Programme Lead- Sustainable Food Systems ( Political Economy)

Job Summary

Programme Associate/ Programme Lead (Economist, Transport) plays a pivotal role in anchoring the Sustainable Mobility teams policy research by applying rigorous quantitative frameworks to solve complex transport challenges across modes. CEEW will work to identify emerging trends in transport and mobility through macroeconomic analysis, demand forecasting, techno-economic analysis, and mode-choice analysis exercises. Location: Delhi.

Responsibilities

• Economist shall lead the critical research on the macro-economic implications of India's electric vehicle transition, benefits of public transport, fiscal health of ULBs, and State Transport Undertakings (STUs), taxes on transport and vehicles, costs of vehicle ownership and usage across road, rail, air, and the development of pollution and carbon pricing models for urban mobility. Bridging mobility and transport recommendations with economic models, will provide the compelling evidence to influence policies ensuring that CEEW's advocacy is both economically viable and socially equitable in the push toward a Net-Zero transport future.
• This role will work closely with the Fellow, Sustainable Mobility team and contribute to the following: Research Support
• Develop a sub-program on Transport Economics to ensure critical supply of policy insights to address market and adoption barriers in bus based transport in cities, railways in regional and intercity travels, cleaner fuels and vehicles.
• Conduct analyses involving a combination of multiple complex data layers, network analysis and detailed visualisation of the outputs. These data layers will include information on costs, taxes, fiscal strategies, cess and other FDIs.
• Analyse macroeconomic indicators (GDP, inflation, liquidity, rates, employment) to develop regional rural & urban passenger and freight transport demands
• Support demand forecasting using econometric / ML models; Analyse household income data and discretionary demand, Monitor SIAM & VAHAN trends, segmentation, exports, and competitive behaviour
• Prepare inputs for convenings & policy meetings, Develop and update Transport Economics and Impacts models, Developing deeper Foresight for regional vehicles and mobility markets using TFFM
• Assessing policy impacts on fuel and vehicle markets, at national and global levels, Tracking vehicular policies and trade regulations in global markets