Research Economists

LSE & Oxford University Urbanisation in Developing Economies Programme
Project Manager, Research Economists & Data Specialists Required

A major joint research programme on urbanisation in developing economies, with particular reference to Africa, has been launched at LSE’s Spatial Economics Research Centre and Oxford’s Department of Economics, with support from the World Bank.  Profs. Vernon Henderson (LSE) Paul Collier and Tony Venables (Oxford) are recruiting a Research Manager, Research Economists and GIS Data Specialists to work on the programme.  This will involve conceptual and econometric work on the overall urbanization process in developing countries and on the internal development of cities, in particular large African cities. There will be intensive use of satellite data (to classify land use), night lights data, demographic census data, DHS data, survey data, mapping and planning data.  The programme offers outstanding opportunities to contribute to cutting edge research in the field, based in two of Europe’s leading social science research and training institutions.

We have a number of fixed-term research posts at both the LSE and Oxford, operating for two years in the first instance unless otherwise stated.  Whilst short-listed candidates can express a preference at application stage for either institution, applicants must be willing to be based at either of the two institutions, according to the needs of the project.

Research Economists (two or more posts for two years in first instance)

Salary is from £29,837 and £39,669 according to qualifications and experience and whether location is Oxford or LSE. For exceptional candidates, there may be the possibility to increase this up to a maximum £42,684
Please note that the minimum salary point is the bottom of Oxford salary scale and the maximum salary is the top of the LSE salary scale

You will have a completed or nearly completed PhD in Economics or Spatial Economics and will undertake research and produce papers and reports examining patterns of urban growth across cities in different developing countries, with a special focus on the internal development of African cities. Experience is required in working with large datasets and using statistical methods to identify causal effects of policies and other phenomena using demographic, economic, satellite and infrastructure data; as well as in the use of statistical packages such as STATA and of spatial statistical techniques GIS. You will also have experience of data work and have the ability to author/co-author papers of refereed journal article quality. You will have the opportunity to develop a related broader research agenda of you own.

The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification which is attached to the vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.

To apply for this post, please go to www.lse.ac.uk/JobsatLSE and select “Vacancies”.  If you have any queries about applying on the online system, please e-mail:  hr.jobs@lse.ac.uk quoting reference 1416284. Although all applications are to be submitted through the LSE recruitment portal, the recruitment and selection process is being jointly handled by both LSE and Oxford and any final employment offers will be from one of the two institutions.

Applications must be received by 10 June 2014 (11.59pm, UK time). Interviews will be held at the LSE around two weeks after the application deadline.

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