Early Career Researcher in Economics Edinburgh, Scotland
Job description
UE08: £43,414.00 - £51,805.00 Per Annum.
College of Arts, Humanities & Social Science / School of Economics.
Fixed Term Contract - 01/08/2023-31/07/2026; Full Time 35 Hours Per Week.
Number of Posts: 2
The School of Economics is growing and is seeking to appoint outstanding candidates. We are looking for people with expertise in any area of economics that connects well with the research interests of our current faculty.
The School has 1240 FTE students, of whom 1128 are undergraduate, 88 postgraduate taught and 33 postgraduate researchers.
The College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences at the University of Edinburgh educates 19,000 of the University’s 35,000 students and employs more than 3000 staff across its 11 Schools, Centre of Open Learning, and the Edinburgh Futures Institute. The School of Economics is one of the College’s growing Schools and an internationally renowned research centre, with 1240 students and 113 staff and annual income of £17m.
Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to producing internationally excellent research and delivering high quality teaching that contributes to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and the learning experience of our students. Applicants should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in economics or related field, and have demonstrable potential to publish their research in leading refereed journals, to contribute to knowledge exchange activities, and to secure research income.
Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Miguel Costa-Gomes: [email protected]
Your skills and attributes for success:
- A PhD in Economics or a related field; OR be close to completing a PhD in Economics or a related field (ie. within three months of completion);
- Extensive research and/or teaching experience within subject specialism, supported by relevant qualifications (normally a PhD or equivalent);
- Experience and demonstrated success in delivering research project results and/or effective learning programmes with knowledge exchange built in as appropriate.
- Be able to demonstrate an existing or developing record of research with potential for publication in leading peer-reviewed journals in economics.
- Will have demonstrated the ability to make an outstanding contribution to the teaching and research activities and intellectual life of the School of Economics.
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As a valued member of our team you can expect:
An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work. We give you support, nurture your talent and reward success. You will benefit from a competitive reward package and a wide range of staff benefits, which includes a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme , staff discounts, family friendly initiatives , flexible working and much more. Access our staff benefits page for further information and use our reward calculator to find out the total value of pay and benefits provided.
The University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT+ equality.
If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our right to work webpages.
The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.
