Assistant or Associate Professor in Economics and Public Policy

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, NUS
Singapore - Singapore
S: TBA

The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (National University of Singapore) is a premier graduate public policy institution in Asia with a faculty of research-oriented scholars and distinguished practitioners. The school offers multiple masters level programs and also has a small but vibrant PhD program. The school conducts a number of executive education programs for policymakers in Asia and other developing countries.

The school invites applications for Assistant or Associate Professor (Tenure Track) positions from scholars with strong interests in research and teaching in applied economics and public policy. Candidates should have had an outstanding record in an accredited PhD program in economics, public policy or political economy and demonstrate strong promise for a scholarly career. Applicants must have a commitment to seek outside research funding and demonstrate evidence of a high level of competence in applied and policy-relevant research that is theoretically sound and empirically grounded.

The school is able to offer compensation packages that are internationally competitive along with attractive grants for research and conference travel.

Applicants should submit the following in electronic form (MS Word or PDF file):

• Cover note
• Detailed curriculum vitae
• Teaching dossier including teaching evaluations
• Representative samples of course outlines
• Three letters of reference
• Brief statement of past and current research
• Two samples of scholarly writing
• The courses that you would be interested in teaching (please refer to http://lkyspp.nus.edu.sg/graduate-programmes/ for the list of existing courses)

Please send the electronic submission to Ms Laura Lim, lkysppcareers@nus.edu.sg

Interviews will be held at the ASSA meetings in Philadelphia in January 2018. Applications including reference letters must be submitted by November 30, 2017 to receive full consideration. Only shortlisted candidates will be notified.

Further information is available here: http://lkyspp.sg/2vUJjuR

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