Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) & School of Economics, Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economic Research, Xiamen University, China

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Any field. Our preferred areas of specializations are, but not limited to, accounting, economic history, finance, international economics/trade, economic history, health economics, law and economics, macroeconomics, political economics, public economics, and statistics.

Xiamen University, founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known Chinese expatriate, is located in the resort-like island of Xiamen in Southeast China. Under the leadership of Professor Wang Yanan, a former Xiamen University President and the Chinese translator of Karl Marx's Das Kapital, the School of Economics at Xiamen University has been one of the top programs in China since 1950s. In 2005, to further develop and promote modern economics, Xiamen University established an internationalized research institute - the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE). Recently, Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economic Research was founded with the aim to build a world-renowned research center on modern economics and the Chinese economy.

The main missions of WISE and the School of Economics are high-quality graduate training, frontier research, and intensive international academic exchange and cooperation. Having successfully recruited about 70 faculty members from abroad in the past ten years, WISE and the School of Economics still have several faculty positions available in all areas of economics, finance and statistics at all ranks.

Junior candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. degree by August 2017 and promising research ability. Senior candidates must have a Ph.D. degree and a strong research record. Competitive salary and research grant are provided, with a regular teaching load of 2.5 courses per year. All faculty members, regardless of their citizenships, enjoy housing subsidies for the first six years.

Detailed information is available at the website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/english. We will interview selected candidates in Chicago, IL during the 2017 ASSA meeting.

Applicants should also register and complete the online application via http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/faculty.