Postdoctoral Fellow in Empirical Microeconomics at the Dept of Economics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Job description

The Department of Economics at Lund University seeks one Postdoctoral Fellow in Empirical Microeconomics. The holder will conduct independent research in fields such as Labor Economics, Health Economics, or Development Economics, and is expected to cooperate with other researchers at the Department, be willing to interact with students, and to actively participate in the common activities of the Department. The position involves 20 percent teaching (the equivalent of about one course a year and some supervision of Bachelor and Master Theses).

Qualifications

Scholarly proficiency is the main requirement for employment.

Applicants must hold a PhD in Economics or a related discipline. The degree should preferably have been awarded at a university outside Sweden and the degree must not have been awarded more than three years ago, counting from the date of the application deadline (unless the applicant has been on parental leave or leave due to illness). Applications will also be accepted from persons who have not yet completed their PhD, but this condition must be satisfied at the time of employment. Applicants must show a high degree of research expertise as manifested in the quality of their PhD dissertation and other publications.

In addition to the above, the following set of criteria will be applied in the assessment of candidates:

• Relevance and viability of the research plan.
• Other results and distinctions that attest to the applicant's ability to do research.
• Ability to engage and inform society at large about research.

Evaluation of the applicants will take their experience, knowledge and other personal qualities like co-operativeness into consideration. The applicants' ability to use their skills and experience to strengthen and supplement existing research activities within the School of Economics and Management will also be considered.

Terms of employment

This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of two years. The period of employment is determined in the agreement “Avtal om tidsbegränsad anställning som postdoktor” (“Agreement on fixed-term employment as a postdoctoral fellow”) between the employer organization and the union organizations (http://www.arbetsgivarverket.se/avtal--skrifter/avtal/avtal-om-tidsbegransad-anstallning-for-adjungerad-larare2/).