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6 May 2019
Rosalind Franklin Tenure Track Professorship (39.0 FTE)
General information about the programme
At the University of Groningen, we believe diversity is key to success. To promote the advancement of talented female researchers at the highest level of the institution we have initiated the prestigious Rosalind Franklin program. The program is aimed at women in industry, academia or research institutes who aspire to become a Full Professor in a European top research university. Since 2002 we have welcomed over 100 Rosalind Franklin Fellows, many of whom by now have reached the rank of Full Professor.
39 tenure track positions are available including 3 positions for the Faculty of Economics and Business
Application deadline: You may apply for this position until 2 June 11.59 pm / before 3 June 2019 (CEST)
06 May 2019
OECD job opening – Short-term consultant on global urbanisation
The OECD’s Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities is hiring a short-term consultant to contribute to a research project on global urbanisation. The project aims at providing a comprehensive overview of global urbanisation since 1975 using a new and innovative dataset of all cities across the world..
Working in a team with several economists/policy analysts, the selected candidate will be expected to contribute to the project through:
- Conducting econometric analyses describing the evolution of cities across the world over time
- Creating charts, figures and maps visualising the data
- Drafting documents describing the results, including sections of the final report
- Preparing presentations, talking points and speeches describing the analyses
- Organising events related to the project
OECD job opening – Summer internship on global urbanisation
The selected candidate will support the work of a team of economists/policy analysts. In line with his/her qualifications, he/she will be expected to contribute to the project through:
- Cleaning and processing data and developing indicators on urbanisation
- Collecting auxiliary data from varying sources
- Conducting econometric analyses describing the evolution of cities across the world over time
- Creating charts, figures and maps visualising the data
- Drafting short texts describing the results
- Preparing presentations, talking points and speeches describing the analyses
- Organising events related to the project
How to apply:
Interested candidates are invited to send their CVs and a relevant writing sample (e.g. thesis, working paper, term paper, policy paper) to abel.schumann@oecd.org , mentioning their availability and preferred contract duration. Candidate selection will take place in early May and successful candidates will be informed in mid-May.