Postdoctoral Research Fellow (DICACO)

 0.8 FTE (30 hours a week) 2 Year Fixed Term Contract

 

 

 

Reporting to the Principal Investigator, Prof Martin Schmalz, the post holder will play a key role in delivering the ERC Consolidator Grant project Diversification: Causes, Consequences, and Welfare Effects (DICACO). The project seeks to advance understanding of diversification, ownership structures, and welfare effects in financial markets.

 

The post holder will contribute to the project’s research agenda by helping to identify collect, acquire, clean, and manage datasets on ownership of U.S. and European public and private firms, conducting sophisticated qualitative and quantitative analyses using diverse datasets, drafting research papers for leading academic journals, and preparing conference presentations.

 

The role will also include providing day-to-day support for the project’s research activities, including supervision and guidance of research assistants.

 

Working with Prof Schmalz and other leading researchers at the University of Oxford and partner institutions worldwide, the post holder will be part of the Finance, Accounting, Management Science and Economics (FAME) research group at Saïd Business School.

 

Please see the attached job description for a comprehensive list of duties and candidate selection criteria.

 

This post represents an excellent career opportunity as the successful applicant will work at a top institution with top scholars, publishing high-quality articles, thus representing an excellent stepping stone to tenure track roles.

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