Thursday, September 27, 2018

Postdocs in market design at Melbourne

Alex Nichifor directs my attention to this ad in the JOE:

The University of Melbourne

Faculty of Business and Economics
Centre for Market Design
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow(s)

JOE ID Number: 2018-02_111460587
Date Posted: 09/11/2018
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Post-Doctoral Research Fellow(s)
Section: International: Other Academic (Visiting or Temporary)
Location: Melbourne, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
JEL Classification: D -- Microeconomics
Keywords:
microeconomics
market design
microeconomic theory
Salary Range: AUD$98,775 – AUD$117,290 p.a plus superannuation
Full Text of JOE Listing:
The Centre for Market Design (http://cmd.org.au/) of the Department of Economics at the University of Melbourne seeks to appoint one or more Post-Doctoral Fellows with interests in market design, mechanism design, industrial organization and/or applied microeconomics. The objectives of the Centre are to: (i) undertake research in market design and its associated academic disciplines; (ii) support an innovative microeconomic policy agenda with the aim of solving significant social and economic problems through the design of policy mechanisms; (iii) build capability in theory and empirics pertaining to market design. Working collaboratively with a team of leading academics, researchers, and doctoral students, Post-Doctoral Fellows will conduct research in support of the agenda of the Centre along with developing their own research careers. Applications are sought from individuals with a variety of backgrounds and interests in market design and microeconomics, as the activities of the Centre span applied policy problems, field and lab experiments, data collection, econometric modelling, and data analysis, along with microeconomic theory. Salary and research support will be competitive and the starting date is negotiable.

To ensure full consideration, applications must be received by December 15, 2018.

Additional information is available from: http://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/caw/en/job/897519/postdoctoral-research-fellow-economics?

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