The Professor of Behavioral Economics at the Jacobs Center on Lifelong Learning and Institutional Development, Jacobs University Bremen? invites applications for the position of a Research Associate and Doctoral Student in Behavioral Economics.

Necessary qualifications are:

* Master’s degree or Diploma in Economics or Business Administration
* Excellent knowledge in the fields of Micro-Economic Theory and Statistics / Micro-Econometrics
* Excellent written and spoken German and English
* Strong interest in an academic career and influential applied research
* Strong quantitative research skills

Additionally, beneficial for the position are prior experience in experimental economics and an interest in any of the following topics: personnel and labor economics, social norms and strategic interaction, change across the life span, and the ramifications and exigencies of demographic changes in society.

Job description:
Assisting in the ?acquisition of third party funding and other administrative tasks. Conducting research on the above topics; developing and pursuing own research ideas; preparing a PhD thesis.

We offer a contract for 24 months with 50% of the normal working hours.

Candidates should submit a complete application – including a CV, a description of the applicant’s (research) experience and future research interests, a PDF version of the Master thesis as well as one reference – asap to

d.dittrich[ at ]jacobs-university.de

or to the following address:

Jacobs University Bremen
Prof. Dr. D. A. V. Dittrich
Campus Ring 1
28759 Bremen
Germany

Electronic application is encouraged. For further information on our research center, please visit us at this page and http://behavioraleconomics.eu

Application Deadline: July 17, 2009

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