The Department of Economic, Financial and Actuarial Mathematics in the Faculty of Economics and Business at the University of Barcelona invites applications for a tenure-eligible lecturer position. The international call for applications will open from September 2nd to September 30th of 2019.
The offered post has code UB-LE-9043 and profile Mathematical and Quantitative Methods.
Fields of interest:
Mathematics for Economics and Business, in particular, mathematical economics, game theory, financial mathematics and actuarial science.
This position is included in the Serra Hunter Program from the Generalitat de Catalunya and the candidates need to obtain a favorable accreditation from the Catalan University Quality Assurance Agency (AQU Catalunya). The complete selection process is explained at
http://serrahunter.gencat.cat/en/informacio_per_als_candidats/
For those candidates doing research in mathematical economics and game theory, there will be the opportunity to carry out research activities in the framework of the group Game Theory and Assignment Markets (GTAM), www.ub.edu/gtam, which is part of the research institute Barcelona Economic Analysis Team (BEAT), www.ub.edu/beat. The goal of this group is to promote research excellence in all aspects of game theory and to contribute with applications to decision-making problems of our society. On the other hand, those candidates with research interest in financial and actuarial mathematics will have the opportunity to carry out research activities in the framework of the Actuarial and Financial Modelling (MFA) group and the Chair ICEA-UB in insurance and pension funds. The goals of these two research structures are to promote research excellence in actuarial and financial sciences and to disseminate its results to society (http://www.ub.edu/mfa/ and http://www.ub.edu/icea-ub/).
Successful applicants will be expected to teach in the undergraduate and postgraduate programs, to develop independent research programs achieving international recognition, and to be involved in the activities promoted by the Department and its research groups.
Application Instructions:
Deadline for applications: from September 2nd to September 30th of 2019.
Selection process: http://serrahunter.gencat.cat/en/informacio_per_als_candidats/
