The Department of Political Science of Dyson College of Arts and Sciences at Pace University invites applications for an anticipated faculty position at the Assistant Professor level (tenure track) to begin September 2018. The position is located at the University’s New York City campus in lower Manhattan.

Applicants should have an earned PhD or equivalent in political science with a focus in the area of Comparative Politics. Preference will be given to candidates who have had additional methodological (quantitative and/or qualitative) training, and whose interests engage questions linked to community-based activism, advocacy organizations, and/or social justice issues. We seek applicants whose expertise encompasses Latin America, international political economy, and/or the developing world. The successful candidate will be expected to develop a scholarship program involving students.

Application materials should include a cover letter, curriculum vitae, statement of research program, teaching philosophy and a list of three references with contact information in a single PDF file sent to mbolton2@pace.edu

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled; applications received by December 30, 2017 are guaranteed full consideration.

The School of Social Work (UBC-Vancouver) invites applications for a full-time tenure-stream position at the rank of Associate Professor, beginning July 1, 2018. Applicants are required to have a Master’s degree in Social Work and a PhD in either Social Work or related disciplines.

Candidates are required to have a strong commitment to our School’s vision of social justice and ethics of care. We are particularly interested in candidates with scholarly and practice expertise in one or more of the following areas: health, mental health, disability, law and social work, social and international development, feminist practice, or practice with LGBTQ communities; and those with demonstrated excellence in research and scholarly activities; evidence of externally funded research; a strong record of publications and contributions within the field; ability and interest in high quality, innovative teaching; and a record of, or capacity to establish, effective relationships with the practice community. Experience in program coordination is an asset.

The successful candidate will be expected to maintain an active program of research, publication, teaching and student supervision at the graduate (MSW, PhD) and undergraduate (BSW) levels, and to take a leadership role in program coordination within the School.

The School of Social Work at UBC-Vancouver is a member of the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE). Both the BSW and MSW programs are fully accredited by the Board of Accreditation of CASWE. For further information, visit: www.socialwork.ubc.ca.

Applications are to be submitted online by December 31, 2017 through the UBC Faculty Careers website at: http://www.hr.ubc.ca/careers/faculty-careers/ The Job Posting ID is: 27906.

Applicants should be prepared to upload the following documents in the order listed: a letter of application, curriculum vitae, statement of research and teaching philosophies, a one-page statement identifying their contribution, or potential contribution, to diversity, along with their ability to work with a culturally diverse student body, a sample publication, and evidence of teaching effectiveness. In addition, applicants should arrange to have three signed, confidential letters of reference sent to sowk.dir@ubc.ca by the same deadline. Review of applications will begin soon after December 31, 2017 and will continue until the position is filled.

Enquiries may be directed to: Dr. Miu Chung Yan, Director, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, 2080 West Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6T 1Z2. Email: sowk.dir@ubc.ca.

This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The Brandmeyer Center for Applied Economics at the University of Kansas School of Business is seeking to hire a full-time, 12 month, non-tenure track Economics Researcher and Lecturer Specialist to conduct research and teaching in economics.  Traditionally, the Center’s research agenda has focused on research issues relevant for state and local economic policy and economic development primarily within the State of Kansas.  Research areas of interest include, but are not limited to, the (sub-national) economics of:  development, education, energy, environmental amenities, health care, regulation, taxation, transportation, and water resources.

In a continuing effort to enrich the academic and research environment and provide equal educational and employment opportunities, the university actively encourages applications from members of underrepresented groups in higher education.  This position will report to the Director of the Center for Applied Economics.

Position is scheduled to begin January 2018, but may consider alternative start date.  Required qualifications:

1. A PhD degree in economics.
2. Three years of economic research experience in areas related to health care, energy, labor markets, or human capital development, at a sub-national level, with at least two of these years of experience obtained in the private-sector.
3. Demonstrated ability to independently and effectively teach and manage economics classes, OR strong evidence of ability to lead groups/teams, develop training materials, and mentor or instruct small groups, as judged by application materials.
4. Evidence of potential for engaging in high quality research through publications, grants, or other research initiatives.

To apply go to https://employment.ku.edu/academic/10428BR.  A complete application will include the following: online application, curriculum vitae, three professional references and cover letter demonstrating evidence of research activity and teaching effectiveness.

Application deadline is December 26, 2017.

The Department of Health Policy and Management of Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health seeks applicants for one or more faculty position(s) at the assistant professor level, beginning 09/01/2018.

We seek scholars with a doctoral degree in economics, health policy, or a closely related degree who will be able to conduct research in health or health care economics and policy and can teach health economics, research methodology, and/or health policy at the master’s level. All applicants must have the potential for excellence in teaching and research.

The Department of Health Policy and Management has a multidisciplinary faculty that trains Masters level students in health policy and health administration. We maintain close ties with Columbia’s Graduate School of Business, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, College of Physicians and Surgeons, and School of International and Public Affairs, as well as with many New York area healthcare delivery and research institutions.

We encourage both new graduates and current assistant professors to apply. To apply, please submit a curriculum vitae, a sample of research, and three letters of recommendation via https://academicjobs.columbia.edu/applicants/Central?quickFind=65419 .

Please address any questions to the search committee chair, Professor Matthew Neidell (mn2191@columbia.edu).

The Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), France, invites applications for Research Fellowships, from 1st September 2018:

We welcome applications from researchers within a large range of disciplines in the social and behavioral sciences: anthropology, biology, economics, history, law, mathematics, philosophy, political science, psychology and sociology, though motivated applications from outside these disciplines will be given full consideration. Successful applicants will have demonstrated an interest in, and a commitment to, at least one of the other disciplines of IAST.

We seek candidates with a strong research background in their own discipline, but willing and able to develop research projects drawing on IAST’s substantial interdisciplinary resources, including particularly the proximity of strong groups in economics (Toulouse School of Economics, TSE). We are open to a variety of research methods, including theory, field and laboratory experiments, observational field work, and the analysis of large secondary data sets. All research interests relevant to the broad study of human behavior are welcome, but interests close to those already developed at IAST will be given special consideration, including, to cite only a few:

• In history: quantitative economic history (cliometrics), empirical political economy in history, qualitative economic or social history.
• In biology: theoretical models of evolution (applied to family structure, strategic interactions, plasticity, cognition, learning, cultural evolution); related empirical work.
• In anthropology: human biology, life history theory, human development and plasticity, health and infectious disease, aging, demography, host-parasite co-evolution, diet and nutrition, global health, evolutionary medicine and genetics.
• In political science: public opinion and public policies, comparative studies of democratic institutions, democracy and development, experimental political science, studies of networks and their impact of individual and collective action.
• In law: law and economics, corporate governance, criminology.
• In psychology: cognition, the emotions, social trust, gender, group decision-making.
• In sociology: network formation, the impact of networks on social outcomes, sociology of religion.

Eligible applicants

Active researchers who have or will have completed their PhD after January 2015 and before September 2018. The IAST offers candidates an opportunity to devote themselves full time to their research at the start of their careers. Motivated applications will be considered from candidates whose PhDs were completed in 2014 or earlier; please explain your reasons in your cover letter.

Conditions

Fellows are provided with office space, computer facilities and a contract for two years, renewable for a third year.

All applications need to be sent through our website before December 31, 2017.