CALL FOR INTEREST

Senior (Tenure-Track) Assistant Professorship in Statistics or Economic Statistics or Economic Statistics

Dept. of Economics and Finance, University of Rome Tor Vergata 

The Department of Economics and Finance (DEF) at the University of Rome Tor Vergata invites expressions of interest for a Senior (Tenure-Track) Assistant Professorship in Statistics or Economic Statistics.

The position (called RTD-B by the Italian university system) is for three years. Subject to evaluations, it might be converted in a tenured Associate Professorship at the end of the third year. Applicants for this position must have at least three years of experience after PhD graduation, and an already established research record including (top) publications in international journals in the area of Statistics & Probability and/or Econometrics.

Candidates working in

• any area of statistics, methodological statistics, mathematical statistics, applied statistics

OR

• high dimensional statistics for economics and finance

are welcome to apply.

Salary, benefits, and teaching load, for the position are those established by the Italian government. A five-year tax exemption on 90% of the salary is available according to the Italian tax law for those candidates who have been residing outside Italy for 2 years or more.

Knowledge of Italian is not required nor preferential.

Our Department is devoted to promote high-quality research, seminars and conference activities, with the aim of contributing to the national and international policy debate. RePEc and Tilburg University rank our Department among the top 5 institutions in Italy, and the top 100 in Europe. The Italian Ministry of University and Research has recently financed the Department under the program “Departments of Excellence 2018-2022”.

More information about the DEF can be found at http://economia.uniroma2.it/en/def/.

Application Instructions
This is an ongoing call, but applications should be received by January 20^th, 2021. They should include a CV, and should be sent to recruiting@def.uniroma2.it.

Selected candidates will be contacted directly by the evaluation committee and might be invited for a job talk and/or a seminar.

There are no restrictions regarding the nationality of the applicants. DEF is an equal opportunity employer.

Please note that this is a call for interest, not a job vacancy announcement. The Department will advertise any job vacancies afterwards.

For additional information, please contact us at: recruiting@def.uniroma2.it