Academic position in policy-relevant applied microeconomics - Solvay school

Position: Full-time academic position in policy-relevant applied microeconomics - Solvay school [...]
Full-time academic position in policy-relevant applied microeconomics - Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management    As a multicultural university with one third of students and researchers from abroad, international relations is a daily reality for the ULB.
The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management
The Solvay Brussels School of Economics and Management (SBS-EM) is the faculty of Economics and Management of the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB). The faculty’s mission is to have a decisive and positive impact on how economic and business challenges are addressed. With a strong emphasis on quantitative methods, we produce pioneering research and educate students to become true leaders and entrepreneurs in their respective fields.
SBS-EM consists of a vibrant mix of people interested in economics, management, and finance. The faculty actively strives to create and maintain an intellectually stimulating environment, advancing scientific knowledge, while at the same time contributing to the development of effective practices and lifelong learning for organizations. For more information about the school, please see
Description of the Chair in Policy-relevant Applied Microeconomics
Area of research:
The successful candidate will have a strong research profile in policy-relevant applied microeconomics. Applications are welcome from all candidates whose research is characterized by a strong empirical orientation and contributes to informing public policy decisions. Particular attention will be paid to applicants whose research addresses issues affecting disadvantaged groups and demonstrates expertise in advanced causal inference methods. Experience in the design and implementation of randomized controlled trials, especially in the context of policy evaluation, will be considered a major asset.

Relevant substantive areas include labour market policy, housing policy, gender policy, public finance, and anti-discrimination policy, among others. The successful candidate will be expected to develop an ambitious research agenda combining methodological rigor with policy relevance, to collaborate closely with SBS-EM and ULB faculty members in related fields, and to establish connections with public administrations in Belgium and abroad in support of this agenda.

The objective is to foster research that achieves both publication in leading international journals and significant societal impact. In the future, the selected candidate is also expected to co‑lead the DULBEA research centre and to further strengthen its role in producing research of high societal relevance in Belgium.
Educational and scientific goals:
The selected candidate will contribute to both research and teaching in policy‑relevant applied microeconomics. Expectations will be commensurate with the candidate’s career stage. He or she will be expected to:
develop and further expand an ambitious research agenda, while fostering interdisciplinary research collaborations, seeking competitive funding for research projects in the field, and publishing in internationally recognised peer‑reviewed journals;
contribute from the outset to teaching in the Bachelor’s programme in Economics, in both English and French, and to broader teaching at the Bachelor’s, Master’s, and PhD levels in evidence‑based public policy analysis, with particular emphasis on randomized controlled trials;
interact closely with public policy stakeholders and engage with pressing societal issues in Brussels and beyond, at the national and international levels.
Courses covered at the time of recruitment:
Candidates will be expected to contribute to the School’s and the University’s core teaching programmes in public policy, applied microeconomics, causal inference, policy evaluation, and the economics of disadvantaged groups, and to supervise, on average, eight Master’s theses per year. In the long‑run, candidates will be requested to teach four 5‑ECTS courses or seminars (24 contact hours per course per year).

In the short term, the initial teaching load will normally include the following three courses, with a fourth course to be added later in the longer term:
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