDCO) and Columbia University’s Center
for Global Energy Policy doing research on matters concerning the transition to
sustainable energy platforms worldwide.  This position is for a communications
assistant who will generate slides, web and social media postings, and publicize
research and events of the project. Qualifications include: (1) some knowledge of
clean power technologies and policies and facility with clean power terminology;
(2) skills in powerpoint, social media, and website management; (3) good skills in
technical writing; and (4) experience organizing and managing events. 10 - 20
hours/week, full year position.

Project Coordinator for a Symposium Commemorating the Energy Research Group

The Institute for Sustainable Energy has a position for a graduate student in any BU
school/college with good organizational skills and interests in current and historical
energy policy and ecological economics.  Qualifications:  (1) good background in
energy policy/ecological economics;  (2) ability to organize and quickly summarize
policy studies; (3) experience organizing events.   A unique experience for students
passionate about U.S. energy policy and ecological economics, including interacting
with many of the leading world practitioners in these fields. 10 – 20 hours/week,
full year position.

Boston University Institute for Sustainable Energy

595 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215
617-353-4365 / iseinfo@bu.edu / bu.edu/ise