- JOB
- Spain
27 May 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- Universitat de Barcelona
- Department
- Economic History, Institutions, and World Economy, UB Faculty of Economics
- Research Field
- Economics
- Researcher Profile
- Recognised Researcher (R2)
- Country
- Spain
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Temporary
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Hours Per Week
- 38.5
- Offer Starting Date
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by a EU programme
- Reference Number
- Funded by Jacobs Foundation
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
We are recruiting one postdoctoral researcher with a PhD in Economics under the supervision of Dr Elisabetta Aurino. Ideally, candidates should have a strong research interest and background in development economics (e.g. health, education, child development, and related topics), with a focus on child development, behavioural economics, and experimental methods. The project will be located at the School of Economics, Department of Economic History and Development, at the University of Barcelona (UB).
Job description (tasks).
The candidates will work cooperatively with the PI and any other research member of the team to:
- Contribute to the development of survey instruments and support data collection processes
- Analyse data and write scientific and policy-focused publications
- Engage in all of the research project public and dissemination activities
- Support in grant applications/project development
Where to apply
Requirements
- Research Field
- Economics
- Education Level
- PhD or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
- PhD in Economics
- Specialisation in child development economics or related fields (family, education, health, or behavioral economics)
- Experience of working with large-scale data from low- and middle-income country settings
- Proven ability to write autonomously high-quality research papers
- Excellent written and spoken language skills in English
- Excellent skills in Stata
- Proven ability to work in a multicultural and multidisciplinary environment
Specific Requirements
- Experience conducting fieldwork for experiments, including lab-in-the-field, in LMICs
- Knowledge of study settings
- R or Python knowledge
- Ability to manage multiple activities simultaneously, efficiently and on-time, and be able to meet deadlines.
- Languages
- ENGLISH
- Level
- Excellent
Internal Application form(s) needed
Sol·licitud_PD2024.3.FEE_.pdf
English
Additional Information
Eligibility criteria
Applications that score 60 or above according to the criteria below will be considered eligible.
Selection process
A. Cv (up to 50 points)
- PhD in development or education economics or other relevant fields (20), PhD in economics or quantitative social sciences (5)
- Motivation letter (up to 10)
- Experience working on child development (up to 20 points)
B. Evaluation of job market paper and the other article (up to 30 points)
C. Specific requirements (up to 20 points)
Additional comments
Priority will be given to people with disabilities (Law 89/2015 of June 2, reserve of quota 2% in favour of people with disabilities in companies of 50 or more people).
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Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- Economic History, Institutions, and World Economy, UB Faculty of Economics
- Country
- Spain
- State/Province
- BARCELONA
- City
- BARCELONA
- Postal Code
- 08034
- Street
- AV. DIAGONAL 690-696
Contact
- State/Province
- Barcelona
- City
- Barcelona
- Website
- Street
- Av. Diagonal 690-696
- Postal Code
- 08034
- e.aurino@ub.edu