Lecturer

Full time: 35 hours per week

Open Ended: Permanent Contract

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint to a faculty position at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome. We are especially interested in candidates whose research connects with that of our current faculty in interesting ways.

The Opportunity:

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The role:

The University of Edinburgh’s School of Economics is seeking to appoint to a faculty position at the rank of Lecturer. Applicants from all fields of Economics are welcome. We are especially interested in candidates whose research connects with that of our current faculty in interesting ways.

Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to producing internationally excellent research and delivering high quality teaching that contributes to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and the learning experience of our students.

Successful candidates will have a strong commitment to producing internationally excellent research and delivering high quality teaching that contributes to the development of our undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and the learning experience of our students. Applicants should have, or be close to completing, a PhD in economics or related field, and have demonstrable potential to publish their research in leading refereed journals, to contribute to knowledge exchange activities and to secure research income.

This post is a full-time (35 hours per week), open-ended post. 

We welcome applications from candidates available to commence employment by August 2026. Informal enquiries may be made to Professor Miguel Costa-Gomes, Head of School of Economics: Miguel.Costa-Gomes@ed.ac.uk.   

Apply Before: 20/02/2026, 23:59

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