• At least 70% of your assignment will be spent on academic research, targeted at publications in highly ranked peer-reviewed scientific journals.
• You fulfill other tasks, depending on your profile and own interests. This may include:

• contribution to education at the Bachelor's or Master's level, e.g. as a (co-)teacher for a course related to your expertise, or as a supervisor of students in the context of exercises, and their Bachelor's or Master's thesis.
• support for initiatives to strengthen research in the department, e.g. through the guidance of Ph D students, or through the acquisition of external research funding.

• You hold a doctoral degree in Economics or in closely related discipline. In the latter case your research has clear added value for (researchers in) economics.
• The degree requirement needs to be fulfilled at the start of your appointment and not earlier than 30 September 2021
• For diplomas awarded outside the European Union, a certificate of equivalence (NARIC) must be submitted
• You have already conducted research within the field of Economics or a closely related discipline relevant for the department (https://www.ugent.be/eb/economics/en/research).
• You have distinguished yourself as a promising researcher in your doctorate
• You are profoundly interested in coaching students in the Bachelor’s, Master’s and/or Advanced Master’s programmes
• You may present relevant scientific publications in (inter)national peer-reviewed academic journals that are widely disseminated
• Recommended are:
  • International mobility, in particular related to research stays at institutions external to the one where you acquired your Ph D;
  • Proof of efforts to professionalize education, e.g. by participating at training programmes for didactic skills.
  
  

• We offer you a temporary appointment for a period of 3 years. The appointment cannot be renewed
• Even if you have already been appointed earlier (whether or not at another university and whether or not in the same field of discipline) in a first term of up to 3 years, you can apply. The second appointment does not have to be immediately connected to a first term
• Your appointment will start on 15 november 2024 at the earliest
• Your remuneration will be determined according to salary scale AAP5. More information about our salary scales
• All Ghent University staff members enjoy a number of benefits, such as a wide range of training and education opportunities, 36 days of paid leave, bicycle commuting reimbursement, ecocheques, etc. A complete overview of all our fringe benefits

• In the field ‘Cv’: (i) your cv and an overview of your relevant scientific publications, and (ii) your job market paper or your best publication (merged into one pdf file)
• In the field ‘Cover letter’: (i) your motivation letter, and (ii) a research statement, a description of the research you plan to carry out (+/- 2 pages) (merged into one pdf file)
• In the field ‘Diploma’: a transcript of the required degree (if already in your possession). If you have a foreign diploma in a language other than our national languages (Dutch, French or German) or English, please add a translation in one of the mentioned languages
• In the field ‘Certificate of equivalence’: only for diplomas awarded outside the European Union a certificate of equivalence (NARIC) must be submitted (if already in your possession, if not, you need to be able to provide proof that you have applied for a certificate of equivalence at the start of your appointment). The certificate can be requested via www.naricvlaanderen.be/en. For diplomas awarded in the UK before January 31st of 2020, a certificate of equivalence is not required