Research Economist (Research Centre)

The Deutsche Bundesbank’s Research Centre is seeking talented economists with a PhD (or those nearing completion of their PhD) in economics or finance to join our team on both a permanent tenure-track and a temporary postdoctoral basis.

We are particularly interested in candidates whose research aligns with the following areas:

• AI and Digital Innovations: Impacts on financial intermediaries, cyber risks, banking supervision, labor market matching, and financial frictions.
• Digital Payment Systems (CBDCs and Stablecoins): Effects on financial stability, market structure, liquidity management, and lender-of-last-resort considerations.
• Geopolitical Fragmentation and Risks: Impacts on financial intermediaries, regulation, risk sharing and capital flows.
• Demographic Change: Aging populations and digital banking models, risk attitudes, and pension systems.

We will be conducting virtual interviews from Monday, December 15, to Friday, December 19, 2025.

The Bundesbank's Research Centre conducts high-quality academic research and provides research-based policy advice in line with the Deutsche Bundesbank's mandates, which include monetary policy, macroprudential policy, and banking supervision.

For more information, please visit our website: Bundesbank Research Centre

Researchers interested in an interview should submit the following documents via the EconJobMarket website:

• a cover letter, specifying their preferences for the above-mentioned research topics
• a job market paper
• a cv
• at least two reference letters, submitted by referees.

All documentation must be received by Thursday, 13 November 2025 midnight CET.

Any other enquiries can be addressed to [email protected]