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Postdoctoral Researcher in Applied Economics or Political Economy

Department: Economics (UFR SJEPG) - Marie and Louis Pasteur University
Location: Besançon
Contract size: 35 hours per week
Job profile: Researcher
Full-time gross monthly salary: between €2,740 and €3,600
Contract duration: from 12 to 18 months
Desired starting date: between January 2026 and September 2026 (upon mutual agreement)

Your position

The CRESE invites applications for a 12-18 month Postdoctoral Researcher position in Economics. The postdoctoral contract is part of a work package within the project “The Political Economy of Populism”, coordinated by Alexandre Chirat and funded by the French National Research Agency (ANR) for the period October 2025 to October 2028 (Grant ANR-25-CE26-2354).

We are looking for an applied economist with strong quantitative skills (econometrics, MCA, LLM), programming experience in R or Python, and a motivation to combine rigorous research with social impact. Alongside their independent research, the recruited candidate will work on the economic policy platforms of populist parties.

The successful candidate will collaborate with Alexandre Chirat (CRESE – Marie and Louis Pasteur University, Besançon), Gilles Ivaldi (Sciences Po Paris), and Emilie Sartre (University of Nottingham) on this project, as well as with research assistants. The project aims for at least one major publications in a top economics journal.

The postdoctoral researcher is expected to have a strong profile to contribute to all aspects of the project, including data collection, text analysis, refinement of the coding scheme, application of econometric techniques, and drafting of the paper. The job is fully devoted to research with no teaching obligations and may involve supervising research assistants. The postdoctoral research associate will be also encouraged to take an active part in the academic life of the CRESE.

Your profile

We are looking for a candidate who has:

• **Completed a PhD in Economics by the start date of the contract.**

• **Demonstrated strong quantitative and analytical skills.**

• **Shown interest in 21st-century politics, particularly populism.**

• **Experience with R and/or Python for data analysis and research.**

• **Ability to work effectively as part of a team.**

• **Excellent English communication skills, both written and oral.**

Our offer

The CRESE offers excellent working conditions in a supportive, human-scale working environment:

• **Full-time position (1,0 FTE, 35 hours per week).**

• **Competitive salary: gross monthly pay between €2,700 and €3,600 (corresponding to a net salary between €2,200 - €2,900), in line with French standards and adjusted according to experience and skills.**

• **Generous leave: 5 weeks of paid vacation.**

• **Flexible work options: possibility to work partly on-site in Besançon and partly from home.**

• **Quality of life: a green, easily accessible campus. Besançon is a welcoming, human-sized city, consistently highly ranked in student surveys and known for its excellent balance of quality of life and cost of living – especially appealing to outdoor sports enthusiasts!**

For more information, please visit the websites of CRESE and Marie and Louis Pasteur University, Besançon.

Information and application

Would you like more information about the position? Feel free to contact Alexandre Chirat at chirat.alexandre[at]gmail.com.

Selection process: Applications will be reviewed based on submitted materials. For applications received before December 1, 2025, an initial selection will be made, followed by 1) an individual oral interview via videoconference with A. Chirat, G. Ivaldi, and E. Sartre, and 2) a webinar and individual meetings beginning in January, where selected candidates will present their Job Market Paper. From January 2026 onwards, applications will be considered on a rolling basis. The position will remain open until filled, with June 15, 2026 as the final closing date.

Application materials: Please submit, via the EJM website, by December 1, 2025:

· A cover letter detailing your motivation

· A CV

· Your Job Market Paper

· Other working papers and/or publications

· A research statement of no more than 2 pages

· Three reference letters

About CRESE

CRESE (Center for Research on Economic Strategies) is a French research center created in 1985 and attached to the faculty of Law, Economics, Politics and Management at the Marie and Louis Pasteur University, Besançon.

CRESE conducts a wide range of theoretical and applied research in economics, including political economy, finance, and behavioral decision-making. Since 2017, the center has benefited from its own experimental laboratory, providing a unique environment for empirical and policy-relevant research.

