University of Technology Sydney

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The Economics Discipline Group at the University of Technology Sydney is seeking to make two tenure-track appointments at the level of Lecturer (Assistant Professor) or Senior Lecturer, and one tenured appointment at the level of Associate Professor or Professor.

Applicants for the Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions must have a PhD completed or near completion and should demonstrate evidence of research excellence, a commitment to quality teaching and supervising PhD students. Applicants for Associate Professor/Professor position should also have demonstrated strong evidence of academic leadership and have an internationally recognized research program. Successful applicants will be expected to teach in the undergraduate and postgraduate (including PhD) programs, supervise postgraduate research, and to carry out an independent research program that achieves international recognition.

Applicants with expertise in any area of economics will be considered, but we are especially interested in the fields of Applied Econometrics, Behavioral Economics, Econometrics and Experimental Economics.

The Economics Discipline Group was formed in 2011 and has established itself as one of the premier research departments in Australia. In the most recent 2015 Excellence in Research for Australia assessment, both Economic Theory and Econometrics fields at UTS were rated 5 (maximum) and Applied Economics was rated 4, giving overall ranking 5 in Economics and placing EDG among the top 3 Economic departments in Australia.

The Economics Discipline Group runs a US style course-work founded PhD program that is unique to Australia. https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-business-school/economics/what-we-do/phd-program

Application Process:

All applications should be submitted online at www.econjobmarket.org. (Click on Apply Link below)

Closing date for Lecturer/Senior Lecturer positions: 1 December 2017.

Applications should include a letter of application, a curriculum vitae, a research paper, and three letters of reference. Members of UTS Economics will be interviewing at the AEA meetings in Philadelphia on January 5-7, 2018.

For information about the Economics Discipline Group at UTS, please visit our web site at https://www.uts.edu.au/about/uts-business-school/economics.

Enquiries about the positions should be sent to the Head of the Discipline Group, Professor Mikhail Anufriev, at Mikhail.Anufriev@uts.edu.au.