Post doc in Financial Economics with specialization in Portfolio Choice

Lund University is an internationally top ranked university, in the top 100-list of the Times Higher Education ranking, and is one of the largest universities in Scandinavia. Here, history and tradition lay the ground for the study and research environments of tomorrow. We offer education and research within engineering, science, law, social sciences, economics and management, humanities, theology, fine art, music and theatre. Through interaction with business and the community we ensure that knowledge and innovations benefit society. The University has 47 000 students and 6 300 staff from all over the world, based mainly in Lund, Malmoe and Helsingborg. We work with 680 partner universities in more than 50 countries.

The Department of Economics at Lund University, Sweden, seeks a Postdoctoral Fellow in Financial Economics with specialization in Portfolio Choice for a fixed-term, two-year appointment. The Postdoctoral Fellow is expected to collaborate with other researchers at the Department on research projects related to portfolio choice. Preference will be given to empirically oriented candidates, but theorists are also encouraged to apply. The position involves a limited amount of teaching (the equivalent of one course a year and some supervision of Bachelor and Master's Theses).

Applicants must satisfy the following requirements:

A PhD in Economics, Finance or a related field (this requirement must be satisfied by the time of employment).The ability to conduct research leading to publications in high-quality journals.The ability to cooperate within a group of researchers.

The main assessment criterion is scholarly skill. Teaching skill and the ability to interact with the surrounding society will also be considered.

Please use Lund University job application portal when applying (http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-lund-university/jobs).

An application must include the following:

A cover letter describing your interest in this position.A CV with copies of exam certificates and other appendices.A list of publications.Up to three representative publications/working papers.The names of three references (with contact information).

The deadline is January 16, 2012, but applicants wishing to be considered for an interview at the 2012 ASSA meeting in Chicago should submit their application no later than December 12, 2011 and indicate their interest to Prof. Frederik Lundtofte (frederik.lundtofte@nek.lu.se). We expect to fill the position by the summer of 2012.

Please see http://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/o.o.i.s?id=24914&Dnr=424035&Type=E for further details on this position.

More information can be obtained from Prof. Frederik Lundtofte, email: frederik.lundtofte@nek.lu.se. General information about the Department of Economics at Lund University can be found at http://www.nek.lu.se/default_EN.asp.

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