The center’s scientific activity is organized into three main research areas:

• Area 1: Contracts, Markets, and Regulation

• Area 2: Individual and Collective Decisions

• Area 3: Finance, Banking, and Macroeconomics

The center hosts a research seminar every Thursday and organizes 3-4 conferences each year for a general audience in partnership with the Faculty of Law, Economics, Politics, and Management. These activities foster a stimulating and collaborative environment, encouraging rigorous research while providing opportunities for interdisciplinary exchange and engagement with both academic and public audiences.

For more information, please feel free to contact Mostapha Diss, director of the CRESE, at mostapha.diss[at]univ-fcomte.fr. Candidates who wish to visit the campus are welcome.

About Marie and Louis Pasteur University, Besançon

Marie and Louis Pasteur University (UMLP), formerly the University of Franche-Comté, is a pluridisciplinary public university located in Besançon, with decentralized campuses in Belfort, Montbéliard, Vesoul, and Lons-le-Saunier. Founded in 1423 and renamed in 2025, UMLP combines a long historical tradition with a vibrant, modern research environment.

The university hosts over 29,000 students, including a substantial proportion of international students, and supports research through 28 laboratories and numerous federative structures. It collaborates extensively with major French research organizations such as CNRS, INSERM, and CEA, offering a dynamic interdisciplinary setting.

UMLP offers a supportive academic community in a culturally rich city, with a great quality of life and excellent public amenities.

Job Offer: Economist at I-MIP

The Institute for Macroeconomic and International Policies (I-MIP), located in Paris, is hosted by the Paris School of Economics (PSE) and supported by both PSE and the Center for Economic Research and Applications (CEPREMAP). I-MIP focuses on analyzing and quantitatively assessing public policies using state-of-the-art economic methodologies, with a particular emphasis on numerical techniques.

To reinforce its team, I-MIP is seeking to hire a policy-oriented macroeconomist through a competitive selection process. The ideal candidate should possess expertise in macroeconomics, dynamic and stochastic general equilibrium models (DSGE and HANK), and advanced numerical methods (in Python, Matlab, Dynare,…) for policy analysis. A particular interest in the French economy and the ability to read and understand French are an asset, as the team participates in the annual assessment of the French finance law.

Skills and role of the economist:

- Qualifications: Applicants must hold a PhD in Economics. A strong foundation in macroeconomic modeling, applied econometrics, and programming is essential. Demonstrated expertise in these areas, evidenced by publications in reputable peer-reviewed journals, will be highly valued.

- Responsibilities:

o Collaborate with other I-MIP researchers on policy evaluation projects and contribute to the enhancement and maintenance of I-MIP's quantitative tools, in particular the HANK models of the French economy.

o Engage in teamwork and cooperate with I-MIP economists and affiliated researchers.

o Contribute to the policy evaluation work conducted by I-MIP while also pursuing independent research, benefiting from the stimulating research environment at both PSE and CEPREMAP.

o Actively participate in the activities of the Paris Macro group, including attending and contributing to the PSE Seminar.

This is a permanent (open-ended) position. Compensation will be negotiated based on seniority and prior experience. This position provides a unique opportunity to work on impactful-policy oriented projects while fostering personal research interests in a stimulating academic setting.

Application Process:

To apply, log in to the application platform and select the "Applicant" role. If you don’t have an account, create one to submit your application.

The Department of Economics at INSTITUT POLYTECHNIQUE DE PARIS has 3 openings at the ranks of Assistant Professor and Associate Professor. We welcome applications from all fields in economics. Candidates must demonstrate excellence in research and teaching, or the promise of it. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Successful candidates will be part of CREST (https://crest.science/), a research group composed of about 50 economists, as well as scholars in Statistics, Quantitative Sociology, and Finance, offering a rich and stimulating research environment.

The Institut Polytechnique de Paris is one of France’s most prestigious higher-education institutions in science and engineering. It is composed of École polytechnique, ENSAE Paris, ENSTA Paris, Télécom Paris, Télécom SudParis and ENPC.

One Assistant Professor position (tenure track) will be opened at ENSAE Paris. For this position applicants in Econometrics are sought.

