Brief description of the University of Angers: 

The University of Angers welcomes 27 000 students, 1,037 professors, around 1,400 professionals and nearly 700 staff members, 400 different degrees, association with national public centers (CNRS, INRAE, INSERM),450 institutions collaborated all over the world with the UA in the framework of research or education agreements. The University of Angers is committed to the HRS4R label since 2020 and is already involved in various European projects, notably MSCA actions.

Presentation of the Centre Jean Bodin research unit :

The Centre Jean Bodin is a research laboratory in law and political science. The laboratory has a team of 45 teacher-researchers and researchers, 42 doctoral students, 17 associate members and 5 administrative staff. Researchers belong to the private law, public law, history of law and political science departments. The Centre Jean Bodin also hosts the EARTH Chair, dedicated to environmental issues https://www.chaireearth.org ). Dr Sophie LAMBERT-WIBER will be the supervisor of the project. She is Associate professor in private and tax law, co-director of the Chaire Earth and Director of the axis "Law and society: transitions and regulations" at the Centre Jean Bodin.

Description of the potential research project : 

Potential title of the project : The economic measurement of environmental effectiveness

Environmental taxation is one of the measures designed to promote a shift towards more environmentally friendly choices. This type of taxation is part of a movement that began in the early twentieth century, when taxation became a fully-fledged tool of economic, social, cultural and now environmental public policy. However, the concept of environmental taxation remains vague in its contours, and even in its objectives: between changing behaviour and using the proceeds of taxation to benefit the ecological transition. Environmental taxation, insofar as it tends to influence the behaviour of citizens and economic agents, can be described as behavioural taxation. It guides choices through incentives (e.g. tax credits for green investments, such as energy transition), or sanctions them through coercive measures (e.g. carbon tax).

The question is how effective these measures are, both in terms of the behavior of the taxpayers and economic agents concerned, and in terms of preserving the environment. This project focuses on taxation and the economy in France and the EU. An international perspective is a plus.

To carry out this analysis, we are looking for a candidate with a PhD in economics with a good knowledge of behavioral economics.

Keywords : Behavioural economics, Natural resources and environmental economics, Tax Law, Environmental taxation and behavioral taxation

Eligibility : 

Applicants must comply with the mobility rule (having stay in France less than 12 months in the past 3 years before the 10th of September 2025). Applicants also must have maximum 8 years of active research experience after graduating their (first) PhD.

If you are interested in this offer and have the required background, please download and fill the application form available at https://www.univ-angers.fr/en/research/funding-and-projects/cap-europe/msca-postdoctoral-fellowship.html 

and send it with your CV to sophie.lambert-wiber@univ-angers.frand cap-europe@univ-angers.fr 

We encourage you to apply ASAP, if we receive applications that has an fitting profile, we will close the offer in Euraxess.