University of Fribourg (Switzerland), Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Full/Associate Professorship in Public Economics and Public Finance

The Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) invites applications for a full-time professorship in Public Economics and Public Finance starting September 1, 2013.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS: This professorship is in the Department of economics, which is part of the Faculty of economics and social sciences. The successful candidate has a doctoral degree in economics, a high-quality publication record in relevant international, peer-reviewed journals, and relevant teaching experience. He/she is expected to teach courses in Public economics and public finance. The teaching load is 6 to 7 hours per week. Profound knowledge in econometric methods is strongly desirable. Experience in acquiring third party funds is desirable.

Teaching is in French and English. The successful candidate should have high command of both languages. Administrative languages are German and French. Thus, a passive knowledge of German is required at least after the first two years.

The salary is highly competitive. The University of Fribourg provides equal opportunities for women and men and aims at achieving gender balance.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: The candidates should send their complete application package (motivation letter describing their qualifications for the position, cv, list of publications, teaching experiences, administrative responsibilities, research grants obtained, proposal of future research, three professional references and a selection of three representative scientific publications over the five past years) until 8 February 2013 electronically in a single pdf file to:

The Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences
Prof. Dr Jean-Jacques Friboulet
Bd de Perolles 90
CH-1700 Fribourg
decanat-ses@unifr.ch

Additional information can be obtained from Prof. Dr Thierry Madies, at the address thierry.madies@unifr.ch, Tel: +41 26 300 82 20.