Tenure-Track Assistant Professor at Associate Professor * in History of Economic Thought

In your functions, you will have to :

Teaching (45%)

Six hours a week of teaching throughout the year in French, at Bachelor’s and Master’s level. Additionally supervision of Master’s dissertations and PhD theses. A release from one hour’s weekly teaching / year will be granted during the pre-tenure period.

Research (45%)

The person recruited will pursue their own research in the history of economic thought.

They must be willing to play an active role in the Walras-Pareto Centre for the history of economic and political thought (CWP), which is dedicated to interdisciplinary studies in economic and political thought, as well as the Institute of Political Studies (IEP) and the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (SSP).

They will seek external funding, in particular from the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF).

Administrative responsibilities (10%)

In accordance with statutory requirements and in the name of collegiality, the post-holder will take on any administrative tasks that may be assigned to them by the Research Centre, Institute, Faculty, University or university decision-making bodies.

In order to complete our team, we are looking for someone with the following skills :

• PhD in political economics or equivalent;
• Academic teaching experience in the history of economic thought;
• A track-record of research on the history of economic thought;
• Openness to interdisciplinary collaborations in research and teaching;
• Excellent links with international networks;
• Ability to attract external funding;
• Oral and written proficiency in French and English, knowledge of another language would be an advantage.