MSCA - IF - Postdoc Position: Linking multidimensional poverty to foreign aid

JOB SUMMARY

Universidad CEU San Pablo (USP-CEU) is a young university founded in Madrid in 1993. USP-CEU is committed to academic and professional excellence, aiming for the best quality in education, research and internationalization. Being a specialized University, USP-CEU structures its studies on three main fields of knowledge:

- Health and life sciences,

- Social sciences and humanities and

- Architecture and Engineering.

USP-CEU facilities include 8 Research Centers, 43 Research Groups and 11 Core Research Facilities, which sum an area of 3400 m² devoted to research. Over the past 5 years, University:

• Has been granted 60 competitive research projects.
• Achieves collaborations with Industry meaning 54% of R&D funding.
• Participates in four H2020 projects, including two MSCA-IF grants and a MSCA-COFUND program. University leads five Erasmus + actions.

USP-CEU is looking for a highly motivated fellow to apply for MSCA-IF-2018 calls. The selected candidate will have the support of the Office of International Research Programs to prepare and submit the proposal. The involvement of the fellow in the proposal writing process will provide many opportunities to tailor the proposal to her / his research interests. If the MSCA-IF is granted, the position may start during the second quarter of 2019 until September 2020, and it will have a duration of 2 years.

RESEARCH GROUP

José María Larrú is associate professor of applied economics at Universidad CEU San Pablo, in Madrid.

He has a PhD in Economics and a MA in Moral Theology. His research interests are the effectiveness of foreign aid and poverty-inequality-growth triangle. He has published in international journals such as “European Journal of Development Research”, “World Economics” and “Journal of Economics and Development Studies”. He is co-director of the “Iberoamerican Journal of Development Studies”.

He has field experience in evaluating international development cooperation in Latin American countries such as Mexico, Honduras, Paraguay, Peru, Ecuador or Uruguay.

CONTACT PERSON

Dr. José María Larrú

Departament of Economics

Faculty  Economics and Business Administration

Universidad CEU San Pablo

RESEARCH PROJECT DESCRIPTION

The aim of the research is to think proposals and mechanisms linking foreign aid and multidimensional poverty. Nowadays, there is a utilitarian framework –based on the OECD Development Assistance Committee (DAC), principles and habits- in aid allocations and effectiveness evaluation. However “new donors” –such as China- and South-South Cooperation are changing the landscape of foreign aid, giving poverty reduction a more realistic chance.

The research group will need researchers interested in poverty indictors, especially multidimensional frameworks, and the international development co-operation system. If more resources and different practices are focused on multidimensional poverty reduction, goals such as Sustainable Development Goal 1 (No poverty) could be reached.

Multidimensional poverty programs should be the starting point for a non-rhetorical “ownership” of aid between horizontal partners. Nevertheless, allocation and evaluation standards and good practices have to be identified. This will be the expected result of the research project.

APPLICATIONS

An expression of interest shall be sent to larram@ceu.es before 15^th of July 2018. Your file should contain the following elements:

• A short CV: Only CVs with considerable scientific achievements will be considered. Candidates should have an excellent track record of research; they should demonstrate the ability to grow into scientific/technological leadership roles.

• A two-page research proposal.

• A short statement explaining why USP-CEU would be the best host institution for your research.

• Two letters of reference.