College of Arts and Sciences, Dept. of Economics - Open-Rank Research Faculty, Inst. for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis, 12-mo position

The Institute for Macroeconomic and Policy Analysis (IMPA), situated within the Department of Economics in the College of Arts and Sciences at American University, invites applications for an open-rank, full-time, research faculty appointment. The appointment is a 12-month term position and may commence as early as August 1, 2023; reappointment is contingent on continued external funding.

Established in April 2023, IMPA conducts research on macroeconomic policy with a primary focus on taxation and inequality. It is home to a state-of-the-art macroeconomic policy model for studying the impact of a wide range of policies on aggregate and distributional outcomes. Grounded in contemporary scholarly research, IMPA’s research emphasizes economic realities that are currently ignored or underestimated and that are crucial in the latest policy discussions: income and wealth inequality, the widespread prevalence of market power in labor and goods markets, and the decoupling of asset prices from the productive economy, among others. Learn more about IMPA at https://impamodel.org/ and about the department at https://www.american.edu/cas/economics/ .

In close consultation with the Faculty Directors of IMPA and serving as IMPA’s Managing Director, the research faculty authors policy papers and other products that move the academic research of the Institute into real-world practice, scans policy and funding landscapes to identify opportunities for the Institute to build out and maximize the impact of its model, supervises the contributions of the Institute’s researchers to policy products, manages the Institute’s budget, and performs other duties as assigned.

Salary is competitive. Review of applications will begin immediately and will continue until the position is filled.

American University is a private institution within easy reach of the many centers of government, business, research, and the arts located within the nation’s capital. For more information about American University, visit www.american.edu.