Research Group Lead (PostDoc, f/m/d) in Public Finance or Economic Policy

Job profile

• Lead independent research projects in the areas of public finance or economic policy, in collaboration with your team.
• Work on projects that serve your own scientific qualification.
• Support our Director in his research and advisory activities.
• Advance the research agenda of the Walter Eucken Institut further, in cooperation with the Director and other research group leads.
• Prepare bids for external funding and lead of externally funded research projects.

Requirements

• You have successfully completed or are about to complete a doctorate in economics.
• You are interested in public finance and economic policy research and have relevant publications or working papers in these fields.
• You are interested in public finance and economic policy issues, science communication, and the ideas of the Freiburg School.
• You are a team-player and ideally have initial experience in leading teams and managing research projects.
• You are fluent in German and English.
• You enjoy communicating with academic audiences as well as policy-makers and administrators.

We offer you

• The opportunity to lead an excellently equipped team of motivated young scientists.
• Collaboration with a committed, motivated team in a politically topical and scientifically engaging field.
• Ideal conditions for an academic career or a career in the fields of political consulting, ministries, associations, think tanks or NGOs.
• No teaching commitments.
• And last but not least Freiburg as an attractive city with a high standard of living.

The position is limited to three years (WissZVG), with the option of extension up to 6 years, and serves to further academic qualification. If the personal requirements are met, a classification up to TV-L E 14 is possible.

Your application

Please send your complete application (letter of motivation, informative CV, references) to Heidrun Ganz ([email protected]).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Ms. Ganz either by e-mail or by telephone on +49(0)761-790 97 12.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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The Walter Eucken Institut is a center of excellence for research on constitutional economics and ordoliberal thinking. Our research focuses on public finance and economic policy, behavioral economics and the history of economic thought. As an independent institution, the institute conducts economics and social science research in the tradition of the Freiburg School of Ordoliberal Economics. Thereby our main question is how our market-based competitive order can be maintained and further developed.

We aim to bring new economic ideas and ordoliberal thinking into debates – in academic as well as in public debates. With activities such as lectures, conferences or our social media appearances, we would like to advance a broad understanding of economic relationships and the social market economy.