Assistant Professor in Institutional Economics
Specifications
Location Nijmegen
Function types Professors, associate professors, assistant professors and lecturers
Scientific fields Economics
Hours 38.0 hours per week
Education Doctorate
Job number 27.18.15
Job description
As Assistant Professor of Institutional Economics you are part of the Chair of Economic Theory and Policy at the Department of Economics and Business Economics of the Nijmegen School of Management. The position includes both teaching and research tasks. You will provide high-quality courses in institutional economics, public economics, labor economics, and environmental economics in the Bachelors programme in Economic’s and the Master’s programs Economics and Policy and International Political Economy. This includes the supervision of Bachelor’s and Master’s theses. Furthermore, you will conduct high-quality research in the field of institutional economics, public economics, labour economics, and environmental economics.
The Chair of Economic Theory and Policy stands at the crossroads of the exchange between economists and non-economists in regard to economic theory and policy. It fulfills an important role in that it facilitates the exchange between academics and non-academics on issues of economic theory and policy. The chair functions as a bridge between Radboud University and several policy circles, but also between the study of economics and other faculty departments.
Requirements
You should hold a PhD in economics, or be close to completion of a PhD. You should have the potential to build a record of excellence in both teaching and research in economics in general and institutional economics in particular. This should be evidenced by (i) good teaching evaluations, (ii) a willingness to complete the Junior University Teaching Certificate (if not already obtained) within the first four years of your contract, and (iii) a pipeline of submissions, revise-and-resubmits and publications in leading international journals in the field of institutional economics. Experience with the acquisition of research funds would be a plus.
You must be fluent in both spoken and written English.
Conditions of employment
the successful candidate will be offered a six year tenure track position as Assistant professor you will be appointed as an Assistant Professor (UD) in the Dutch university job-ranking system (UFO) Radboud University offers a dynamic position in an attractive working environment and has excellent conditions of employment, including an attractive retirement scheme, financial child care compensation, and (partly paid) maternity leave
A gross salary between € 3,399.00 and € 4,654.00 (scale 11), depending on experience and qualifications;
Applicants from abroad moving to the Netherlands may qualify for a special tax relief, by which 30% of their salary is tax free.
Female candidates are explicitly invited to apply.
Contract type: Temporary,
Organisation
Radboud University
Strategically located in Europe, Radboud University is one of the leading academic communities in the Netherlands. A place with a personal touch, where top-flight education and research take place on a beautiful green campus in modern buildings with state-of-art facilities.
Department
Nijmegen School of Management
The Nijmegen School of Management is an academic centre of research and higher learning. Seven different focus areas exist within the faculty: Business Administration, Public Administration, Political Science, Economics, Social and Political Sciences of the Environment, Human Geography and Spatial Planning. The NSM strives for a multidisciplinary approach whenever possible. Altogether, the faculty employs 220 full-time staff, of whom 75% are academics.
The NSM awards Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in the above-mentioned seven fields of study, which are organized in the NSM’s educational institute. The educational programme is based on a system of small-scale teaching and provides a stimulating learning environment with an emphasis on the development of academic skills. The Nijmegen School of Management has about 3,000 students. The NSM’s research activities are governed by the Institute for Management Research (IMR), which has the equivalent of 80 full-time staff. It focuses on fundamental and applied research on the development, design and effectiveness of the public and private structures that regulate, govern or manage human interaction.
The Department of Economics and Business Economics consists of four Chairs: Economic Theory and Policy, International Economics, Finance, and Business Economics. The department is responsible for the development and quality of the Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in economics, as well as for the courses in economics in the other educational programmes of the faculty. What sets the Nijmegen curriculum in Economics apart is that it characterized by a multidisciplinary approach whereby, in addition to the economics discipline, inspiration is sought from other areas.
No commercial propositions please.
Additional information
Prof. dr. E.M. Sent
+31(0)24 3611252
je.m.sent@fm.ru.nl
Radboud University
Short link www.academictransfer.com/31198