The Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position, a tenured associate professor position, or a full professor position in the fields of applied microeconomics
| 1.Title | Full Professor, Associate Professor, or Tenure-track Assistant Professor in applied microeconomics |
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| 2.Department | Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University | 3.Content of job information | [Outline] The Graduate School of Economics at Hitotsubashi University invites applications for a tenure-track assistant professor position, a tenured associate professor position, or a full professor position, starting on September 1, 2020 or April 1, 2021. We are interested in candidates with research interests in the fields of applied microeconomics. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon the candidate's qualifications. [Number of position] 1 or 2 [Employment status] The term of the initial contract of a tenure-track assistant professor is three years and, depending on academic work, the contract can be renewed once for two more years. The tenure decision will be made within the five years on the basis of academic work such as publications in refereed journals and teaching performance. If candidates have sufficient academic work, the appointment can be as a tenured associate/full professor. The successful candidate will teach mainly applied microeconomics courses (such as industrial organization, labor economics, international economics, or development economics) for graduate students and for undergraduate students. In addition, s/he will be expected to teach core course subjects (Basic Microeconomics for undergraduate or Intermediate Microeconomics for graduate students and Introductory Economics for undergraduate students). A tenure-track successful candidate is expected to teach 4 classes (8 credits) in one academic year on the basis of the candidate's qualification. Note that each class meets 13 times (105 minutes each) twice a week under an academic quarter. A tenured successful candidate is expected to teach 3 classes (6 credits) in addition to undergraduate and graduate seminars. Administrative duties include shared responsibility for committee membership and entrance examinations. |
| 4.Research fields |
Area: Social sciences Discipline: Applied Microeconomics (such as industrial organization, labor economics, international economics, development economics; both theoretical and empirical research) |
| 5.Job type | Full Professor/ Associate Professor/ Tenure-track Assistant Professor |
| 6.Work location | Naka 2-1, Kunitachi, Tokyo, Japan Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University |
| 7.Qualifications | Requirements for the position: (1) Ph.D. in Economics or complete it within three months after the time of appointment. (2) Fluent communication skills and teaching skills in English (3) Candidate must have ability to advise students in Japanese or English and to perform administrative tasks (such as producing documents and participating in meetings) in Japanese. |
| 8.Deadline for Application | January 31 (Friday), 2020 (Japan Standard Time) |
| 9.Application materials | Applications should include (1) a cover letter indicating position (a tenure-track assistant professor position, a tenured associate professor position, or a full professor position), (2) curriculum vitae, in English or Japanese, (3) a list of academic works (please specify peer-reviewed publications) and presentations, and educational activities, (4) three reference letters of recommendation by supervisors or mentors for assistant professor, and the names and e-mail addresses of reference for associate professor and full professor, (5) a copy of a certificate of the completion of the degrees earned, (6) electronic files of research papers (a Job Market Paper for a tenure-track assistant professor position/ three papers for a tenured associate professor position, or a full professor position). Reference letters for a candidate without (5) should explain the state of the Ph.D. thesis to show that the candidate will complete the Ph.D. within three months after the time of appointment. Please send the application packet as a single pdf file to applied-micro-rec2019@econ with the subject line "Application for Applied Microeconomics." The three letters of recommendation should be directly sent to the above email address. Please note that we will not return your application documents. These documents will be used only for selecting a qualified candidate. |
| 10.Selection process | (1) First Stage: Document screening. (2) Second Stage: Seminar Presentation and interview. |
11.Contact details | Search Committee (Applied Microeconomics) Graduate School of Economics, Hitotsubashi University Naka 2-1, Kunitachi, Tokyo 186-8601, Japan E-mail: applied-micro-rec2019@econ Please contact us by e-mail using the headline "Inquiry: Position in Applied Microeconomics". |