The School of Economics is growing and is seeking to appoint a Post-Doctoral Researcher in Economic Theory and Theoretical Industrial Organization to undertake high quality research, teaching, and knowledge exchange related to these fields. The post comes with a time allocation of 30% teaching and 70% research, knowledge exchange and impact.
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 Dr Paweł Gola, Associate Professor of Economics: Pawel.Gola@ed.ac.uk
Your skills and attributes for success:
- Have a PhD in Economics or be within 6 months of completion of a PhD at the start of the post in March 2025.
- Be available to commence employment with in-person teaching in March 2025.
- Must be able to demonstrate an existing or developing record of research with potential for publication in leading peer-reviewed journals in economics.
- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to make an outstanding contribution to the research activities and intellectual life of the School of Economics.
- Have an interest in teaching courses related to Industrial Organization.
- Have excellent oral and written communication skills.
- The School is looking for applicants with expertise in Theoretical Industrial Organization and Economic Theory more generally.
Please note that the University of Edinburgh defines completion of a PhD as the submission of the corrected thesis following the candidate’s viva examination, or when the candidate receives confirmation that there are no corrections to address.
Interviews will be online and take place in December or early January. As part of this interview the candidates will be asked to give a job talk online. As the job starts in March, offers will be made soon after the interviews; for the same reason, any offers made will expire well before the overall market is over.
Please click here for a full job description including full selection criteria and an outlining of expected duties. If you already hold a contract of employment with the University of Edinburgh, you should apply via the internal applications portal here.
As a valued member of our team you can expect:
- A competitive salary.
- An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.
- To be part of a diverse and vibrant international community.
- Comprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, competitive pension schemes, staff discounts, and family-friendly initiatives. Check out the full list on our staff benefits page (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefits.
Championing equality, diversity and inclusion
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.
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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.
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Edinburgh has long been associated with economics. In the eighteenth-century, Adam Smith lived and worked in the city. His first lectures to young lawyers in 1748–51 were delivered near where the South Bridge now stands. In his later years, he continued to revise his principal books The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations, and a substantial portion of Smith’s personal library is held by Edinburgh University Library. His friend David Hume, a resident of Edinburgh, noted in his day as a historian and now as a leading empiricist philosopher, wrote much acclaimed essays on economics.
Today, the School of Economics includes 56 academic staff and team of 29 administrative and technical support staff, as well as visiting Professors and other associates. The academic staff include eleven professors, six senior lecturers, three senior teaching fellows, fourteen lecturers, one reader, and one teaching fellow.
The School is characterised by its cohesiveness and informal research-led collegiality, with high quality research seminars and workshop programmes running on a weekly basis. The School has special research strength in economic theory, labour economics and applied econometrics in addition to an array of more dispersed expertise. In the Research Excellence Framework (REF 2014), the School of Economics was placed 1st in Scotland and 8th in the UK by overall rating. In terms of the proportion of publications that are classified as world-leading, the School is ranked 1st in Scotland and 7th in the UK. Ranked by research environment (which includes PhD completions and grant income), the School is 1st in Scotland and 6th in the UK.
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