POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
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VIENNA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FINANCE (VGSF)
The Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF – www.vgsf.ac.at) offers the first PhD Program in Finance in Austria and aims to become an internationally leading PhD program and research center. The VGSF is a cooperation between three leading academic institutions in Austria: Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna (IHS – www.ihs.ac.at), University of Vienna (www.univie.ac.at), and Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (WU – www.wu-wien.ac.at). The VGSF is funded by the Austrian Science Fund (FWF – www.fwf.ac.at).
The VGSF offers a
Postdoctoral Position (full time)
Job Description: The main focus of this position will be on research. It furthermore involves coordinating a first/second year “Finance Paper Reading” course and some general administrative tasks.
Job Qualification: Candidates must have a doctoral degree in finance, financial economics or equivalent. Solid training and experience in econometrics or statistical modelling. Experience with one or more of the following packages: R, GAUSS, EVIEWS, STATA. Evidence of research capability at a level that can lead to publications in international peer-reviewed journals. The language of the PhD program in Finance is English. Therefore excellent English skills are required, German language skills are desirable but not obligatory.
Start Date: As soon as possible, but no later than September 2006
Term: up to 2 years with possible extension
Salary: Euro 40.300 gross per annum
Application Deadline: June 25th, 2006
Candidates should mail or preferably e-mail their curriculum vitae, letters of recommendation, a one page statement of purpose in which they explain their interest in the position as well as their area of research, and a copy of one research paper to:
Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF) o.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Bogner c/o Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien Institut für Finanzierung und Finanzmärkte Abteilung für Betriebliche Finanzierung UZA 4, 6. Stock Kern B Nordbergstraße 15 - 1090 Wien (Vienna), Austria Tel: ++43 1 31336 4242 Fax: ++43 1 31336 736 E-mail: stefan.bogner@wu-wien.ac.at
Further details about the VGSF are available at: http://www.vgsf.ac.at.