JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

August 1, 2020 - January 31, 2021

Hunan University

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School of Economics and Trade
Assistant/Associate/Full Professor

JOE ID Number: 2020-02_111465878
Date Posted: 11/03/2020
Date Inactive: 01/31/2021
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Assistant/Associate/Full Professor
Section: International:Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Changsha, Hunan, CHINA
JEL Classifications:
F -- International Economics
R -- Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
H -- Public Economics
Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
E -- Macroeconomics and Monetary Economics
L -- Industrial Organization
D -- Microeconomics
00 -- 00 - Default: Any Field
Keywords:
International Economics
International Trade
Urban and Regional Economics
Public Economics
Econometrics
Environmental Economics
Macroeconomics
Development Economics
Full Text of JOE Listing:

The School of Economics and Trade (SET) at Hunan University invites applications for tenure-track positions including but not limited to international economics, international trade, urban and regional economics, public economics, econometrics, environmental economics, macroeconomics, development economics etc.

Listed in the “First-tier University” national project, Hunan University is one of the top universities in China. The university has a long history of economic teaching and research with its first Economic department established in 1926.The SET is a relatively young college established in 2002. The School inherits the advantages of economics of the former Hunan University and economics-related disciplines of the former “Hunan Institute of Public Finance and Economics. The school currently hosts three departments (international trade, economics and public finance) and is rapidly growing. Faculty members of the SET have published on decent academic journals such as Journal of Development Economics ,Journal of Urban Economics, and Economic Research Journal. While 75% of the faculty members have studied overseas, we are urgently seeking to make academic advancements through cultivate excellent teachers and producing high-quality journal articles.The school now confers master’s and doctoral degrees in two first-level disciplines: theoretical economics and applied economics. The school also hosts Hunan Key Base of Social Science for International Trade et al.. It has undertaken a bunch of national key academic research programs, including the Key Disciplinary Development Project entitled “Research on China’s Opening Economics System” subject to the “211” Project, and the Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Base for “Economic Opening up and Trade Development” subject to the “985 Project”. Over the past five years, the school has undertaken a total of 85 national-level research projects, published 372 papers on SSCI and domestic top journals. It has received 36 scientific awards, such as the National Science and Technology Progress Award.

Candidates for all positions must hold a Ph.D. or firmly expect a doctorate degree by August 2021.

The SET offers a competitive package commensurate with experience including competitive salary, research funds, housing allowances, and standard fringe benefits.

We will conduct interviews at the ASSA 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting and arrange an online interview on January 3-5, 2021.For full consideration, applications should be submitted by December 24, 2020. For more information please visit http://cet.hnu.edu.cn/ or contact us at xrxrui@hnu.edu.cn

Required documents along with the application include:
• Cover Letter
• CV
• Job Market Paper
• Teaching Evaluations
• Research Papers
• Letters of Reference

Application Requirements:
  • Letters of Reference
  • Research Papers
  • Transcripts
  • Teaching Evaluations
  • Job Market Paper
  • Cover Letter
  • CV
Application deadline: 01/31/2021
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