We wish to appoint up to two Lecturers (equivalent to Assistant Professor) within the School of Economics and Finance. The School is part of Scotland's first university, with an established reputation as one of Europe's leading and most distinctive centres for research and teaching.

The School aims to deliver outstanding research and teaching in all areas of Economics and Finance and was ranked joint tenth in the UK in terms of research outputs in the Research Excellence Framework in 2014, and third in the UK in the latest Guardian University Guide and Complete University Guide.

We seek to recruit Lecturers in any area of Economics or Finance to further strengthen our position as a leading centre for research and teaching. We are particularly interested in candidates who work in Finance or Applied Macroeconomics.

St Andrews offers an outstanding research and teaching environment in a University that is rich in tradition.

Informal enquiries may be addressed to the Head of School, Professor Alan Sutherland (ajs10@st-andrews.ac.uk) or Dr Maria Chiara Iannino (mci@st-andrews.ac.uk).

Applications are particularly welcome from women, people from the Black, Asian, Minority or Ethnic (BAME) community and other protected characteristics who are under-represented in academic posts at the University.

The University is committed to equality for all, demonstrated through our working on diversity awards (ECU Athena SWAN/Race Charters; Carer Positive; LGBT Charter; and Stonewall). More details can be found at http://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/hr/edi/diversityawards/.

The School of Economics and Finance holds an Athena SWAN Bronze award and is fully committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. More information can be found at https://www.st-andrews.ac.uk/economics-finance/about/equality-diversity/. We particularly invite applications from groups who are typically underrepresented in Economics and Finance.

Interview Date: First-round interviews will be held at the European Job Market for Economists 14-18 December 2020 and the ASSA meetings 3-5 January 2021. First-round interviews may be arranged at other times for candidates who are not available at the EEA or ASSA meetings. Second-round interviews are scheduled to take place in February/March 2021. Applicants are asked to indicate in their cover letter at which meeting(s) they will be available for first-round interview.

Applicants should apply online at https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/. Applications must include at least one example of the applicant’s research and a research abstract. Applicants should also arrange for three confidential letters of recommendation to be submitted via https://econjobmarket.org/.

Further particulars for the position can be found online at https://www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/

School of Economics and Finance
Salary: £41,526 - £51,034 per annum
Start: 1 August 2021