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Advertiser: Economics, University of British Columbia

Field(s) of specialization: Development; Growth - Labor; Demographic Economics - Macroeconomics; Monetary - Public Economics - Other - Political Economy

Position type(s): Postdoctoral Scholar

Location of job: 6000 Iona Dr, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T1L4, Canada

Degree required: Doctorate

Job start date: Flexible

Job duration: 1 year

Letters of reference required: 3

Application deadline: 15 Jan 2025 midnight UTC (accepting applications)

Posting end date: 16 Jan 2025

Interviews: Interviews will be conducted remotely by video

Ad text:

The Vancouver School of Economics at the University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus invites applications for a Stone Centre Postdoctoral Research Fellow position, starting September 1, 2025.

The Stone Centre on Wealth and Income Inequality at UBC is a new research centre at the Vancouver School of Economics funded by a generous gift of the James M. and Cathleen D. Stone Foundation. Its purpose is to support research on the causes and consequences of wealth and income inequality, and possible remedies. The Stone Centre supports cutting-edge research, offers fellowships and grants, and collaborates with Statistics Canada to develop comprehensive datasets on wealth and income inequality across the country. For information about the VSE and the Stone Centre, visit: https://economics.ubc.ca/ and https://stonecentre.economics.ubc.ca/.

The position is open to scholars who are within five years of having received their PhD (or equivalent degree such as DPhil) by the position start date. Consideration may be given to those who expect to have successfully defended their PhD dissertation by the position start date.

We seek scholars working in any economic field—particularly labour / public / development economics, political economy, macroeconomics—whose research explores the causes or consequences of economic inequality, and possible remedies. This is a full-time Postdoctoral Research Fellow position for one year, with possibility of renewal for a further year, subject to availability of funding and review by the Stone Centre committee. The expected salary for this position is $80,000 per year plus benefits, and research support of up to $10,000 in the first year of appointment.

Please be prepared to provide the following:

• Research Statement that describes how your postdoctoral research program fits with the aims of the Stone Centre

• Curriculum Vitae

• Writing sample / job market paper

• Three confidential letters of reference

Questions may be directed to: the Stone Centre Research Manager, Priscilla Fisher at priscilla.fisher@ubc.ca. The deadline for completed applications is midnight UTC January 15, 2025. Review of applications will begin soon after this date. The position is subject to final budgetary approval.

Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply.

There is no citizenship requirement, but appointment of non-Canadian applicants will be subject to approval by Immigration, Refugees, and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) requirements to be eligible for employment in Canada as a postdoctoral fellow.