Xiamen University, China

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Any field. Our preferred areas of specializations are – but not limited to – economic history, finance, health economics, international economics/trade, law and economics, macroeconomics, political economics, public economics, econometrics, statistics and data science.

Xiamen University, founded in 1921 by Mr. Tan Kah-Kee, a well-known Chinese expatriate, is located in the resort-like island of Xiamen in Southeast China. Under the leadership of Professor Wang Yanan, a former Xiamen University President and the Chinese translator of Karl Marx’s Das Kapital, the School of Economics at Xiamen University has been one of the top programs in China since 1950s. In 2005, to further develop and promote modern economics, Xiamen University established an internationalized research institute - the Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE). Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economic Research was founded with the aim to build a world-renowned research center on modern economics and the Chinese economy.

The main missions of WISE and the School of Economics are high-quality graduate training, frontier research, and intensive international academic exchange and collaboration. Having successfully recruited over 90 faculty members from abroad in the past few years, WISE and the School of Economics still have several faculty positions available in all areas of economics, finance and statistics at all ranks.

Junior candidates are expected to have a Ph.D. degree by August 2020 and show evidence of promising research ability. Senior candidates must have a Ph.D. degree and a demonstrably strong research record. Competitive salary, research grant and housing subsidy are provided, with a regular teaching load of 2 courses per year. Additional course(s) may be arranged with commensurate pay. All faculty members, regardless of their citizenship, enjoy a housing subsidy for the first six years.

More information about us is available at the website http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/english. We will interview selected candidates in San Diego during the 2020 ASSA meeting.

Interested applicants should send a cover letter with curriculum vitae, samples of research work, and three reference letters (including any teaching evaluations) before November 30, 2019. Applicants should also register and complete the online application via http://www.wise.xmu.edu.cn/faculty.

CONTACT INFORMATION: Recruiting Committee, c/o Ms Shuya Wang, Wang Yanan Institute for Studies in Economics (WISE) & School of Economics, Gregory and Paula Chow Center for Economic Research, Room N112, Economics Building, Xiamen University, Xiamen, 361005, Fujian, China or email wiserecruit@xmu.edu.cn