The University Of Delaware

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Position: The University of Delaware plans to hire a full-time, tenure-track faculty in resource and environmental economics beginning in fall 2019. The position will be a 9-month, academic-year appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor with approximately 60% of time devoted to research and 40% of time devoted to teaching. Current assistant professors also are encouraged to apply, and negotiations over shortened tenure and promotion schedules are possible for these candidates.

Requirements: Ph.D. in economics, applied economics, environmental economics, resource economics or a closely related field. Successful candidates are expected to have demonstrated excellence in research and have a dedicated interest in high quality teaching at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

General Information: The Department of Applied Economics and Statistics is an interdisciplinary academic unit within the University of Delaware's College of Agriculture and Natural Resources. The Department consists of 11 faculty and professional staff who teach and supervise approximately 150 undergraduate majors and 75 graduate students. The Department’s faculty include economists and statisticians who all work with data. The Department includes the Center for Experimental & Applied Economics, a large state-of-the art experimental economics laboratory, and statistical lab. Recognized for the past seven years by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one of America's best universities to work for, the University is located in scenic Newark, Delaware, within two hours of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington, D.C. The University is a Land Grant, Sea Grant, Space Grant, and Carnegie Research University, with external funding exceeding $200 million.

Responsibilities: The faculty member would also be encouraged to collaborate with a variety of local stakeholders, such as the Biden Institute, the Delaware Environmental Institute, the State of Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, and the national Center for Behavioral and Experimental Agri-Environmental Research (CBEAR) that is co-headquartered at the University of Delaware. In addition to contributing to department, college, and university service activities, responsibilities include:

Research: The successful candidate is expected to establish and maintain an active, externally-funded, internationally-recognized research program in resource and environmental economics. Especially desired are applicants that can contribute to the scholarship related to land use, water economics, environmental law, energy economics, conservation, or related areas. At least one element of the candidate's research program should contribute to the College's local, regional, and/or national research priorities.

Teaching: Yearly workload consists of two undergraduate courses and one other undergraduate or graduate course. Candidates will be expected to contribute to UD’s undergraduate and graduate programs through advising, teaching, and mentoring, as well as directing theses and research projects.

Salary: University of Delaware salaries and fringe benefit packages compete favorably with other universities in general and land grant universities in particular. Tenure track professors receive a third-year sabbatical leave. A generous start-up package will be available.

Deadline: Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2018, but we will continue to accept applications until the position is filled.

Contact: For more information, contact Kent Messer (messer@udel.edu), Chair, Faculty Search Committee, Department of Applied Economics and Statistics, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware. To apply, submit a letter of application, vitae, a short statement of research and teaching interests, job market paper or other sample of research, and arrange for three letters of reference via the Interfolio website https://apply.interfolio.com/55462 . Submitted documents will be shared with department faculty.

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