Application Deadline: August 10, 2024
The Swiss Institute for International Economics and Applied Economic Research (SIAW) at the Economics Department of the University of St.Gallen (Dr. Paul Schaudt) is hiring full time research assistants (Pre-doc level), starting ideally between August and September 2024. The position is for one-year (up to two-year period on mutual agreement) and part of the SNSF project “Mining regions: Pollution, politics, and structural change’’. Note that due to Swiss migration law, only hire CH/EU citizens, or people that already have a work visa for Switzerland can be hired.
Ongoing projects include:
- Evaluating the environmental and socio-economic impact of resource production using satellite data, machine learning and GIS applications
- Analyzing how resources and politics shape regional urbanization patterns and structural change within countries.
- Studying economic and political determinants of conflict, focusing on resources and climate change related shocks.
Benefits
- Close interaction and regular feedback, including common team events
- Competitive salary, office space, computer endowment in Switzerland
- Gaining intensive exposure to the research process and academic life
Eligibility
- Applicants should possess the possibility to participate and contribute to exciting research projects
- Applicants should have a background in economics, economic geography, computer science, or political science and a strong interest in political economy, development economics, regional/urban economics
- Ability to engage in challenging and diverse range of tasks
- Using statistical software to process data and run analyses
Application Details
- A motivation letter
- A CV
- An excerpt of University grades
- An example of a prior seminar/BA/MA thesis
- If available, reference letters
The complete application should be sent as a zip-file preferably (named as Predoc_FirstnameLastname.zip) to pa**********@un***.ch .
