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UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES & UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, Sydney, Australia
AF Any Field
Applications are invited from suitably qualified
applicants for 3 Postdoctoral Fellowship positions to
carry out research on topics associated with a large
project jointly funded by the Australian Research
Council and National Health and Medical Research
Council. The project, titled Working Longer: Policy
Reforms and Practice Innovations, will forecast
demographic and health transition in Australia and
develop capacity to analyse the likely economic and
workplace adjustments that population ageing will
generate. Two fellows will be based in the Faculty
of Business at the University of New South Wales;
one will work with Professor John Piggott in the
area of retirement financing and retirement timing
and the other will work with Professor Phil Bohle in
the area of workplace participation and occupational
health and safety. The third fellow will be based in
the University of Sydney's Faculty of Economics
and Business and will work with Professor Alan
Woodland in the area of dynamic economic effects
of population ageing. The positions are full-time
fixed term for three years, subject to the completion
of a satisfactory probation period for new
appointees. Essential criteria and application
procedures: For the fellowship in retirement
financing and retirement timing, applicants must
have a complete or near complete PhD in
economics, actuarial studies or related discipline;
high level skills in stochastic analysis and modelling;
excellent computing and communications skills; and
the ability to work both independently and as a
member of a multi-disciplinary team. For more
information or to apply online, visit
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/employment.html and search by reference number
4845. Enquiries may be directed to Professor John
Piggott (telephone: (02) 9385 5903, email:
j.piggott@unsw.edu.au). For the fellowship in
workplace participation and occupational health and
safety, applicants must have a complete or near
complete PhD in occupational health and safety,
organisational behaviour or a related discipline; high
level skills in multivariate data analysis including
structural equation modelling; excellent computing
and communications skills; and the ability to work
both independently and as a member of a multi-
disciplinary team. For more information or to apply
online, visit
http://www.hr.unsw.edu.au/services/recruitment/employment.html. Enquiries may be directed to
Professor Phil Bohle (telephone: (02) 9385 7139
email: p.bohle@unsw.edu.au). For the fellowship in
dynamic economic effects of population ageing,
applicants must have a complete or near complete
PhD in economics or cognate discipline; a
demonstrated ability to undertake independent
research; high level skills in quantitative economic
modelling; excellent computing and
communications skills; and the ability to work both
independently and as a member of a multi-disciplinary team. For more information or to apply
online, please visit http://positions.usyd.edu.au and
search by reference number 97695. Enquiries may
be directed to Professor Alan Woodland (telephone:
(02) 9351 6825, email:
a.woodland@econ.usyd.edu.au). The closing date
for applications for all three positions is Monday 16
April 2007.
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