Lecturer in Economics

We are a world class research-intensive university. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality. We play a leading role in economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Attracting and retaining high-calibre people is fundamental to our continued success.

Salary
Lecturer Grade F: £41,064 - £46,049 per annum.
Lecturer Grade G: £47,389 - £56,535 per annum.

The Role
The Economics Subject Group within Newcastle University Business School has 33 full-time research and teaching staff. We are a collegiate and generalist Group with expertise in all areas of economics. We deliver teaching and learning of the highest quality and attract high qualified students to our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and are looking for an outstanding Lecturer in Economics to join our Group.

The Economics Subject Group has a vibrant Research Community that promotes research around all areas of economics and, especially, in the following sub-themes:

• Applied Time Series Econometrics
• Behavioural and Experimental Economics
• Economics of Safety, Health, Environment and Risk
• Finance, Financial Economics and Financial Econometrics
• Labour, Health, Education and Development Economics
• Macroeconomics, Policies and Institutions in Open Economic Systems
• Spatial, Urban, Regional, International and Industrial Economics

Our members have active funded projects in a range of areas including the Creative Industries and their Internationalisation, Education, Development, Energy, Environmental, and Rural Economics. We have a long tradition in informing public sector policy formation and hosts a state-of-the-art Behavioural Research Laboratory. We have expanded significantly in recent years and now invite applications from strong candidates, committed to collegiality, for a full time, open-field lectureship.

You will hold, or be close to obtaining, a relevant PhD and will be able to demonstrate a capacity to publish in journals of international standing. You will also have: (i) A clear and viable strategy for sustained future research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications; and (ii) the ability to teach economics at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. You will contribute to the research profile of the Economics Subject Group in Newcastle University Business School by publishing in internationally recognised journals, demonstrating research impact, and securing external research funding. Additionally, you will develop and deliver programmes at Newcastle University Business School, ensuring an outstanding teaching experience for our students.

Newcastle University Business School is located in Newcastle City Centre and at the gateway to the Newcastle Helix, a £350million partnership between Newcastle University, Newcastle City Council and Legal and General, where business meets Science. Home to 4000 students, the School is in the top 1% of business schools worldwide to hold triple accreditation from the three internationally recognised accreditation bodies: AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS.

We are committed to being a fully inclusive university that actively recruits, supports and retains staff from all sectors of society. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer and encourage applications from everybody, regardless of race, sex, ethnicity, religion, nationality, sexual orientation, age, disability, gender identity, marital status/civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, as well as being open to flexible working practices.

Formal applications should include a curriculum vitae and a job market paper. General questions about the Economics Subject Group or the hiring process can be addressed to Professor John Sessions, Head of Economics (john.sessions@newcastle.ac.uk) or Professor Nils Braakmann, Deputy Head of Economics (nils.braakmann@newcastle.ac.uk).

For more information about Economics at Newcastle, please visit: https://www.ncl.ac.uk/business-school/.

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