JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2018 - January 31, 2019

Carnegie Mellon University

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Heinz College
Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy

JOE ID Number: 2018-02_111460885
Date Posted: 09/26/2018
Date Inactive: 01/31/2019
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant/Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy
Section: US: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania, UNITED STATES
JEL Classifications:
L2 -- Firm Objectives, Organization, and Behavior
M5 -- Personnel Economics
O3 -- Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights
J01 -- Labor Economics: General
Keywords:
Future of work, skill-biased technological change, innovation, inequality, organizational change
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The Heinz College at Carnegie Mellon University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position at the rank of Assistant Professor, with the appointment beginning July 1, 2019. Outstanding candidates with more professional experience could receive an appointment at the Associate Professor level. We seek scholars who can contribute to the research and teaching mission of our new Center for the Future of Work. Ongoing advances in technology are reshaping the U.S. labor market, altering the structure of organizations, and creating new challenges for firms, workers, and governments. Our interdisciplinary initiative seeks to meet these challenges and establish intellectual leadership in the study of these complex phenomena by combining CMU’s strengths in engineering and computer science with world-class quantitative social science research. Applicants should possess an outstanding research record in a relevant field of empirical microeconomics, excellent teaching skills, and a strong interest in and aptitude for interdisciplinary research. Candidates must have been granted or nearly completed a PhD in economics, management, public policy, or a related field.

Interested candidates should electronically submit a vita, letter of application, three letters of recommendation submitted directly by the recommender, and one or two representative samples of research. We will give priority to applications that we receive before November 30, 2018. The letter of application should explain how the candidate’s research and teaching will contribute to the mission of the Center for the Future of Work. Applicants are encouraged to refer to the Center’s web page for further information https://fow.heinz.cmu.edu/.

Applications must be submitted electronically at http://apply.interfolio.com/55043.

Carnegie Mellon University is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

Application Requirements:
  • External Application URL and Instructions Below
  • Letters of Reference Link
Application deadline: 01/31/2019
Application Instructions:
We will give priority to applications that we receive before November 30, 2018.