University of Texas at Austin

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Description
The School of Civic Leadership at The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin) invites applications for full-time tenured or tenure-track faculty positions in Economics. Outstanding senior candidates will be considered for endowed professorships or chairs.

Established in 2023 by the UT System Board of Regents, the School of Civic Leadership reflects the responsibility of public universities to prepare students for leadership in a free society. The School is an interdisciplinary community with a dual mission: to equip students with the knowledge and aptitudes necessary for leadership in a free society, and to advance research at the highest levels of scholarly excellence.

The School offers a Civics Honors major, minors in Civics and in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE), and houses the Civitas Institute.

Qualifications
We welcome applications from economists across all fields—including but not limited to political economy, economic history, macroeconomics, labor economics, and public economics—whose work deepens understanding of how markets, institutions, and incentives sustain or challenge a free and prosperous society.

Ideal candidates will (1) have excellent records of scholarship with robust research agendas, (2) demonstrate evidence of exceptional teaching, and (3) show readiness to contribute to the intellectual life, governance, and programmatic development of the School of Civic Leadership.

Application Instructions
Applicants should submit a cover letter, curriculum vitae, and a list of three academic references (full letters are not required at this stage). The cover letter should directly address how the candidate’s research and teaching align with the mission and goals of the School of Civic Leadership, and describe how their work might include an outward-facing component that contributes to the Civitas Institute.

Review of applications will begin on November 15, 2025.