University of Alberta

Position Title/Short Description

Full Text of JOE Listing:

Competition No: A110330300
Closing Date: Nov 15, 2016

The Department of Economics (www.economics.ualberta.ca) in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Alberta invites applications for two tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor with a starting date of July 1, 2017.

Qualified candidates must hold a PhD in Economics or be close to completion. Entry-level candidates must demonstrate outstanding potential for teaching and research. Candidates at the Associate Professor level must have demonstrated excellence in teaching and research. The successful candidate for the microeconomics position will have expertise in one of the following areas: industrial organization; energy and natural resource economics; law and economics; public economics. The successful candidate for the macroeconomics position will have expertise in one of the following areas: macroeconomics; international finance; monetary economics; financial economics. Responsibilities will include maintaining an active research program, teaching in both undergraduate and graduate student programs, and graduate student research supervision.

The Department of Economics at the University of Alberta is committed to excellence in research. The Department offers programs of study leading to Bachelors, Masters, Masters in Economics and Finance, and PhD degrees.

How to Apply:

The Department will be considering candidates for interviews at the AEA meetings in Chicago in January 2017, or the Toronto CEEE meetings in December. Email applications must include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, three confidential letters of reference, samples of current research papers and, if available, a teaching dossier that includes evaluations of teaching performance.

To assist the University in complying with mandatory reporting requirements of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (R203(3)(e), please include the first digit of your Canadian Social Insurance Number in your application (within your cover letter). If you do not have a Canadian Social Insurance Number, please indicate this in your application (within the cover letter).

Business Address:
8-14 Tory Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta, T6G 2H4
All applications and letters of reference can be addressed to the attention of Dr. Constance Smith, Chair, Department of Economics.

http://www.careers.ualberta.ca/Competition/A110330300/

Please email all materials to econjobs@ualberta.ca.

Note: Applications are accepted until midnight MST of the closing date.

All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians and permanent residents will be given priority.
The University of Alberta hires on the basis of merit.