JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2015 - January 31, 2016

Lund University

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Department of Economics
Assistant Professor

JOE ID Number: 2015-02_111454163
Date Posted: 10/13/2015
Date Inactive: 01/31/2016
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant Professor
Section: International:Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: SWEDEN
JEL Classification: E -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Keywords:
Macroeconomics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Department of Economics, Lund University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position in Economics, with specialization in macroeconomics. Lund University is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia and the Department of Economics is a well-established research and teaching institution with a full-scale postgraduate program. Lund is an old attractive university town 10 minutes from Malmö and 40 minutes from Copenhagen.

We wish to fill the position no later than September 2016, although there is room for some flexibility. The position is a six year tenure-track and comes with a low teaching load and a competitive salary package. Salary takes the form of a tax-exempt scholarship which roughly equals the net income at the level of a full professor.

The position is open for applicants with research background in the fields of macroeconomics. Research potential is our key selection criterion for the advertised position. The successful candidate will be expected to carry out research suitable for publication in leading or highly ranked field and general economics journals.

Shortlisted candidates will be interviewed at the ASSA San Francisco meeting in January 2016 or at the department in Lund.

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 11/30/2015
Application Instructions:
Interested candidates should email their applications to application@nek.lu.se no later than November 30, 2015. The application should include a detailed CV with a list of publications and working papers, one job market paper, and a cover letter describing your future research plans. An additional publication/working paper may be included in the application, but it should be made clear which paper is considered to have most merit. Two letters of recommendations should be sent directly by the referees to application@nek.lu.se