Faculty of Economics

(Moscow and Perm)

Position: Assistant Professor, or higher

Reference number ECO015

Deadline: November 21, 2014

The Higher School of Economics invites applications for full-time, tenure-track positions of Assistant Professor, or higher, in Economics or Finance at the Faculties of Economics at its Moscow and Perm campuses. We welcome candidates with excellent background in all subfields of economics.

The HSE is a young, dynamic, fast-growing Russian research university providing unique research opportunities.

Work Conditions:

• Internationally competitive сompensation with annual CPI adjustment, 13% flat income tax rate and other benefits
• Generous travel support grants provided by the university’s Centre for Advanced Studies.
• Low teaching load
• Heavy emphasis on high quality research

Requirements:

• Recent Ph.D. in Economics, Finance, Financial Economics or related fields.
• Fluent English (knowledge of Russian is not required)
• Ability and high motivation to conduct high-quality research publishable in reputable peer-reviewed journals

Generally appointments will be made for an initial three-year period and upon successful completion of an interim review, contracts would normally be extended for a further three years until the tenure review.

Please provide a CV, a statement of research interest and a job market paper via online application form. At least 2 letters of reference should be forwarded directly to the attention of CAS Academic Supervisor Martin Gilman at cas@hse.ru no later than November 21, 2014.