PhD Fellow in Macroeconomics

Apply now for the MSCA-funded EPOG-DN(Economic Policies for the Global bifurcation-Doctoral Network) project, which aims to establish a community of economists capable of collaborating with various disciplines, sectors and stakeholders to address ecological challenges. It gathers 8 full partners (beneficiaries) and 13 associated partners from different fields and sectors.

The project explores the pathways toward achieving strong sustainability, where social, economic and environmental objectives are not substitutable with each other. The project introduces the concept of global bifurcation, which encompasses a range of multidimensional and systemic processes. The project proposes a distinctive strategy for tackling the complexity of global bifurcation, which involves a socio-technical, socio-economic and socio-ecological perspective, all working in concert to develop a systemic approach. More information about the project can be found on https://www.epog-dn.eu

This specific PhD position is for DC5:Stock-flow consistent modelling with a Unified assets Framework for Improved Sustainability decision-support(SUFIS)

The main objective of PhD is to contribute to improved decision-support for sustainable development by adding stock-flow consistency to an integrated economic-environmental model, simultaneously balancing the accounting framework across natural, manufactured, human, social, and financial assets, providing a model and empirical data implementation that is sufficiently transparent, flexible, scalable, and accessible to be applicable for supporting practical decision-making. In the project, the model will build on the Danish supply-use tables and the Danish environmental accounts to create a stock-flow consistent integrated economy-environment model for Denmark with explicit feedback effects of stock changes on employment, consumption and technological innovation. Despite the focus on macroeconomics in the choice of model, the project is highly interdisciplinary in its choice of method, the work on the databases, and in the applications.

The research will include:

• Macroeconomic modelling(using SFC and other approaches)
• Macroeconomic theory covering different paradigms in macroeconomics
• Integration of national accounts with environmental accounts, with a focus on interindustry relations
• Accounting for natural, manufactured, human, social, and financial assets and their interactions.

The research is expected to contribute to the understanding of ways to link environmental questions to macroeconomic models with a particular focus on the Danish economy. The candidate will become a member of the macroeconomic research group MaMTEP, and the candidate is expected to take an active part in ongoing MaMTEP research projects in general.

Supervisors are Mikael Randrup Byrialsen(Aalborg University) and Bo Weidema(Aalborg University).

It is a prerequisite for allocation of the stipend that the candidate will be enrolled as a PhD student at The Doctoral School of Social Sciences and Humanities, in accordance with the regulations of Ministerial Order No. 1039 of 27 August 2013(PhD Order).

Eligibility criteria

Recruited researchers can be of any nationality and must comply with the following mobility rule:

they must not have resided or carried out their main activity(work, studies, etc.) in the country of the recruiting beneficiary for more than 12 months in the 36 months immediately before their recruitment date.

The applicants should highlight their interest, knowledge and motivation to engage with heterodox approaches of economics.

Qualification requirements

PhD stipends are normally for a period of 3 years. PhD stipends are allocated to individuals who hold a Master’s degree, or expect to have obtained the Master’s degree before the employment date(Statement from thesis supervisor, verified transcripts, thesis contract and documentation of the date of the exam must be enclosed). According to the PhD Order, the PhD study comprises among other requirements: Participation in active research environments, including stays at other, mainly foreign, research institutions, private research enterprises etc.

A short description for each of the specific academic requirements of the EPOG-DN project can be found here .

Note that, to be eligible, a doctoral candidate cannot already have a doctoral degree at the date of the recruitment.

Application

Please visit the website of the doctoral school for further information on the PhD programme, application procedure, and admission requirements.The application must include the following and be written in English or Danish:

Applicants WHO are planning to complete a doctoral thesis in English and who do not have English as a first language or WHO have not completed an English language-based Master's programme(or an equivalent educational achievement in English) shall provide documentation that they have passed one of the following official tests with the respective minimum score: IELTS(band score): 7, TOEFL(paper-based): 600, TOEFL(internet-based): 100. The language test must be no more than five years old at the time of the application.

AAU wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background or belief.

Assessment

Shortlisting will be applied. This means that subsequent to the deadline for applications the head of department supported by the chair of the assessment committee will select candidates for assessment. All applicants will be informed whether they will be assessed or not.

The application can only be submitted by using the link on AAU’s job-portal https://www.stillinger.aau.dk/ (not other online job portals that may have reposted the position). Please note that zipped files are not supported by the recruitment system, please upload only Word or PDF files.

Contact information

For further information, please visit https://www.epog-dn.eu

For further information on the PhD stipend, please contact Associate Professor Mikael Randrup Byrialsen, [email protected] .

For general information about the application process etc., please contact Vigdis Skomager-Bohnfeldt, e-mail: [email protected] , phone:+45 9940 7408.

Appointment and salary

In addition to the applicable salary and employment conditions(see section'Wages and employment' below), the following special allowance is granted for the position in accordance with the project:

A monthly allowance(gross salary) of 3,400€/month, adjusted based on the cost of living in their host country in order to ensure equal treatment and purchasing power parity for all researchers(coefficient for Denmark is: 1.32). The living allowance is a gross amount, including compulsory deductions under national law, such as employer and employee social security contributions and direct taxes. The doctoral candidatebenefit from a contract with full social security coverage(including sickness, parental, unemployment and invalidity benefits, pension rights, benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases.

A mobility allowance of 600€/month. This allowance covers their additional, private mobility-related costs(e.g. travel and accommodation costs).

A family allowance If the recruited doctoral candidate has or acquires family obligations during the action duration, i.e. persons linked to him/her by(i) marriage, or(ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country or region where this relationship was formalised; or(iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researcher, the DC receives a family allowance of 660€/month. Special needs could be also coveredfor researchers with disabilities, whose long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments are certified by a competent national authority, and of such nature that their participation in the action may not be possible without them(e.g. assistance by third persons, adaptation of work environment, additional travel/transportation costs). These special needs items or services must not have been funded from another source(e.g. social security or health insurance). Both long-term leave and special needs allowances should be requested when the need arises.

Appointment and salary as a PhD fellow are according to the Ministry of Finance Circular of 15 December 2021, on the Collective Agreement for Academics in Denmark, Appendix 5, regarding PhD fellows, and with the current Circular on the employment structure at Danish Universities. The fellow will furthermore receive: A monthly allowance(gross salary) of 3,400€/month, adjusted based on the cost of living in their host country in order to ensure equal treatment and purchasing power parity for all researchers(coefficient for Denmark is: 1.32). The living allowance is a gross amount, including compulsory deductions under national law, such as employer and employee social security contributions and direct taxes. The doctoral candidatebenefit from a contract with full social security coverage(including sickness, parental, unemployment and invalidity benefits, pension rights, benefits in respect of accidents at work and occupational diseases); a mobility allowance of 600€/month. This allowance covers their additional, private mobility-related costs(e.g. travel and accommodation costs).- If the recruited doctoral candidate has or acquires family obligations during the action duration, i.e. persons linked to him/her by(i) marriage, or(ii) a relationship with equivalent status to a marriage recognised by the legislation of the country or region where this relationship was formalised; or(iii) dependent children who are actually being maintained by the researcher, the DC receives a family allowance of 660€/month. Special needs could be also coveredfor researchers with disabilities, whose long-term physical, mental, intellectual or sensory impairments are certified by a competent national authority, and of such nature that their participation in the action may not be possible without them(e.g. assistance by third persons, adaptation of work environment, additional travel/transportation costs). These special needs items or services must not have been funded from another source(e.g. social security or health insurance). Both long-term leave and special needs allowances should be requested when the need arises.