University of Bergen, Faculty of Social Sciences
Ph.D. Fellowship at the Department of Economics

The Department of Economics, University of Bergen, has a vacant PhD position in the field of Industrial Organization and Competition Policy. The scholarship period is set to 4 years, 25% of which must be dedicated to teaching, supervision and administrative tasks at the Department.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT: Department of Economics (http://www.uib.no/econ) is one of seven departments under the Faculty of Social Sciences. The Department offers teaching of economics at all levels, and lead the students to the degrees of bachelor, master and PhD. Research and teaching at the Department cover a broad spectrum of sub-disciplines. The Department's methodological core competencies are within game theory, incentive theory and applied micro econometrics. Based on these competencies the Department has research groups in the following four fields:
- Industrial organization and economic organization
- Social insurance and labour economics
- Health economics
- Natural resources, environmental and development economics

The vacant position is affiliated with Bergen Center for Competition Law and Economics (BECCLE), http://www.beccle.no, We offer scientific interdisciplinary collaboration in a highly motivated team on a recent and important issues in IO and competition policy.

JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
- Applicants must hold a master of science (or comparable) degree in economics with a specialization in IO and competition policy. The degree has to be completed by the application deadline.
- The person must be willing and able to contribute to research in an interdisciplinary team consisting of legal and economic scholars.
- Candidates with proven skills in IO, game theory and/or empirical models of IO will be preferred.
- Requirements are an excellent Master of Science degree in economics; minimum grade B on the Master dissertation and for the Master degree in total, as well as proficiency in English.
- As an applicant you should be independent, have a considerable work capacity as well as an enthusiasm for research.

THE UNIVERSITY CAN OFFER:
- Salaries start at level 50 (code 1017) on the government salary scale (equivalent to NOK 416.600, - per year).
- A good academic and social environment with high research quality.
- A good pension and insurance.
- Training and welfare facilities.

PROPOSAL: A research proposal of 5-8 pages must accompany the application. The proposal should present the topic, the research problem(s) and choice of theory and methods. The proposal should also include a progress plan for the different parts of the project. A budget of running costs should be included. Admittance to the PhD-programme will be based on the research proposal.

FURTHER INFORMATION: Appointed research fellows will be admitted to the doctoral education program at the Faculty of Social Science. Further information about the program is available on the webpage http://www.uib.no/svf/en/research/doctoral-education-at-the-faculty-of-social-sciences.

Questions about the program may be directed to senior officer Yngve Brynjulfsen, e-mail: Yngve.brynjulfsen@svfa.uib.no or phone + 47 55 58 90 68.

We kindly ask the applicants to follow the guidelines for applicants to intermediate level positions at the Faculty of Social Sciences closely. The guidelines are obtainable by contacting post@svfa.uib.no

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applications containing all attachments must be submitted electronically by the link on this page marked "Apply for this job". Applications must contain project description, CV, diplomas/certificates, scholarly works (not master's thesis) and a list of such.

Closing date: April 2, 2013. The application has to be marked: 13/2151

Applications submitted without a project description or applications sent as e-mails will not be considered. Only attached documents will be subjected to an expert assessment.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS: Additional information of the position is obtainable from Professor Tommy Staahl Gabrielsen, tommy.gabrielsen@econ.uib.no, phone +47 55 58 82 21.

Practical questions regarding the application procedures should be directed to senior officer Beathe Moldestad, phone +47 55 58 90 56, email: beathe.moldestad@svfa.uib.no

The teaching language at the Department is usually Norwegian.

Time used in earlier recruitment positions will be deducted from the applicants' total scholarship period.

State employment should to the highest possible degree reflect the diversity of the population at large. We have therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons with disabilities and of various ethnic backgrounds are achieved. Persons with disabilities and minority backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Information about the applicant may be made public even though the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. The applicant will be notified if his/her request is not respected.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public transparency when recruiting staff to scientific positions.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.