Professor Giuseppe Berlingieri is searching a highly skilled and motivated full-time (40 hours per week) pre-doctoral research assistant for a period of at least one year (renewable), starting in October 2024. The employment contract will be with Bocconi University located in Milan, Italy. However, the position offers a flexible work arrangement, allowing the employee to work on a partial remote basis as well as the opportunity to work occasionally from ESSEC Business School located in Cergy-Pontoise, France.
The RA will play a key role in supporting Giuseppe Berlingieri, Danial Lashkari, and the research team by contributing to various aspects of the project "Merchant-bankers and the Organisation of Long-Distance Trade" (MOLDisTory), which studies the role of merchant-bankers and the interconnection between trade and financial intermediation in early modern Europe (XVI-XVII century), using unique primary data from the archives of the Bank of San Giorgio.
The RA will be expected to be responsible for a wide variety of tasks including:
- Collection, cleaning and preparation of unstructured data.
- Data analysis: preparation of charts / graphs / tables and the use of econometric analysis for the development of descriptive statistics and the estimation of economic models.
- Exploring machine learning techniques for handwritten text recognition.
- Performing literature reviews.
- Assisting in the writing of reports and academic papers.
- Supporting the MOLDisTory research team on the various tasks of the project.
Key requirements:
- MSc in Economics / Finance / Management (or close to completion).
- Strong quantitative background.
- Proficiency with statistical software and computer programming (STATA, R, Python).
- Proficiency in English, knowledge of Italian is desirable but not mandatory.
- Soft skills: diligence, reliability, independence, attention to detail.
Please submit your CV, latest academic transcript, an example of a code package in Stata or R, and an example of a research paper (e.g., master thesis or research proposal) if available.
Please apply online before the 22nd of July at the following link: https://jobmarket.unibocconi.eu/?id=641. Note the deadline at 17:00 CET time.
Applications by email will not be considered.