The Econometric Institute at Erasmus University Rotterdam invites applications for three-year non-tenure-track faculty positions at the Assistant Professor level starting in September 2020 or a mutually agreed date. There are multiple positions in the areas of econometrics, quantitative finance, quantitative marketing, operations research, computational statistics, machine learning, data science, and computer science.
Applicants should have (or be very near completion of) a PhD by the start date. Successful candidates are expected to demonstrate excellence in research and teaching.
The compensation package is competitive at the European level and includes several secondary benefits. Favorable tax agreements may apply to non-Dutch applicants.
About the Econometric Institute
The Econometric Institute has a long and strong research tradition in econometrics, statistics, data science, and operations research, with 50 faculty members across these areas. Focal areas of interest include applications of econometrics and operations research in finance, marketing, macroeconomics, transportation and logistics.
The Econometric Institute is part of an active research community within the Erasmus School of Economics (ESE). ESE is one of the largest and most successful economics schools in Europe, offering excellent research facilities to its faculty. The school offers a bachelor and master program in econometrics and operations research, attracting 450 bachelor and 250 new master students per year.
ESE faculty members actively participate in the teaching and research activities of the Tinbergen Institute and the Erasmus Research Institute of Management (ERIM). In addition, there is a close cooperation with other schools of the university such as RSM (via the research institute ERIM).
Application Procedure
For inquiries please contact Dick van Dijk (djvandijk@ese.eur.nl) or Ilker Birbil (birbil@ese.eur.nl).
Consideration of candidates will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Department representatives will be interviewing prospective candidates at the INFORMS Career Fair in Seattle, October 20-23, 2019, and the EEA European Job Market for Economists (EJM) in Rotterdam, December 18-19, 2019.
To be interviewed at INFORMS, please submit your application electronically to
EI-recruitment@ese.eur.nl before October 15.
To be interviewed at the EJM, please submit your application electronically at http://www.econjobmarket.org/ before December 1.
In any other case, candidates could choose between submitting their application via http://www.econjobmarket.org/ or e-mail (EI-recruitment@ese.eur.nl) before
December 1. These candidates will be contacted individually for an interview.
In all cases, the application should include a cover letter, CV, a (job market) paper, three letters of reference, and copies of recent teaching evaluations (if any).
- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae
- Paper (writing example)
- Teaching evaluations (optional)
- Contact information for references (optional)
- Letters of reference: 3