One Assistant Professor position (tenured) will be opened at Telecom Paris for a junior researcher in Digital Economics and Industrial Organization.

Finally, for the third position, we seek applicants at either Assistant Professor (tenure track) or Associate Professor (tenured) level. All fields of Economics will be considered. This position will be opened at Ecole Polytechnique.

Note that knowledge of French is NOT required for any of the three positions.

The Department of Economics at Institut Polytechnique de Paris embraces diversity and seeks candidates who will create a climate that attracts students of all backgrounds, nationalities and genders. Institut Polytechnique de Paris is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and educator. We strongly encourage women and underrepresented minorities to apply.

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is seeking two highly qualified candidates with experience in teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and research experience in Supply Chain Management – Operations Management to fit into the research themes of the school. The candidate will conduct research activities within LITEM as part of one of the laboratory’s two research groups: axis 1, "Digital, Praxis and responsibility"; axis 2, "Innovation, markets and organizations".

The ideal candidate will have a PhD or be close to completion. Applicants should exhibit potential for excellence in research, aiming to publish in leading journals in Management sciences or Economics at an international level (list of ABS - Chartered Association of Business Schools).

Newly recruited junior faculty receive a reduced teaching load for the first four years. In addition to a competitive salary, the school supports research activities. Personal budgets for research are €3K annually with potential for additional annual research funding of up to €8K from additional sources. The Management, Marketing and Strategy Department has 18 permanent faculty members and offers courses at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.

The position is from Fall 2025 and is maintained open until filled.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is a public business school that is part of the system of French “Grandes Ecoles”. Founded in 1979, the School is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. For over thirty years, the School has been recognized for its expertise in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, ethics, and information and communication technologies.

It trains future managers and entrepreneurs to be responsible, innovative and open to the world around them and to lead their organizations in the major transitions of tomorrow’s society that include a digitized economy, energy and ecological transition, new business models and the industries of the future. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is the business school of IMT (Mines-Telecom Institute), the main French technology institute dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and management.

Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has, since its creation, shared its campus with its sister engineering school, Telecom SudParis, creating a unique synergy in France. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has also an on-campus business incubator for young innovative companies. This incubator is open to students, alumni and other entrepreneurs. The School is among the top ten management schools in France when comparing the level of salaries earned upon graduation. It proposes a complete program offering, from undergraduate to doctorate, all meeting international standards. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is AACSB and AMBA accredited. The school has a research laboratory, LITEM (EA 7363), shared with the University of Evry Paris Saclay. It is part of the doctoral school "Law, Economics, Management" (ED DEM, n°630) of the University of Paris-Saclay, which groups together all the research units and teams in Law, Economics, and Management present within the University of Paris-Saclay and its member and associated institutions. The University of Paris-Saclay is composed of 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, and Onéra. The University of Paris-Saclay is ranked 13th in the Shanghai rankings. More information about the School and its faculty and research can be found at: https://www.imt-bs.eu/en/faculty-research/.

APPLICATION PROCESS. Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line in 1 file (cover letter, curriculum vitae, two reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers. See https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mdc-supply-chain

Applications are accepted until September 30, 2025:

CONTACT PERSONS: Sébastien MITRAILLE - sebastien.mitraille@imt-bs.eu or Grazia Cecere - grazia.cecere@imt-bs.eu or Antonio Russo - antonio.russo@imt-bs.eu

To apply, visit https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mdc-supply-chain. (See posting for details.)

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is seeking two highly qualified candidates with a demonstrated experience in teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and research experience in Marketing and Artificial Intelligence to fit into the research themes of the school. The candidate will conduct and lead research activities within LITEM as part of one of the laboratory’s research groups: axis 1, "Digital, praxis, and responsibility"; axis 2, "Innovation, markets and organizations".

PROFESSOR. The ideal candidate will have a PhD and at least five years of experience. The candidate should have an “HDR” (Habilitation to Supervise Research) or an international equivalent. The candidate should have significant teaching and research experience in an academic or industrial laboratory with significant and recent publications in classified and leading journals in Management sciences or Economics at international level (from ABS list of the Chartered Association of Business Schools).

