Assistant Professor (# of pos: 2)

University of Warsaw, Poland

Updated: about 2 years ago
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 15 Aug 2022

The Dean of the Faculty of Economic Sciences at the University of Warsaw hereby announces a competition for the position of assistant professor, under the “Excellence Initiative – Research University” (IDUB) Programme.

The “Excellence Initiative – Research University” is a programme of the Ministry of Science and Higher Education (MEiN), which gives the University of Warsaw opportunities for raising the quality of its academic research and education, thereby increasing the international prestige of the University.

The recruited individual for the position of assistant professor will carry out their responsibilities as part The main objective of the activity is to create a research program using new types of data (satellite data, spatial data, geospatial data, data from social media and mobile phones, administrative data, etc.) in innovative research on determinants, and measurements of the effects of territorial mobility, social mobility, and economic inequality.

Job description and responsibilities:

  • Carrying out research on the creation or harmonisation of new data sources in the field of mobility or inequality;
  • Creating and making available to other researchers a database containing new or harmonised data on mobility or inequality;
  • Preparation of scientific publications related to the objectives of the activity, and submission of at least one article for publication in a reputable scientific journal (SCOPUS / JCR);
  • Preparation and submission of a grant application for financing external to the University of Warsaw, which is devoted to research related to the objectives of Action I.3.9;
  • Developing international cooperation in the implementation of the objectives of the Action;
  • Participation in scientific conferences by presenting the results of research carried out under the Action;
  • Cooperation in the preparation of an international conference on migration and inequality at the University of Warsaw;
  • Participation in seminars at the University of Warsaw, which will popularise databases or research methods resulting from the implementation of the Action.

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