Associate Professor in Public or Political Economics

NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus on professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.

At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 42,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.

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About the position

The Department of Economics is seeking a highly qualified and motivated candidate for an associate professor position in public or political economics. The position is part of NTNU’s strategic focus on young, ambitious and excellent researchers and is financed for 6-7 years. After this time, it is expected that the candidate will obtain full professor qualifications and permanent employment.

The position in public or political economics is central in the department’s strategy for high quality research. The department has an active research group and has research strengths in public sector management, political and corporate governance, the effects of political systems on economic outcomes, and the analysis of public policy interventions. The research group has generated a range of impactful, highly cited research published in leading international journals. See https://www.ntnu.edu/econ/publications1 for publications at the department. The research group has a network including top European and international researchers. The successful candidate will carry out cutting-edge research in these or related areas.

The Department of Economics cover a wide range of research areas such as public and political economics, urban economics, labor economics, economics of education, natural resource economics, and financial economics. The department currently has 28 employees, among them 10 full professors and 5 associate professors in permanent positions. For more information about the department, see http://www.ntnu.edu/econ .

Your immediate leader is the Head of Department at Department of Economics

Application Process

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here .

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