He or she will have demonstrated the ability to lead and manage research teams and be able to teach in French and English. The person selected for this position will be responsible for developing the discipline of Digital Marketing in the school and will be participating actively in future faculty recruitment in the area.
Newly recruited faculty with significant publications receive a reduced teaching load. In addition to a competitive salary, the school supports research activities. Personal budgets for research are €3K annually with potential for additional annual research funding of up to €8K from additional sources.

Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line (cover letter, curriculum vitae, three reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers.

Applications are accepted until September 30, 2025: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/prof-mark-ia

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR. The ideal candidate will have a PhD, significant teaching and research experience in an academic or industrial laboratory with significant and recent publications in classified and leading journals in Management sciences or Economics at international level (from ABS list of the Chartered Association of Business Schools).

He or she will have demonstrated the ability to lead and manage research teams and be able to teach in French and English. The person selected for this position will be responsible for developing the discipline of Digital Marketing in the school and will be participating actively in future faculty recruitment in the area.

Newly recruited faculty with significant publications receive a reduced teaching load. In addition to a competitive salary, the school supports research activities. Personal budgets for research are €3K annually with potential for additional annual research funding of up to €8K from additional sources.

Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line, in 1 file (cover letter, curriculum vitae, two reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers.

Applications are accepted until September 30, 2025: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mdc-marketing-ia

ABOUT THE SCHOOL. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is a public business school that is part of the system of French “Grandes Ecoles”. Founded in 1979, the School is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. For over thirty years, the School has been recognized for its expertise in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, ethics, and information and communication technologies.

It trains future managers and entrepreneurs to be responsible, innovative and open to the world around them and to lead their organizations in the major transitions of tomorrow’s society that include a digitized economy, energy and ecological transition, new business models and the industries of the future.

Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is the business school of IMT (Mines-Telecom Institute), the main French technology institute dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and management. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has, since its creation, shared its campus with its sister engineering school, Telecom SudParis, creating a unique synergy in France. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has also an on-campus business incubator for young innovative companies. This incubator is open to students, alumni and other entrepreneurs.

The School is among the top ten management schools in France when comparing the level of salaries earned upon graduation. It proposes a complete program offering, from undergraduate to doctorate, all meeting international standards. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is AACSB and AMBA accredited.
The school has a research laboratory, LITEM (EA 7363), shared with the University of Evry Paris Saclay. It is part of the doctoral school "Law, Economics, Management" (ED DEM, n°630) of the University of Paris-Saclay, which groups together all the research units and teams in Law, Economics, and Management present within the University of Paris-Saclay and its member and associated institutions. The University of Paris-Saclay is composed of 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, and Onéra. The University of Paris-Saclay is ranked 13th in the Shanghai rankings.

More information about the School and its faculty and research can be found at:
https://www.imt-bs.eu/en/faculty-research/

NOTICE THAT THE TWO APPLICATIONS URLs ABOVE DIFFER!!!

CONTACT PERSONS: Sébastien MITRAILLE - sebastien.mitraille@imt-bs.eu or Grazia Cecere - grazia.cecere@imt-bs.eu or Antonio Russo - antonio.russo@imt-bs.eu

To apply, visit https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/prof-mark-ia. (See posting for details.)

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is seeking one highly qualified candidate with experience in teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and significant research potential in Human Resource Management – Organisational Behaviour to fit into the research themes of the school. The candidate will conduct research activities within LITEM as part of one of the laboratory’s two research groups: axis 1, "Digital, praxis and responsibility"; axis 2, "Innovation, markets and organizations".

The ideal candidate will have a PhD or be close to completion. Applicants should exhibit potential for excellence in research, aiming to publish in leading journals in Management sciences or Economics at an international level (list of ABS - Chartered Association of Business Schools).

Newly recruited junior faculty receive a reduced teaching load for the first four years. In addition to a competitive salary, the school supports research activities. Personal budgets for research are €3K annually with potential for additional annual research funding of up to €8K from additional sources.

