Associate Senior Lecturer in Economics specializing in Financial Econometrics - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Lund University announces one limited-duration (four years) position as associate senior lecturer (or a tenure-track assistant professor) in financial econometrics. 

The position is full time, with placement at the Department of Economics, Lund University School of Economics and Management. 

Job description and terms of employment 

The position as an associate senior lecturer is limited to a four-year period with the possibility of a promotion to a permanent position as a senior lecturer if the person in question is eligible for such employment according to the requirements discussed below under Promotion.

The position involves both teaching (35%), research (60%), and administrative tasks (5%). Teaching can be at the undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral levels. 

The scope of the position shall also provide an opportunity for training in teaching and learning in higher education corresponding to at least five weeks.

The salary range is between SEK 460,000 – 520,000 per year depending on qualifications. The salary will be renegotiated to a competitive level within the specialization if and when the candidate is promoted to senior lecturer.

Subject area

The successful candidates should have proven competence and experience in the field of financial econometrics. 

Eligibility and qualification requirements

Qualified to be employed as an associate senior lecturer in economics, is a person who has been awarded a Ph.D. degree in economics, finance, econometrics, or statistics. Primary consideration should be given to a person who has been awarded a PhD within five years of the deadline for application for employment as an associate senior lecturer.  (Higher Education Ordinance Chapter 4, Section 4 a)

Since the research environment at the Department of Economics is highly international and since the position includes teaching and supervision in English, a good command of the English language is required. 

A Ph.D. degree from outside of the Lund University School of Economics and Management is a strong merit.

The department will favor candidates who can document successful research and teaching in financial econometrics.

Assessment criteria

The abilities to develop and implement high-quality research and the pedagogical abilities are the basis for the assessment of the position. The School of Economics and Management strives for a balance between research and teaching in all positions. Furthermore, the ability to collaborate with the surrounding society and to inform about research and development is also considered in the assessment.

The overall evaluation of the pedagogical qualifications includes both pedagogical experience and skill.

In the overall assessment of the scientific skills, a particular emphasis will be placed on publications and the possibility to publish in highly ranked journals that use the international peer-review system and that are relevant for economics (see the department’s list of journals; https://nek.lu.se/en/journals). 

In addition, the ability to obtain external research grants is also included as an assessment of the scientific skills. 

Promotion

An associate senior lecturer can apply for promotion to a permanent position as a senior lecturer if she or he fulfills the eligibility requirements according to Lund University’s employment regulations 4.3.4. and the following qualification requirements of the department: 

1. High scientific skills
   a)    The conditions below are based on the journal list published here:         https://nek.lu.se/en/journals
   b)    Condition 1 (high quality).
   One of the following conditions must be fulfilled when it comes to publications:  
          i)    2 A  
          ii)    1 A och 2 B*
          iii)    1 A*
   c)    Condition 2 (productivity and independence)
   The applicant needs at least 16 points from publications ranked as B or higher. A single authored publication has the following points; A*=20, A=10, B*=5, B=2 and b=1. Each additional author reduces the total number of points with 10 percentage units. Hence, an A-publication with three authors gives 8 points while the same article with five authors gives 6 points.
2. High pedagogical skills
   a)    At least 1500 hours of teaching (so-called clock hours, which includes preparations).
   b)    Five weeks of training in teaching and learning in higher education. 
   3)    An ability to cooperate with the society outside academia and a high degree of collegiality. 

General requirements profile for a senior lecturer at Lund University School of Economics and Management are presented here: https://www.lusem.lu.se/media/ehl/recruitment/general-requirements-profile-and-assessment-for-employment-as-senior-lecturer-at-lusem.pdf.

The application for promotion should be submitted to the Lund University School of Economics and Management  no later than six months prior to the end of the appointment as associate senior lecturer.

Application procedure

Please send in your application by clicking on the ”Apply for position” button in the upper right-hand column of the vacancy notice.

Please upload your application, which should be written in English and contsist of the following:

• Letter of motivation with a short description of the applicant’s research interests and pedagogical experience (maximum 2 pages).
• CV.
• List of publications.
• PhD certificate.
• Letters of recommendation from two the reference persons are to be sent directly to application@nek.lu.se.

The university applies individual salary setting. Feel free to state salary claims in your application.

About us

The Department of Economics employ around 100 researchers, teachers, doctoral candidates, and administrative personnel. Research at the department includes topics such as microeconomics, macroeconomics, finance, econometrics, public economics and applied microeconomics. More information is found on our homepage: https://www.nek.lu.se/en/research/researchareas.

The workplace is located in our offices at Holger Crafoord Ekonomicentrum in Lund. There are good connections by bus from Malmö and Lund Central station. You can walk from Lund Central station in 25 minutes.

Lund University is a government agency, which means that you receive special benefits, generous vacation and a favourable occupational pension. Wellness reimbursement and a paid wellness hour are a given.

Read more on the University's website about being employed at Lund University: Work at Lund University.