Associate Professor in Economics

University of the West of England
Bristol - United Kingdom
S: £47,801 - £57,047

The Faculty of Business and Law is seeking to appoint an Associate Professor in Economics to play a leadership role in research/knowledge exchange and curriculum development in economics within the Department of Accounting, Economics and Finance.

The department promotes pluralism in economics education and research. The Economics Group has adopted an ethos of relevant economists, doing relevant economics; and the Group's ethos extends to our philosophy of teaching and learning: we aim to enable students to develop to become informed, practical economists. Our programmes are academically challenging and vocationally relevant.

The post holder will be expected to bring in external research income, support research and knowledge exchange projects, engage with external stake holders and develop innovative teaching.

We would welcome applications from candidates with expertise in any field of applied economics in an academic and/or professional context where there is a demonstrable potential for externally funded research, knowledge exchange and business engagement and potential synergy with established research strengths in the Faculty and University. We would welcome applications in particular from those with an interest in one or more of:

• International monetary systems and financial institutions
• Labour and migration
• Spatial and regional economics
• Critical macroeconomics
• Economics for sustainability
• Data analysis, methodology and evaluation
• Economic education

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