London Business School

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London Business School is a leading international centre of business education and research.

The Department of Economics at London Business School is seeking to recruit a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow / Assistant for an ERC (European Research Council) funded major research project titled ‘The Political Economy of African Development”. The post will be under the direction of Professor Elias Papaioannou.

The Research Fellow / Assistant should have an experience and interest in development economics and economic history and ideally also in international trade and economic geography. The candidate should be familiar with GIS software (ArcGIS) and be able to program in python (or C). In depth knowledge of STATA and/or Matlab is essential. Strong knowledge of applied econometrics (and some experience with spatial econometric models) would be particularly beneficial. Knowledge of French and Portuguese, though not required, would be a plus. Research or other experience from Africa is desirable.

The applicant should be willing to work on survey data as well as creatively think of interesting ways to explore spatial data. The candidate would need to regularly communicate with teams on the field, collect and organize data as well being flexible to travel. The project is interdisciplinary and the candidate should be willing to collaborate and communicate with scholars specializing in African economic history, sociology, political science and anthropology.

The successful candidate will have a PhD in economics with a specialization in economic history and/or development economics or/and international trade from a leading institution or be near completion.

The post will offer substantial opportunity to participate in and contribute to the multi-year multi-faceted project. Moreover, the candidate could spend time in the Economics Department at Brown University working under the supervision of Associate Professor Stelios Michalopoulos. Candidates should provide in their application a detailed outline of how their experience and training in development economics or/and economic geography would enable them to contribute to the research project and details of their own research, if relevant. The ideal starting date is July-September 2018 with some flexibility.

The post will be offered on a fixed-term contract for a period of two years with the possibility of a further year extension. Starting salary will be up to 42,000 GBP per annum, depending upon relevant qualifications and experience.

Please submit your letter of application, Diversity Form, CV and a reference letter, together with the names of two further referees to:

https://www.aeaweb.org/joe/

The deadline for receipt of applications is 17.00 on Monday 19 March 2018.

For more information on the London Business School please visit the web site: https://www.london.edu/

Diversity Form:
https://www.london.edu/-/media/files/miscellaneous/Diversity_Monitoring_Form_2017.doc

London Business School is an equal opportunities employer.