Researcher in Economic History and Demography, 1-2 positions - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Subject area

Economic History and Demography, specifically Historical Demography

Job assignments

The holder will work in the research program The Landskrona Population Study, with demographic analyses of longitudinal individual-level data during the period 1900-2010. The program is based on socioeconomic and demographic micro data, with information on various demographic outcomes, occupation and income for about 350,000 unique individuals in the city of Landskrona and surrounding rural areas (The Scanian Economic-Demographic Database, SEDD). Work tasks involve empirical analyses of different demographic processes (health and mortality, gender and family, socioeconomic stratification and mobility) including data management, statistical analysis, and writing academic papers for publication, independently and in collaboration with other members of the research team. The post-doctoral fellow should be willing to interact with students and to participate actively in the common activities at the Centre for Economic Demography.

The employment is limited tenure between 2021-03-01—2022-12-31 with an extent of 100 %.

Eligibility

To be qualified for employment as researcher, an individual must hold a PhD or an international degree equivalent in Economic History or related discipline (e.g. Economics, Sociology, Economic Geography, History).

Basis of Assessment

Scholarly proficiency is the main requirement for employment.

The holder of the position should be competent and experienced enough to be able to carry out independent research, using state-of-the-art statistical models. Experience in working with longitudinal individual-level economic and demographic data from population registers is a requirement for the position. Documented skills in working with the SEDD and proficiency in using STATA are both requirements. For appointment, the candidate must have demonstrated a high degree of research expertise as manifested in the quality of the PhD dissertation and other publications. Documented skills in quantitative analysis and data management are required.

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

• international experience;
• other results and distinctions which attest to the applicant's ability to do research;
• ability to engage and inform society at large about research.