The Management, Marketing and Strategy Department has 18 permanent faculty members and offers courses at undergraduate, graduate and doctoral levels.

The position is from Fall 2025 and is maintained open until filled.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL: Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is a public business school that is part of the system of French “Grandes Ecoles”. Founded in 1979, the School is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. For over thirty years, the School has been recognized for its expertise in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, ethics, and information and communication technologies.

It trains future managers and entrepreneurs to be responsible, innovative and open to the world around them and to lead their organizations in the major transitions of tomorrow’s society that include a digitized economy, energy and ecological transition, new business models and the industries of the future.

Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is the business school of IMT (Mines-Telecom Institute), the main French technology institute dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and management. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has, since its creation, shared its campus with its sister engineering school, Telecom SudParis, creating a unique synergy in France. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has also an on-campus business incubator for young innovative companies. This incubator is open to students, alumni and other entrepreneurs.

The School is among the top ten management schools in France when comparing the level of salaries earned upon graduation. It proposes a complete program offering, from undergraduate to doctorate, all meeting international standards. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is AACSB and AMBA accredited.
The school has a research laboratory, LITEM (EA 7363), shared with the University of Evry Paris Saclay. It is part of the doctoral school "Law, Economics, Management" (ED DEM, n°630) of the University of Paris-Saclay, which groups together all the research units and teams in Law, Economics, and Management present within the University of Paris-Saclay and its member and associated institutions. The University of Paris-Saclay is composed of 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, and Onéra. The University of Paris-Saclay is ranked 13th in the Shanghai rankings.

More information about the School and its faculty and research can be found at:
https://www.imt-bs.eu/en/faculty-research/

APPLICATION PROCESS: Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line, on 1 file (cover letter, curriculum vitae, two reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers. Applications are accepted until September 30, 2025: https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mdc-rh

CONTACT PERSONS: Sébastien MITRAILLE - sebastien.mitraille@imt-bs.eu or Grazia CECERE - grazia.cecere@imt-bs.eu or Antonio RUSSO - antonio.russo@imt-bs.eu

To apply, visit https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mdc-rh. (See posting for details.)

[Note the application deadline of 5 December 2025, which corrects a previous clerical error for this job posting.]

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is seeking one highly qualified candidate with a demonstrated experience in teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and a research experience in Economics of AI and Digital Platforms (Privacy, AI data, responsible AI, quantitative methods and business analytics, machine learning, LLM, and digital economics, ...) to fit into the research themes of iLab IDEAL. The candidate will conduct research activities within the laboratory, jointly with the Evry University - UEVE, Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Économie et Management – LITEM (EA 7363) :

· Axis 1: "Digital, praxis and responsibility" and

· Axis 2: "Innovation, markets and organisations".

The position is from the beginning of 2026 and is maintained open until filled in.

The ideal candidate will have a PhD, publications in leading scientific journals in the field of Management Sciences or Economics, and will have demonstrated strong research potential or should exhibit potential for excellence in research. He or she must have significant teaching experience and be able to teach in French and English.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is a public business school that is part of the system of French “Grandes Ecoles”. Founded in 1979, the School is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. For over thirty years, the School has been recognized for its expertise in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, ethics, and information and communication technologies.

It trains future managers and entrepreneurs to be responsible, innovative and open to the world around them and to lead their organizations in the major transitions of tomorrow’s society that include a digitized economy, energy and ecological transition, new business models and the industries of the future. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is the business school of IMT (Mines-Telecom Institute), the main French technology institute dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and management.

Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has, since its creation, shared its campus with its sister engineering school, Telecom SudParis, creating a unique synergy in France. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has also an on-campus business incubator for young innovative companies. This incubator is open to students, alumni and other entrepreneurs. The School is among the top ten management schools in France when comparing the level of salaries earned upon graduation. It proposes a complete program offering, from undergraduate to doctorate, allf meeting international standards. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is AACSB and AMBA accredited. The school has a research laboratory, LITEM (EA 7363), shared with the University of Évry Paris Saclay.It is part of the doctoral school "Law, Economics, Management" (ED DEM, n°630) of the University of Paris-Saclay, which groups together all the research units and teams in Law, Economics, and Management present within the University of Paris-Saclay and its member and associated institutions. The University of Paris-Saclay is composed of 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, and Onéra. The University of Paris-Saclay is ranked 13th in the Shanghai rankings.

