ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS

The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies
Geneva, Switzerland

invites applications for a tenure track full-time position at the rank of

ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR of
EMPIRICAL MACROECONOMICS

starting on 1 September 2023 or on a mutually agreed-upon date.

The Geneva Graduate Institute is offering a tenure-track position in empirical macroeconomics,
open to graduating or recently graduated doctoral students and postdoctoral researchers, as
well as professors in junior positions.

Prior to the start of the position, candidates must have been awarded a PhD in Economics and
demonstrate excellence in academic research through completed projects and a promising
research agenda.

The successful candidate will teach postgraduate courses in empirical methods and policy oriented
macroeconomics in the Department of International Economics. Courses in empirical
methods will include the analysis of big data, machine learning techniques, the application to
numerical and textual data sources, and advanced econometric tools with an emphasis on time
series and panel analyses.

The successful candidate will supervise master’s dissertations and PhD theses in the Department
of International Economics. They will also be called upon to teach classes and supervise master’s
dissertations in the Graduate Institute’s interdisciplinary Master in International and Development
Studies programme. They may also be called upon to contribute to executive education
programmes. The Institute being interdisciplinary, the selected candidate should be interested in
interdisciplinary dialogue.

The teaching language is either English or French. Prior knowledge of French is not required,
but the successful candidate is expected to acquire a passive knowledge of it within two years of
being hired.

Candidates are required to submit a cover letter, a CV, a job market paper, a research
statement, a teaching statement and three reference letters. Other samples of research work
and doctoral coursework transcripts are welcome, but not required.

Application deadline: 30 November 2022.

To apply: https://erecruit.graduateinstitute.ch/professeurs/

Please note that offers received by post will not be considered.

For more information, candidates are encouraged to consult the Institute’s website, as well as
the site of the Department of International Economics:
https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/
https://www.graduateinstitute.ch/academic-departments/international-economics.

The Institute is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the
basis of age, marital status, disability status, race, national origin, colour, gender, sexual
orientation or religion.