Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Economics

University of Bath
Bath - United Kingdom
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This appointment constitutes the first stage of the Departmental strategic investment in our vibrant and expanding Department of Economics. We are looking for excellent and ambitious scholars who can help us continue to develop further our achievements in teaching and research. This appointment shall strengthen our Research Group "Public and Environmental Economics”. We are looking for candidates with a strong research expertise in the area of microeconomic theory, with a focus on behavioural decision theory (including theories from psychology) and who have an interest in contributing to a research project on sustainable lifestyles and environmental impacts with other group members. Candidates should also be able to deliver and teach courses in microeconomics, environmental economics and resource economics, public economics, behavioural and mathematical economics courses at all levels.

We promote an exciting research culture generating knowledge, developing new ideas and techniques and attract high quality undergraduate and postgraduate students to an extensive range of programmes. Our research activities inform students' learning and encourage the interaction between academia and the wider society both in terms of policy formulation and outcome evaluation and knowledge transfer to businesses and public organisations. The Department is currently organised into five research groups: a) Macroeconomics and Finance b) Econometrics, c) Economic Theory, d) Public and Environmental Economics and e) Labour Economics.

Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
You will be expected to have very strong academic potential with some evidence of research publications in established journals.

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor)
You will demonstrate a substantial reputation in the field, supported by the quality and volume of your publications, your ability to participate in collaborative research and a track record of successful grant applications.

All candidates are expected to deliver high quality teaching, at both undergraduate and postgraduate level and to attract and successfully supervise PhD students.

For more information about the Department and its activities, please go to:
http://www.bath.ac.uk/economics /

Salary: Starting from £38,511, rising to £45,954 (Lecturer) or
£47,328, rising to £54,841 (Senior Lecturer)

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