More information on Institut Mines-Telecom Business School can be found at this website

APPLICATION PROCESS. Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line in 1 file (cover letter, curriculum vitae, two reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers. See https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/o/mc-economie-ia-et-des-plateformes-numeriques-cdd-24-mois

Applications are accepted until December 5, 2025:

CONTACT PERSONS: Philippe Castelnau – philippe.castelnau@imt-bs.eu or Vincent Lefrere vincent.lefrere@imt-bs.eu or Grazia Cecere - grazia.cecere@imt-bs.eu or Antonio Russo - antonio.russo@imt-bs.eu

To apply, submit your application on EJM and also at https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/o/mc-economie-ia-et-des-plateformes-numeriques-cdd-24-mois. (See posting for details.)

Location of job: 9 rue Charles Fourier, Evry Courcouronnes, 91000, France (map)

Degree required: Doctorate

Job start date: Beginning of 2026.

Job duration: 2 years (possible renewal of the period)

Letters of reference required: 2

Institut Mines-Télécom Business School is seeking one highly qualified candidate with a demonstrated experience in teaching (at the undergraduate and graduate levels) and a research experience in Digital Economy and Cybersecurity (Digital Platforms, Privacy, AI data, quantitative methods and business analytics, machine learning, LLM, and digital economics, ...) to fit into the research themes of iLab IDEAL. The candidate will conduct research activities within the laboratory, jointly with the Évry University - UEVE, Laboratoire en Innovation, Technologies, Économie et Management – LITEM (EA 7363):

· Axis 1: "Digital, praxis and responsibility" and

· Axis 2: "Innovation, markets and organisations".

The position is from the beginning of 2026 and is maintained open until filled in.

The ideal candidate will have a PhD, publications in leading scientific journals in the field of Management Sciences or Economics, and will have demonstrated strong research potential or should exhibit potential for excellence in research. He or she must have significant teaching experience and be able to teach in French and English.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is a public business school that is part of the system of French “Grandes Ecoles”. Founded in 1979, the School is attached to the French Ministry of Economy and Finance. For over thirty years, the School has been recognized for its expertise in management, innovation and entrepreneurship, ethics, and information and communication technologies.

It trains future managers and entrepreneurs to be responsible, innovative and open to the world around them and to lead their organizations in the major transitions of tomorrow’s society that include a digitized economy, energy and ecological transition, new business models and the industries of the future. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is the business school of IMT (Mines-Telecom Institute), the main French technology institute dedicated to higher education, research and innovation in engineering and management.

Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has, since its creation, shared its campus with its sister engineering school, Telecom SudParis, creating a unique synergy in France. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School has also an on-campus business incubator for young innovative companies. This incubator is open to students, alumni and other entrepreneurs. The School is among the top ten management schools in France when comparing the level of salaries earned upon graduation. It proposes a complete program offering, from undergraduate to doctorate, all meeting international standards. Institut Mines-Telecom Business School is AACSB and AMBA accredited. The school has a research laboratory, LITEM (EA 7363), shared with the University of Évry Paris Saclay.It is part of the doctoral school "Law, Economics, Management" (ED DEM, n°630) of the University of Paris-Saclay, which groups together all the research units and teams in Law, Economics, and Management present within the University of Paris-Saclay and its member and associated institutions. The University of Paris-Saclay is composed of 275 laboratories shared with the CEA, CNRS, IHES, Inrae, Inria, Inserm, and Onéra. The University of Paris-Saclay is ranked 13th in the Shanghai rankings.

