JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)
August 1, 2026 - January 31, 2027
Southwestern University of Finance and Economics
Position Title/Short Description
Section: International: Full-Time Academic (Permanent, Tenure Track or Tenured)
Location: Chengdu, Sichuan, CHINA
JEL Classifications:
C7 -- Game Theory and Bargaining Theory
C9 -- Design of Experiments
D4 -- Market Structure, Pricing, and Design
D8 -- Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty
D9 -- Micro-Based Behavioral Economics
G1 -- General Financial Markets
J4 -- Particular Labor Markets
Keywords:
Microeconomic Theory
Experimental Methods
Behavioral Economics
Digital Economy
Full Text of JOE Listing:
About us
The Center for Intelligence Economic Science (iES) at Southwestern University of Finance and Economics (SWUFE) brings together an international community of scholars engaged in theoretical, experimental and empirical research. We seek to advance intelligence economic science – an interdisciplinary field investigating how intelligence and incentives influence decision making and economic behaviour. Our agenda encompasses human and artificial intelligence and their interactions, connecting economics and finance with psychology, decision neuroscience and behavioural genetics. Related applied interests the digital economy, platform and network economics, and economics of AI and technological change, with questions ranging from learning, skills and work to cooperation, organisational and market design, and welfare.
We offer a bilingual working environment in Chinese and English. Teaching may be conducted in English.Our faculty members have published in well-regarded journals including Econometrica, Journal of Political Economy, Review of Economic Studies, Journal of the European Economic Association, Management Science, Theoretical Economics, Journal of Economic Theory, Economic Journal, Quantitative Economics, American Economic Journal: Microeconomics, International Economic Review, Economic Theory, European Economic Review, PNAS, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Psychoneuroendocrinology, and Scientific Reports.
The position
We invite applications for an assistant professor position. Areas of interest include decision theory, game theory and mechanism design, behavioural and experimental economics and finance, decision neuroscience, behavioural genetics, and related applied fields. Applicants should hold a PhD or expect to complete one by September 1, 2027. We welcome applications from doctoral candidates, postdoctoral researchers and other early-career scholars of all nationalities. Candidates should demonstrate strong potential to publish in well-regarded academic journals. We offer compensation and working conditions that are competitive by regional standards, together with ample research funding. Laboratory facilities include numerous eye trackers and multiple electroencephalography (EEG) systems.
Postdoctoral opportunities
We also welcome applications for postdoctoral positions in these research areas. Please indicate in your cover letter whether you wish to be considered for the assistant professor position, a postdoctoral position, or both.
Application Requirements:
- Application Instructions Below
Application Instructions:
For assistant professor and postdoctoral applications, send a single PDF file to ies@swufe.edu.cn, including:
1. Cover letter
2. Curriculum vitae
3. Job market paper
4. Research statement
Please also arrange for at least two letters of reference to be emailed directly by your referees to ies@swufe.edu.cn. Use "[your name]_iES2026" as the subject line of your application email, and ask your referees to use the same subject line.
We also welcome expressions of interest from senior scholars whose research aligns with the Center’s agenda. These will be considered separately. Please email a CV and a brief statement of research interests to ies@swufe.edu.cn, using "[your name]_Senior_iES2026" as the subject line. Reference letters are not required at this stage.