The Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research

is recruiting a

Research Associate for its Living Conditions department (Post-doc, f/m)

• Ref: 24-27
• 3 years fixed-term contract
• Full time, 40 hours/week
• Work contract at LISER, Living Conditions department
• Expected start date: ASAP

LISER invites candidates to apply for the position of Research Associate within its Living Conditions Department (LC). The successful candidate is expected to develop a research agenda fitting one or more of the following areas:

• Inequality and poverty;
• Social and economic mobility;
• Equality of opportunity and education;
• Family economics;
• Gender economics;
• Ex-ante and ex-post policy evaluation;
• Social protection;
• Tax and transfer policy;
• Environmental policy, intergenerational equity.

Your role

The successful candidate will be asked to:

• produce excellent research outputs, which can be published in high-ranked, peer-reviewed journals;
• contribute to the submission of grant proposals (external funding) and participate in the projects carried out by the department with local and international stakeholders;
• participate in public outreach activities like policy briefs, round-tables discussions, social media communication, and take part in the day-to-day department-related activities (workshops, lecture series, etc.).

Your profile

• Ph.D. in economics, applied econometrics, social sciences or other relevant discipline;
• Excellent quantitative skills; skills in programming (Stata, R, Python), machine learning, data science are a plus;
• Hands-on experience working with large-scale survey or administrative data are a plus;
• Excellent writing skills, for both scientific and more policy-oriented articles;
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work within a team;
• Fluency in English (both spoken and written); fluency in French is considered as an asset.

LISER particularly encourages female researchers to apply

What we offer

• A dynamic and international research environment with attractive working conditions and a stimulating work environment;
• Flexibility in the organisation of the working hours and the possibility of teleworking;
• Competitive remuneration according to the Collective Bargaining Agreement in force (half of a 13th month salary, meal vouchers, etc.);
• Investment in career support and development (trainings, seminars, participation to international meetings and conferences);
• 32.5 days of annual leave for a full-time contract.

How to apply

Please submit your complete application (in English) via our online system: https://jobs.liser.lu/jobs:

• Curriculum Vitae;
• Cover letter outlining your interests in line with the department’s themes/topics (2 pages max);
• Copy of your Ph D diploma;
• Two representative articles or working papers;
• Two letters of reference (to be uploaded with the application documents or sent separately to recruitment@liser.lu).

Early application is encouraged as the applications are processed upon reception.

Please note that the position will remain open until filled.

For any work-related question on the position and its content, please contact Prof. Eugenio Peluso at eugenio.peluso@liser.lu.

For administrative matters, please contact Ms Vanya Kirova at recruitment@liser.lu.

Interviews will take place virtually, possibly followed by an invited seminar in Belval (Luxembourg) for shortlisted candidates.

Why LISER?

LISER is a publicly funded research institute located in Luxembourg and dedicated to applied empirical research in economic, social and spatial sciences. The Institute attracts top researchers from all over the world and high-level student training is a vibrant part of the Institute’s activities. LISER staff consists of approx. 200 employees, about 60% of the staff being researchers; mainly from the fields of economics, geography and sociology. The vision of the institute is to be a socio-economic research institute internationally recognised, focused on scientific excellence and societal impact, able to contribute through multi-disciplinary and intersectoral research, in an active and inclusive way to a sustainable and inclusive society at national and international level.

The institute is located on the new Belval campus in the south of Luxembourg (Cité des Sciences, Luxembourg), which hosts the University of Luxembourg and a substantial part of the country’s publicly funded research facilities, i.e. LISER, the Luxembourg Income Study (LIS) cross-national data centre, the Luxembourg institutes of Health (LIH) and of Science and Technology (LIST). Information on research in Luxembourg is accessible via the national EURAXESS platform.

LISER is an Equal Opportunity Employer