More information on Institut Mines-Telecom Business School can be found at this website

APPLICATION PROCESS. Interested candidates should submit their application packages on-line in 1 file (cover letter, curriculum vitae, two reference letters and an outline of your past and future activities in teaching and research). Please also include a file or URL to access the text of the main publications and/or working papers. See

https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mc-economie-digitale-et-cybersecurite-cdd-24-mois

Applications are accepted until December 5, 2025:

CONTACT PERSONS: Philippe Castelnau – philippe.castelnau@imt-bs.eu or Vincent Lefrere vincent.lefrere@imt-bs.eu or Grazia Cecere - grazia.cecere@imt-bs.eu or Antonio Russo - antonio.russo@imt-bs.eu

To apply, submit your application on EJM and also at https://institutminestelecom.recruitee.com/l/en/o/mc-economie-digitale-et-cybersecurite-cdd-24-mois. (See posting for details.)

Location of job: 9 rue Charles Fourier, Évry Courcouronnes, 91000, France (map)

Degree required: Doctorate

Job start date: Beginning of 2026.

Job duration: 2 years (possible renewal of the period)

Letters of reference required: 2

ENSAE Paris and CREST are recruiting an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) in the field of Artificial Intelligence applied to finance. The recruitment benefits from the financial support of Hi!Paris, Paris Artificial Intelligence center for Society and Business.

Candidate Profile

Candidates should have a recognized research activity in machine learning and its applications to finance or in financial modeling based on AI tools. We aim for publications in leading journals across several fields, including machine learning and computer science (e.g., JMLR, JAIR, Pattern Recognition), quantitative finance (Mathematical Finance, Finance and Stochastics), and financial/stochastic modeling (Annals of Applied Probability, Journal of Econometrics, JBES). We also target established journals in broader disciplines such as Journal of Finance, Management Science, and Annals of Operations Research.

CREST is an interdisciplinary lab that includes teams in economics, finance and insurance, statistics and machine learning. The candidate should be able to interact scientifically with colleagues specialized in finance, statistics, and computer science at CREST and other labs of Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

Teaching duties

The recruited candidate will teach in the ENSAE engineering program as well as in partner master programs at Institut Polytechnique de Paris.

Terms and conditions

The appointment starts no later than September 1, 2026. Salary is competitive according to qualifications. Teaching duties are significantly reduced compared to French university standards. The incumbent will have access to substantial research funds covering in particular the funding of a doctoral student.

The position is attributed for an initial three-year term (during which teaching duties is reduced by half if the PhD was obtained less than 3 years earlier), renewable for another three years (with full teaching duties) before the tenure evaluation based on publication track record as well as teaching feedback.

Candidate Requirements

PhD in Applied Mathematics, Quantitative Finance, Computer Science, Financial Econometrics.

Publications or potential to publish in leading international journals in Machine Learning, Applied Probability, Finance, Econometrics and/or Statistics.

Ability to teach Machine Learning/AI/Quantitative Finance at the undergraduate and graduate levels, and to supervise student projects in these areas.

The Paris School of Economics seeks applications for a postdoctoral researcher who will participate in ongoing projects on environment and development economics, working closely with Matthew GORDON and other PSE researchers. The contract will be for a 1-year term, but a 1-year extension is possible depending on interest.

Research topics of interest include, but are not limited to: satellite data and machine learning, agriculture, natural disasters, waste and plastic pollution, deforestation, and humanitarian aid.

Responsibilities:

• Conduct independent research leading to publications in top journals
• Contribute to the intellectual life of the department.

Profile

• PhD in economics completed
• Experience with machine learning methods is a plus
• Proficiency in statistical tools (R, Stata, or Python)
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively

Working conditions

• Salary €3,300 per month gross
• Pleasant working environment on a green campus, in an eco-friendly building
• 35 hours/week - 5 weeks of paid vacation
• Mandatory company health insurance
• Meal vouchers worth €10/day
• Sustainable mobility package

Paris School of Economics invites all candidates to apply and guarantees equal treatment for all. All our positions are also open to people with disabilities.

Environment

Paris School of Economics (PSE) is a research and training center chaired by Esther Duflo (Nobel Prize in Economics) and recognized as an international center of excellence in the field of economics. PSE develops research and training in economics at the highest level. It also fosters exchanges between economic analysis and other social sciences, contributes to the economic policy debate, and embeds academic research in society. PSE works with a large number of private and public partners in France, Europe, and internationally.

