jointly with the School of Economics at Henan University

 

The School of Economics at Henan University in cooperation with the Center for Financial Development and Stability (CFDS) at Henan University invites applicants for a full-time permanent faculty position in the areas of macroeconomics, finance, and econometrics. CFDS is a newly founded think tank at the School of Economics of Henan University focusing on applied and theoretical issues relevant to China and the world. CFDS has currently 15 members with a research focus on Applied Economics and Econometrics, a majority with PhD degrees from the US or Europe. For more information, please visit: http://cfds.henuecon.education

Candidates should hold a PhD in Economics or a related discipline from a leading university. Preference will be given to candidates with a record or demonstrated potential to conduct high-quality research leading to publications in highly ranked journals. Furthermore, candidates should contribute to the centers policy advisory role.

Henan University provides therefore excellent research conditions with a low teaching load in its undergraduate or graduate programs (teaching language: English). Salaries (including research fund and housing lump-sum) are competitive and will be commensurate with qualification.

We will review/process applications on a rolling basis, application deadline for interviews at the 2019 ASSA meeting is November 30th.

 

Application Requirements:

  • Cover Letter
  • CV
  • Job Market Paper
  • Transcripts (for new graduates only)
  • 3 Letters of Reference

 

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The Center for Financial Development and Stability (CFDS) at Henan University invites applications from highly qualified candidates for temporary research visits. This program will offer postdoctoral researchers in the areas of macroeconomics and finance the opportunity to focus on their research work, cooperate with CFDS´s economists and participate in the centers seminars and conferences. Priority is given to research projects focusing on research that matches research interests of our member(s). Target Output of each visit is one research paper published in a journal indexed in SSCI with HenU CFDS as affiliation. This paper will also be published in our Discussion Paper Series.

 

We offer three types of Research Visits:

  • Short-term Research Visits, which will last two to four weeks
    Applications are accepted on a rolling basis
    CFDS will cover flights and accommodation in Kaifeng during the visit.
  • Research Visit for the spring/summer semester 2021 (late February to end of June 2021)
    Application Deadline: September 15th 2020
    CFDS will cover flights and accommodation in Kaifeng during the visit as well as a daily allowance of 100 RMB.
  • Visiting Faculty for the spring/summer semester 2021 (late February to end of June 2021)
    Application Deadline: September 15th 2020
    This position requires to teach one course (4 hours per week) for undergraduate or graduate students (teaching language is English) in cooperation with the School of Economics at Henan University in addition to the research task.
    CFDS will cover flights and accommodation in Kaifeng during the visit, compensation depends on the qualification of the applicant and will be adjusted accordingly.

 

Required Documents (for all types of visits):

  • CV
  • Cover Letter (including proposal(s) for the time of visit for short-term visit)
  • Research proposal (including expected outcome, name of the CFDS member(s) that would be a potential research partner, reason to do this research at Henan)
  • One recent working paper / publication
  • Recommendation Letter (for junior applicants only, senior applicants need to already have a record of publications in SSCI listed journals)

Please send your application via email to our head of administration Kerstin El-Shagi – This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.