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Several Research Associate positions
Advertiser: Berlin School of Economics
Field(s) of specialization: Labor; Demographic Economics - Macroeconomics; Monetary - Public Economics - Behavioral Economics - Any field - Health; Education; Welfare - Political Economy - Organizational Behavior - Microeconomic theory - Applied microeconomics
Position type(s): Postdoctoral Scholar
Location of job: Spandauer Straße 1, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, School of Business and Economics, Berlin, Germany
Degree required: Doctorate
Job start date: Flexible
Job duration: 6 years
Letters of reference required: 2
Application deadline: 20 Nov 2024 midnight UTC (no longer accepting applications)
Current search status: Reviewing applications
Posting end date: 22 Nov 2024
Interviews: Interviews will be conducted remotely by video starting December, 2024.
Ad text:

On Oct 29 the recruiter added fields to this ad: quantitative macroeconomics, heterogeneous agents, and Macroeconomics; Monetary

The following eight institutions cooperate in the Research Associates Program of the Berlin School of Economics to promote the careers of junior researchers: the School of Business and Economics at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, the School of Business and Economics at Freie Universität Berlin, the School of Economics and Management at Technische Universität Berlin, the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Potsdam, the European University Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder), the WZB Berlin Social Science Center, the European School of Management and Technology Berlin and the Hertie School.

The Berlin School of Economics invites applications for several Research Associate positions for fixed-term appointments between 3 to 6 years, according to German WissZeitVG - E 13 TV-L HU/TU/FU/UP or E 14 TVöD.

Excellent researchers from the following fields are invited to apply: applied microeconomics, microeconomic theory, political economy, organizational economics, behavioral economics, personnel economics, public policy, labor economics, health economics, economics of education, quantitative macroeconomics, heterogeneous agents.

Each of the positions will be hosted and administered by one of the eight Berlin School of Economics institutions.

Duties: Successful candidates will contribute part of their time to research and teaching in economics at the Bachelor, Master or PhD levels, as well as to furthering their own research agenda.

Requirements: Applicants should hold a PhD in economics or a neighboring discipline at the position starting date, and should have excellent qualifications as well as outstanding own research.

Applicants should submit:

  • a statement outlining their research plans,
  • a detailed curriculum vitae,
  • copies of degree certificates, and
  • teaching evaluations if available.

Applicants are required to organize the separate submission of at least two academic letters of recommendation by their referees. Nominated references will be contacted by the Berlin School of Economics and will be asked to uploaded their letter in the Berlin School of Economics application portal.

Applications should be submitted online at our application portal

https://berlinschoolofeconomics.de/programs/research-associates-program/application/call-for-applications-2025

no later than November 20th, 2024 (CET). Only complete applications will be considered.

For further information, please contact the Berlin School of Economics Office (bsoe.admission@hu-berlin.de) or Peter Haan (peter.haan@fu-berlin.de).

We highly appreciate diversity and are thus pleased to receive any application - irrespective of gender, nationality, disability, or ethnic and social background.

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