Post by Dean Spears on Sept 23, 2021 6:07:32 GMT -5
Please consider applying for one two jobs for PhD demographers that we are hiring at the UT-Austin Population Research Center. We are starting a new Population Wellbeing Initiative at the PRC with support from a foundation grant. One of the areas we are especially interested in studying is a set of issues involving low fertility, long-term negative population growth, social and economic policy in low-fertility societies, and policy for parenting and care work.
Both positions are research-only with no teaching. Neither is tenure-track.
* The Postdoc (link to apply) is a self-directed research position for graduating PhDs intended to be paired with deferring a new assistant professor job. We are optimistic that (with a faculty-level salary and no teaching requirements) this will be attractive to outstanding early-career researchers as a way to add a year or two to a tenure clock.
* The Research Scientist (link to apply) is a research position to collaborate actively with our team; it is not tenure-track but is annually renewable and we hope will be funded for years to come, if the collaboration is successful. This job could be appropriate for a graduating PhD or for an assistant professor focused on this area and looking for a career transition to a 100% research position.
In both cases, we plan to offer attractive salary and benefit packages that are comparable to what assistant professors of demography receive at UT. We are excited to attract outstanding demographers and population scientists — especially those who combine careful research with big-picture thinking — to join our team! The links are to apply at the JOE job market website (please don’t be put off that the E stands for “economics” — we are enthusiastic about hiring experts from inside and outside of economics departments, which is why I am posting here!).
Thanks!
Dean Spears
UT-Austin PRC
Both positions are research-only with no teaching. Neither is tenure-track.
* The Postdoc (link to apply) is a self-directed research position for graduating PhDs intended to be paired with deferring a new assistant professor job. We are optimistic that (with a faculty-level salary and no teaching requirements) this will be attractive to outstanding early-career researchers as a way to add a year or two to a tenure clock.
* The Research Scientist (link to apply) is a research position to collaborate actively with our team; it is not tenure-track but is annually renewable and we hope will be funded for years to come, if the collaboration is successful. This job could be appropriate for a graduating PhD or for an assistant professor focused on this area and looking for a career transition to a 100% research position.
In both cases, we plan to offer attractive salary and benefit packages that are comparable to what assistant professors of demography receive at UT. We are excited to attract outstanding demographers and population scientists — especially those who combine careful research with big-picture thinking — to join our team! The links are to apply at the JOE job market website (please don’t be put off that the E stands for “economics” — we are enthusiastic about hiring experts from inside and outside of economics departments, which is why I am posting here!).
Thanks!
Dean Spears
UT-Austin PRC