Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

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Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) is located in Chengdu, China, a historic city of rich Chinese culture and a place well-known as “the land of abundance”. The university, with a history of 93 year, is one of the top universities that specialized in economics, finance and management in China. It is one of the “Double First-Class” universities credited by Chinese Ministry of Education and has cultivated many famous Chinese economists. Along with Peking University and Tsinghua University, SWUFE is also one of the first group of Chinese universities that recruit faculty members from all over the world via the AEA meetings. Now SWUFE has nearly 300 oversea Ph.D. holders, including a large group of people specializing or interested in behavioral economics, behavioral finance and experimental economics. This creates great atmosphere for academic communication and research.

China Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance (CCBEF) is a recently established research institute of SWUFE, and is one of the few research centers in China that focuses on behavioral economics and behavioral finance. It aims to produce internationally-recognized top-quality research in experimental economics, behavioral economics, behavioral finance and other edge-cutting behavioral sciences. CCBEF now invites applicants worldwide for full-time, tenure-track research positions at assistant, associate, or full professor level. Applicants specializing in the fields of experimental economics, behavioral economics, behavioral finance, and genoeconomics are welcome.

Qualification: A qualified junior applicant should have a Ph.D. in one of these fields or should be expected to receive it before July 2018. Senior applicants should have excellent records on research and teaching. We warmly welcome non-Chinese applicants.

Job Responsibility: Quality research and teaching.

Benefits: The job will be contract-based. Compensation package and working conditions are competitive according to the international standard. Sufficient research fund and research facilities will be provided. For candidates with strong research record, salaries can be negotiated.

Application: To apply, please submit a cover letter, a curriculum vita, and at least one research paper to the following email address: tiansen@swufe.edu.cn. The subject of the email should be in the form of “CCBEF -Application - Applicant's Name”.

Contact: Recruiting Committee, China Center for Behavioral Economics and Finance, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics, Wenjiang District, Chengdu, China.
Email: tiansen@swufe.edu.cn