Luleå University of Technology

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The Department of Business Administration, Technology and Social Sciences currently have a 200-strong faculty. The Department is organized in four divisions which undertakes research and teaches within business administration, innovation processes and entrepreneurship, quality management and social sciences, including economics. The Economics unit is part of the Division of Social Sciences. It has a strong, multidisciplinary research environment focusing on environmental, natural resource and energy issues. The division currently includes approximately 35 senior researchers and teachers of which seven are full professors, and approximately 20 PhD students.

The Economics unit is involved in research projects aiming to create efficient and environmentally sound biorefinery processes that use biomass sourced from forests as feed-stock. Much of this research applies a holistic multidisciplinary approach to study the possibilities and potentials for implementation of biorefineries in Sweden. A considerable part of the research is to develop economic CGE models, or partial equilibrium models, that can interact with e.g., energy system models.

In this context the Economics unit is now searching for an candidate for a post doctor position with a scientific track record in economics, an expressed interest in natural resources and energy economics and a documented experience in CGE modeling. The position also requires multi-disciplinary collaborations (with other social sciences and engineering sciences).

Subject description
Economics concerns the study of how society can be organized to make efficient use of scarce resources. Research focuses on the economics of natural resources, energy and the environment. It applies microeconomic theories to study the behavior of energy and raw materials markets as well as how these markets are influenced by public policy.

Work duties
The work duties include:
• Independent as well as collaborative research in economics within the scope of specific research projects (at least 80% of full time)
• Possibilities to teach and supervise at bachelor, master and PhD-levels in economics (at the most 20% of full time).
The post doctor position is a full time position spanning 1+1 years. The position is reviewed after 1 year and extended an additional year if satisfactory.

Requirements
Qualification for an appointment to a post doctor position is a doctorate degree or an equivalent foreign degree in economics. Priority will be given to applicants that have completed their PhD degree no earlier than three years before the application deadline. It is required that the applicant has a good understanding of CGE-modeling (e.g., using GAMS). It is also desired that the applicant has knowledge of forest resources and forest issues.

Assessment criteria
The applicants will be assessed and ranked according to their respective scientific merits and their documented experience within the listed research profile and requirements (e.g., experience and/or expressed interest in empirical economic research focusing on natural resources, energy and environmental issues as well as knowledge of CGE-modeling). Other assessment criteria include:
• Documented ability of economic/CGE research
• Documented ability to conduct applied research
• Interest in research in natural resources, energy and environmental economics
• Excellent ability to take initiatives and collaborate within a multi-disciplinary research environment.
• Excellent communications skills in English, written and oral.
• Pedagogical skills, such as university level courses in pedagogy and experience from university level education is a merit.
• Experience of acquiring research grants is a merit.
Information
For further information, please contact: Professor Robert Lundmark, +46 (0)920-492346, robert.lundmark@ltu.se or Head of Division Jerry Blomberg, +46 (0)70-2682188, jerry.blomberg@ltu.se

General-level information for applicants (in English): http://www.ltu.se/ltu/Lediga-jobb/Fakta-for-sokande?l=en
About the research groups in economies: http://www.ltu.se/research/subjects/Nationalekonomi?l=en
About the university www.ltu.se

Union representatives:
SACO-S Daina Dagis, 0920-49 3880 daina.dagis@ltu.se
OFR-S Lars Frisk, 0920-49 1792 lars.frisk@ltu.se

Luleå University of Technology is actively working on equality and diversity that contributes to a creative study- and work environment. The University's core values are based on respect, trust, openness and responsibility.

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Application
Please apply for the position by clicking on the application button below and attach your cover letter and CV/resume. The application should include the most important scientific publications of the applicant. Documentation of the applicant’s pedagogical skills should also be appended. In the application at least two reference persons should be included. We prefer that applicants follows the Application template available on our website, under ”Open positions”. Note that The applicant´s educational qualifications should be particularly documented. Application must be written in English or Swedish. Diplomas must be verified and translated to English or Swedish. Mark your application with the reference number.

Application documents that can´t be uploaded electronically should be submitted in triplicate and sent to Luleå University of Technology, Registrar, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden, remember to mark the documents with the reference number.

Final day to apply: February 8, 2015
Reference number: 3042-14