Bocconi University

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The Department of Social and Political Sciences at Bocconi University is inviting applications for a faculty position at Assistant Professor level in Economics and Political Science with an appointment beginning on September 1, 2019. The area of specialization is welfare policy with particular relevance to policy evaluation.

Bocconi University is a leading European research and teaching institution in economics, social sciences, management and related disciplines. The Department of Social and Political Sciences has a major role in staffing an undergraduate program in International Politics and Government, and master’s programs in Politics and Public Policy. Welfare politics and policy is also an important area in the Ph.D. Program in Public Policy and Administration, launched in 2014. The successful candidate is expected to teach at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Bocconi provides an ideal interdisciplinary research environment. The Department of Social and Political Sciences combines faculty from several allied disciplines and fields of study—public administration, political science, sociology, economics, history, public health, demography—who share an interest policy-relevant research. The Department counts 60 tenured or tenure-track faculty members. Bocconi is located in Italy’s most vibrant center, Milan, a historic, cosmopolitan and international city in a metropolitan area of 3 million that is well connected to the rest of Europe and the world.

Knowledge of Italian is not required. Applicants should hold or expect a PhD in economics or political science before September 1, 2019. The successful applicant will have to demonstrate strong potential in research. Terms of employment are competitive.

Applications should be received by November 23, 2018. Applicants must submit (1) a current curriculum vitae, (2) a job market paper (and other published papers), (3) a cover letter, and (4) teaching and research statements via the on-line form using PDF attachments at www.unibocconi.eu/jobmarket. Candidates may be interviewed at the 2019 ASSA meetings in Atlanta, and may subsequently be invited to give a job talk at Bocconi.

Additionally, at least three academic letters of reference must also be submitted by the referees via www.unibocconi.eu/jobmarket.

Bocconi University is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. Applications are particularly welcome from women and members of groups who are under-represented in academic posts