Call for PhD in BETA (Strasbourg) – IDEX 2016 – JOB DESCRIPTION
| Job Title: Permanence in Economics, Social Preferences and Social Interactions – Application to environmental issues |
| Job Summary:
(English, max 1000 characters) The PhD project will contribute to understand permanence from an economic perspective integrating ecological aspects with the aim to improve in particular biodiversity conservation. The PhD student will be an economist and he will integrate ecological knowledge in his analysis – in particular with the support from the team. The main question of the PhD thesis would be to understand the effectiveness of incentives on both long-lasting cooperation and permanence from both the economic and ecological sides when looking at biodiversity conservation. This PhD project is part of a joint research project PEPSI (Permanence in Economics, Social Preferences and Social Interactions) between University of Strasbourg (BETA), Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg and Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ. As the candidate will have to be inserted in the PEPSI project, he will work with the French and German teams, having the case studies in both countries. Most of the time, he will be localized at BETA but will travel and organize some stays in Germany. |
| Job Description:
(English, detailed information – max 3000 characters) WARNING: Pleases indicate the name of research lab, group leader and supervisor. Successful candidates will become part of the BETA Lab, being inserted in the Doctoral School Cournot of the University of Strasbourg, under the supervision of Mathieu Lefebvre (Assistant Prof) and Anne Stenger (Research Director). Part of the research at BETA focuses on theoretical and empirical research with an emphasis on public economics and experimental issues. The candidate should have a strong interest in these topics and ideally possess a background in one or two of these fields (economics, environmental/ecological economics, experimental economics, and public economics) with an interest for quantitative data analysis. The candidate is expected to spend some research stays at the German partner research centers under the supervision of Frank Wätzold (Prof.) and Martin Drechsler (Prof.). In addition, the positions require advanced writing and communication skills in English. A fluent command of the German language would be an advantage. |
| Main research field : Economics / Environmental science |
| JOB DETAIL |
| Type of contract : Temporary |
| Status : Full-time |
| Company / Institute : Université de Strasbourg |
| Country : France |
| City : Strasbourg |
| Postal Code : 67000 |
| Street : 4 rue Blaise Pascal |
| APPLICATION DETAILS (mandatory) |
| Envisaged job starting date : 01/10/2016 |
| Application deadline : 15/05/2016 |
| Application e-mail : anne.stenger@nancy.inra.fr
WARNING: This is the e-mail contact for applicants |
Additional information:
-Salary: 1684€ from Oct 1, 2016 during three years.
– Deadline for the submission of the application file: May 15
–To be eligible, the candidate must fulfil the following criteria:
– To hold a MASTER diploma from a foreign university or to have enrolled in a MASTER program at
the University of Strasbourg in order to register in doctoral studies, after completion of a complete
bachelor’s degree course in a university abroad ;
– research process undergoing in a Research Unit of the site “Alsace” .
– Two steps of selection
-First Step: May 13 (deadline); a detailed CV and a motivation letter
Response: around the May, 20
-Second step: Interview meeting
-The application file must contain (after the second round of selection)- if selected :
- a detailed CV with a list of publications (if any)
- titles or diplomas certifications (with translation)
- contacts of the last institution you enrolled in (address, phone number, e-mail address)
- a copy of your publications and of your master dissertation, as well as a summary of the dissertation
- a birth certificate
- one or more recommendation letters for a scientific guarantor (teacher, responsible, researcher…)
- a motivation letter
And a letter from the PhD supervisor which explains the different steps of the selection (number of applications, number of interviews etc.)