Postdoctoral Research Fellow or Senior Research Fellow

Global Priorities Institute, University of Oxford
Oxford - United Kingdom
S: £32,817-£49,553 p.a.

The Global Priorities Institute (GPI), in partnership with the Department of Economics, offers Research Fellowship openings for postdoctoral researchers. The Fellowships offer early career researchers the opportunity to develop their research portfolio within one of the world's leading Economics departments and so strengthen their future position in the academic job market. The (flexible) start date for the Fellowships is September 2020.

You will conduct advanced research in economics. At least 50% of your time will be spent on topics directly relevant to the Global Priorities Institute's research agenda, which you will help to set. The role requires no teaching load and only minor supervision responsibilities, although teaching may be arranged if the fellow would like to do so.

The Global Priorities Institute is an interdisciplinary research centre, which aims to develop and promote rigorous, scientific approaches to the question of how appropriately motivated actors can do good more effectively. GPI formally sits within the Faculty of Philosophy at Oxford University. You will be a member of GPI’s economics research team and an associate member of the Department of Economics, one of the world’s leading economics departments. GPI is currently located in the Manor Road Building but we anticipate moving to a new office elsewhere in central Oxford within the next year. You will have access to open-plan desk space in the Economic's Manor Road Building in addition to space at GPI’s new office. You will be assigned a mentor who is a member of the Sub-Faculty of Economics and you will also have the opportunity to receive mentorship and research advice from more senior economists external to Oxford who work with GPI.

Applicants are required to have a PhD (or being close to finishing theirs for the Postdoctoral Research Fellow role) either in economics or in a closely related discipline and combined with equivalent experience and expertise in economics. Also essential are experience of independent research, outstanding academic ability, and an excellent publication record. Senior Research Fellows must further have the ability to independently plan and manage a research project. In addition, the fellow must possess specialist knowledge of and a genuine interest in global priorities research.

This is a full-time position at the University of Oxford for a fixed term of four years, with a possibility of extension. Visa support is also available for successful applicants from overseas. We particularly encourage applications from women, black and ethnic minority candidates, as these groups are underrepresented in economics.

For further details, and to apply online, please use the 'Apply for Job' link below.

If you have any questions about this role, please contact gpi-office@philosophy.ox.ac.uk.

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