The Finance Department of the ESSEC Business School is opening positions for research professors at all levels in its Paris (Cergy) campus, starting September 01, 2026, or on a mutually agreed date.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: The Department invites applications from candidates in all fields of finance.

Tenure track candidates (assistant professor level) are expected to complete their Ph.D. at the latest before their starting date, and should exhibit potential for excellence in research. They are offered reduced teaching load during the tenure clock over six years.

ABOUT THE SCHOOL: ESSEC is a French "Grande Ecole" with campuses in the Paris metropolitan area and in Singapore. ESSEC offers graduate level training in finance and business administration and was the first AACSB accredited business school outside the United States and Canada. Courses are taught in English and offered at all levels (undergraduate, master and Ph.D.). More information on ESSEC can be found at http://www.essec.edu. The Finance Department has a total of 23 permanent faculty members. It is strongly dedicated to impactful research, and to publishing in top journals.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Interested candidates should complete their application package providing a cover letter, a complete vita, sample copies of their research and at least three letters of recommendation. The deadline for applications is November 27, 2025. Applications should be submitted online through https://www.econjobmarket.org/.

All inquiries regarding this job posting should be addressed to elise.gourier@essec.edu.

Call for application. Aix-Marseille School of Economics is seeking to recruit a tenure track faculty member at the Assistant Professor level, with starting date of September 1st, 2026. AMSE follows the timeline recommended by the European Economic Association. Online interviews will take place from the 15th to the 18th December 2025. In person interviews of shortlisted candidates will take place in January and beginning of February 2026. The deadline for applications is November 30th, 2025.

The School provides a high-quality research environment and offers faculty members generous research funds. Applicants are expected to show an outstanding commitment to research and must have obtained their PhD when taking up the position. Aix-Marseille School of Economics is an equal opportunity employer.

Terms and conditions. The tenure-track contract includes a 50% reduction of the teaching load (64 hours instead of 128) for the first three years. Contract holders who need to learn French may choose to teach in English for the first three years. Ability and commitment to teach in French from the fourth year is required. To obtain tenure the holder must satisfy scientific, pedagogic, and collegial duties requirements. The holder satisfying thes requirements will be granted promotion and tenure from the 6th year. The starting net salary (after deduction of mandatory social security contributions) is of approximately 39,300 Euros per year and will increase to approximately 41,700 from the 4th year. After tenure and promotion, the salary will evolve according to the salary scale for university professors set by the Ministry of Education. Tenure track holders are provided with generous research funds.

Location. Aix-Marseille School of Economics is located in Aix-en-Provence and Marseille with teaching and scientific activity in both locations.

The CERDI, a joint research center of the Université Clermont Auvergne, the CNRS, and the IRD, based in Clermont-Ferrand (France) is opening a two-year postdoctoral position in the field of development economics and related fields.

The postdoctoral research associate will primarily collaborate with Pierre Biscaye, Chaire de Professeur Junior at the CERDI, on selected projects at the intersection of development, environmental, energy, and agricultural economics, but there will also be opportunities to pursue independent research subject to bilateral negotiation. Research funds (e.g., for conference travel) may be available on a demand basis. While no teaching duties are attached to the position, postdoctoral research associates may participate in the teaching program if mutually agreed. Postdoctoral research associates are expected to participate actively in the activities of the CERDI.

Position details:

• Contracts are for 2 years, with no teaching duties.
• Salary is approximately 2000-2200 euros (net) per month.
• Starting date is September 1st 2026.

Applications should be submitted before November 30 (midnight UTC), 2025 through EconJobMarket.org.

Interested candidates should upload their CV, cover letter, Job Market Paper, and at least 3 reference letters. They can also upload other supporting materials (e.g., research statement, etc.)

We will interview candidates in December 2025. A selection of candidates will then be invited to Clermont-Ferrand for fly-outs in January (travel costs are fully covered).

Contact: pierre.biscaye@uca.fr