JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2014 - January 31, 2015

Aarhus University

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Department of Economics and Business
Postdoc

JOE ID Number: 2014-02_111452221
Date Posted: 11/04/2014
Date Inactive: 01/31/2015
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Postdoc
Section: International: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Aarhus, Aarhus, DENMARK
JEL Classification: 00 -- Default: Any Field
Keywords:
Finance
Health Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Department of Economics and Business, School of Business and Social Sciences, Aarhus University, invites applications for two PostDoc positions. Applicants should have a PhD degree before taking up the position. Major responsibilities include teaching of BSc, MSc and PhD students in Economics or Finance, and research within those fields. The working language at the department is English. Research and teaching at the Department of Economics and Business focus on theory and applications within macroeconomics, microeconomics, econometrics, accounting, finance, logistics and economics of business.

Research facilities, time to devote to research, travel support, etc., are very good. For non-Danish researchers favourable tax-schemes exist. The Department is host to several research centres providing an active research environment with ample influx of visiting fellows.

One 2-year post-doctoral fellowship is available within the field of “Macro-finance and DSGE modelling”. The scholarship is funded by The Danish Council for Independent Research and the successful candidate will also be affiliated CREATES, Center for Research in Econometric Analysis of Time Series.

A second 2-year post-doctoral fellowship is available within the field Health Economics. The scholarship is funded by CIRRAU – Centre for Integrated Register-based Research at AU (www.cirrau.au.dk)

The Department of Economics and Business services several undergraduate and Master-level programs. The PhD programme has an annual intake of around 20-25 students and currently the number of PhD students in Economics and Business is about 75. More information is available at www.econ.au.dk.

Interviews will be conducted at the ASSA-AEA meetings in Boston, MA, January 2015. Your application should include cover letter, CV, names of 3 referees and your Job Market paper. Optionally, you may submit 1-2 additional papers. Please mention in the cover letter where you have found the ad. All candidates must apply online at www.econ.au.dk/joe-postdoc2015.

For further information regarding the openings you may contact Professor Niels Haldrup (nhaldrup@econ.au.dk) (CREATES postdoc position) or Professor Marianne Simonsen (msimonsen@econ.au.dk) CIRRAU postdoc position).

Application Requirements:
  • External Application Link
  • Letters of Reference Instructions Below
Application deadline: 12/01/2014
Reference Instructions:
Referees will be contact to submit the reference letters