JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020

Kobe University

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Graduate School of Economics
Permanent/Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Macroeconomics

JOE ID Number: 2020-01_111464590
Date Posted: 02/01/2020
Date Inactive: 02/29/2020
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Permanent/Tenure-Track Assistant/Associate Professor in Macroeconomics
Section: International:Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Kobe, Hyogo, JAPAN
JEL Classification: E -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
Keywords:
Macroeconomics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Graduate School of Economics at Kobe University invites applications for a full-time permanent/tenure-track Assistant/Associate Professor in macroeconomics to begin on October 1, 2020 (the start date is negotiable).

The position is either permanent or tenure-track. For the tenure-track position, the initial appointment is for five years, and administrative duties and teaching load will be kept low. A tenure review will be conducted by the end of the fourth year.

Applicants must (i) be able to teach macroeconomics, mathematics for economists, and introductory economics at undergraduate and graduate levels in Japanese and English; (ii) (be expected to) hold a Ph.D. degree by the start date; and (iii) demonstrate a record of high-quality research in macroeconomics (peer-reviewed publications in international academic journals are required, but not necessarily for beginning researchers).

Salary will be determined by the university regulations (there is a possibility that an annual salary scheme is applied), and the pension scheme is available.

Acting on the objectives of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society, the Graduate School of Economics, Kobe University welcomes applications from women.

All inquiries should be directed to Takashi Mogami at econ-soumu@office.kobe-u.ac.jp. For information about our graduate school, visit our website at http://www.econ.kobe-u.ac.jp/en/.

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 02/27/2020
Application Instructions:
To apply, send an email message to econ-soumu@office.kobe-u.ac.jp, attaching the following documents as pdf files: a curriculum vitae, a list of publications, summary of research, three main papers, and contact information of two referees. The subject of the email message should include "MAC20." It is the applicant's responsibility to make sure that the two referees will directly send a letter of reference to econ-soumu@office.kobe-u.ac.jp, using their institutional email addresses with "MAC20" included in the subject. The application deadline is February 27, 2020 at 23:59 Japan Standard Time.

Only short-listed candidates will be contacted by early March 2020 to arrange interviews. In finalizing the short list of candiates, online remote interviews may be arranged for overseas candidates. We will not answer any inquiries regarding selection results or procedures.