Job opening
The European Center for Advanced Research in Economics and Statistics (ECARES) of the Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) invites applications for a post-doctoral position in the field of fields of family/demographic economics, and/or political economics. The selected candidate will work together with Professors Micael Castanheira, Bram de Rock, Paula E. Gobbi and/or Glenn Magerman on projects related to poverty and inequality.
ECARES
ECARES provides researchers with a high-quality research environment in economics, econometrics and statistics. ECARES fellows are leading researchers in various fields, who publish regularly in top and top-field journals, and is home to 6 ERC grant holders and 2 Franqui price winners.
ECARES is highly interactive: we have three weekly seminar series and co-organize two more seminar series with CORE (UCLouvain) and the National Bank of Belgium. It is also an antenna for CEPR. ECARES also hosts the doctoral school in Economics and Statistics, which attracts many first-class European and Non-European students.
Offer
We offer a full-time contract for 3 years. The contract starts between March 1, 2021 and September 1, 2021. The position involves no or extremely light teaching load. Salaries are competitive at the European level. The recruited person will benefit from the complete Belgian social insurance scheme (health care, etc.) without additional expenses.
Applicants are expected to show outstanding commitment to research and must have obtained a PhD by the start of the position.
Application
Applications should be submitted via econjobmarket. The application package should contain the following documents:
- A curriculum vitae
- A cover letter mentioning why the candidate is interested in the position
- A job market paper
- 3 recommendation letters
Interviews and fly-outs: Interviews will be conducted remotely. Selected candidates will be invited to give a seminar at the ULB in January 2021.
For any additional information, please contact paula.eugenia.gobbi@ulb.be .