Offre d’emploi : Field: Economics and Management

FULL-TIME ACADEMIC POSITION: Field: Economics and Management // Discipline: Development Economics

Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
Required Qualifications : PhD Degree (with doctoral thesis) in Economics
Required Skills :

A minimum of 4 years scientific experience at the time of hiring
Postdoctoral experience and an excellent scientific record
For candidates who are not fluent in French (depending on the field, level B2 or C1 is required), a learning period may be granted, but candidates must be capable of teaching in French at the end of the third year following their appointment.

1. Description of Position :
The ULB offers a dynamic and international research environment and attracts many first-class European and non-European students. The Faculty of economics and management has three research centers, holds several research seminars every week and participates in many international research and teaching networks.
Candidates must hold a Ph.D. in Economics and are expected to have an active research agenda, outstanding publication record, and a commitment to excellent teaching. Applicants will be expected to teach at both undergraduate and graduate level. Teaching can be in English, but ability to teach in French will be considered a plus.
The successful candidate will be invited to apply for a grant from the European Research Council (ERC) and for any sources of outside funding (FNRS, Europe, Regional funds, etc…) enabling them to develop their research. The ULB Research Department will assist with applications.

Description of Scientific and Pedagogical Objectives:

The chair holder is expected to teach two courses per semester. Two courses, Political Economy and Development Policies, will be part of the programs of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and the two other courses are in Development Economics in the Master program in SBS_EM. One of the Master courses can be waived in the first two years.

Field of Research:
Political Economy
Development Economics
Teaching duties at the time of hiring
The course in Political Economy will be in the BA program of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FSP) and will be taught in French from 2017 onwards
The course on Development Policies will be part of the compulsory core program of the Master in Development Studies and will be open also to students from other Masters of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences and of the Faculty of Economics. This course will address the main theories of Development Economics, case studies of development policies, and transversal topics (e.g. Unequalities and development, Experimental Economics applied to various development issues…).
Two MA courses in Development Economics in the SBS_EM are to be determined

2. Teaching duties may be reviewed periodically and are subject to modification over time.
3. For further information, please contact please contact Philip Verwimp (phone: 32 2 650 26 78 – e-mail: Philip.Verwimp@ulb.ac.be) or Pierre Desmarez (phone: 32 2 650 34 30, or 32 2 650 31 83 – e-mail: Pierre.Desmarez@ulb.ac.be).
4. The application file should also include the following (incomplete files will not be taken into consideration):

CV, including a list of publications (cf. template downloadable at http://www.ulb.ac.be/tools/CV-type.rtf)
a report of around 3500 signs on the candidate’s research activities and research project, indicating how the candidate would integrate into ULB research teams
a report of about 3500 signs on the candidate’s previous teaching activities and a project describing their teaching mission during the 5 years following their appointment, that integrates, in a coherent manner, into the vision of the unit in which the candidate will be working and the educational profiles of the programmes on which the candidate will be teaching
a note on international projects and achievements
the names of 5 referees who have no conflict of interest

Candidates applying for several vacancies are required to send a separate file for each one.
5. Please send a paper version of your application (including your curriculum vitae) to the “Recteur de l’Université libre de Bruxelles, avenue F. Roosevelt, 50 – CP 130 – 1050 Bruxelles (Belgium)” and send an electronic version to the Dean of the School at the following address : Dean-Office-SBS-EM@ulb.ac.be
6. Applications must be received no later than December 17, 2014
7. Starting date : 01/10/2015
Applications must be received no later than December 17, 2014
Additional information at http://www.ulb.ac.be/vacances/academiques/index.html