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St Andrews, United Kingdom
Flexible start date.
University of St Andrews
Various fields
23 Feb 2026
23 Feb 2026
The University of St Andrews Business School invites applications for the position of Senior Lecturer or Reader in Economics. The successful candidate will join the Business School at an exciting time. The newly launched School is the largest in the University, building on the University's rich heritage and the legacy of the leading Schools of Economics and Finance and Management, whose merger created it. Its mission is to develop globally-minded leaders with the ambition, knowledge and skills to create a more prosperous and sustainable world. Within the University of St Andrews Business School, Economics ranked second of all UK institutions in The Guardian University Guide 2025. The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2025 also named St Andrews the Scottish University of the Year 2025 and University of the Year for Student Experience 2025.
The successful candidate will be an Economics scholar with an international research reputation who can contribute to the School's world-leading and interdisciplinary research agenda. The candidate will successfully publish research, attract research funding or other financial support, and promote knowledge exchange to strengthen the School's reputation for academic excellence. The candidate must also be an excellent teacher, capable of teaching undergraduate and postgraduate students from diverse backgrounds. The successful candidate will also actively engage in purposeful partnerships with academic, public, private, and third-sector organisations to drive impactful research and enhance the student experience.
The position is open to specialists in any broadly defined area of applied macroeconomics.
Candidates will hold a PhD in Economics or a cognate discipline.
Employees of the University have access to a wide range of staff benefits including:
- Annual leave of 34 days, plus 5 public holidays
- Financial contribution to relocation
- Membership of the USS Pension Scheme with generous employer contributions
- A hybrid working environment, including partial homeworking where appropriate and a range of family friendly policies
- Staff discount scheme for local and national goods and services
- Free staff parking, employee Carshare and Cycle to Work Schemes and subsidised local bus travel
- Subsidised sports membership, reduced tuition fees on degree programmes for staff, access to training and development opportunities including LinkedIn Learning, access to library facilities, salary sacrifice scheme
For further information and informal enquiries about the post, please contact Professor Conny Wollbrant, Head of Department (conny.wollbrant@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Professor Mark Brewer, Dean of the Business School (BSchoolDean@st-andrews.ac.uk).
To apply, visit https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/3965/0/461022/889/senior-lecturer-or-reader-in-economics-macroeconomics-ac2399. (See posting for details.)
King's College London
Any field
31 Mar 2026
31 Mar 2026
About the Role
King’s Business School (KBS) invites expressions of interest for the position of Professor of Economics within the Department of Economics. We are looking for an outstanding scholar with an international reputation for research excellence (any field) and a commitment to high quality teaching.
The appointee will be expected to:
- Produce internationally leading research in their field of economics.
- Provide mentorship to academic colleagues and early-career researchers.
- Deliver high-quality teaching and curriculum development at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.
- Engage with policy, industry, and the wider community to enhance the impact of the department’s work.
Working conditions (salary, teaching load, administrative responsibility) are responsive to market conditions.
About You
You will have:
- A PhD in Economics or a closely related discipline.
- An outstanding record of research publications in top-tier journals.
- A strong track record of research funding and successful supervision of PhD students.
- Evidence of leadership in teaching and academic administration.
- A commitment to fostering an inclusive and dynamic academic environment.
About the Department and University
King’s Business School (KBS) and the Department of Economics form a thriving international community for research and teaching. Based in Bush House, a historic building in the heart of London. KBS is the ninth and newest faculty at King’s College London, the School currently has around 200 academic staff and offers a full range of undergraduate, master’s, and PhD programmes.
University-wide, the Economics at King’s initiative fosters a vibrant research community in which the KBS Department of Economics collaborates closely with economists from other departments at the university.
How to Apply
We are looking for expressions of interest before issuing seminar invitations and asking for a formal application and references.
To express interest, please email KBS-Economics-Recruitment@kcl.ac.uk, attaching a CV and including a link to your website.
We welcome applications from all individuals and strongly encourage women, members of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, and other underrepresented groups to join us.
To apply, send a message to KBS-Economics-Recruitment@kcl.ac.uk. (See posting for details.)
Guildford, United Kingdom
Flexible start date.
University of Surrey
Various fields
1 Dec 2025
31 Jan 2026
28 Feb 2026
With over 40 members from more than 15 countries, the Economics group at the University of Surrey (https://www.surrey.ac.uk/economics) enjoys a strong reputation for research and teaching in Economics, built upon a commitment to high quality, rigorously founded applied and theoretical research, often of direct policy significance. We have recently invested heavily to recruit staff whose innovative work is having a large impact on international research agendas, as evidenced by ranking 10th for Economics in the latest research assessment exercise (REF2021).
To support our growth strategy, we would like to make an appointment at the Lecturer (Assistant Professor) level, to start in September 2026. As a new academic staff member, you will have the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the intellectual life of our research group. You will be fully supported to extend your high-quality research agenda and build research networks, both within economics and beyond it. As appropriate, you will be encouraged to participate in externally funded collaborative research projects. Through your teaching you’ll have the opportunity to play a key role in the leadership, engagement and satisfaction of our student population at any level, including the opportunity to mentor and support our outstanding MSc and PhD students.
We encourage applications from any field within economics and this year we particularly encourage applications from candidates specialising in macroeconometrics and applied macroeconomics.
What we can offer
In return we offer a competitive salary, a generous pension, relocation assistance where appropriate, flexible working options including job share and blended home/campus working locations (dependent on work duties), access to world-class leisure facilities on campus, a range of travel schemes and supportive family friendly benefits including an excellent on-site nursery.
Further information
Informal enquiries should be directed in the first instance to Prof. Joao Santos Silva (jmcss@surrey.ac.uk), Prof. Ricardo Nunes (ricardo.nunes@surrey.ac.uk), or Dr. Kamila Nowakowicz (k.nowakowicz@surrey.ac.uk) via email, with “Surrey appointments 2026” in the subject line.
At Surrey, we are committed to providing an inclusive environment that offers equitable opportunities for all, in the pursuit of Surrey’s vision to be a leading global University. We work together to create a truly inclusive culture. We place great value on diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We are seeking to increase the diversity within our community and would particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups, such as women, people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities. Appointments will always be made on merit.
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