POSTDOCTORAL POSITION
at
VIENNA GRADUATE SCHOOL OF FINANCE (VGSF)
The Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF –
www.vgsf.ac.at) offers the
first PhD Program in Finance in Austria and aims to become an
internationally leading PhD program and research center. The VGSF is a
cooperation between three leading academic institutions in Austria:
Institute for Advanced Studies Vienna (IHS –
www.ihs.ac.at), University
of Vienna (
www.univie.ac.at), and Vienna University of Economics and
Business Administration (WU –
www.wu-wien.ac.at). The VGSF is funded by
the Austrian Science Fund (FWF –
www.fwf.ac.at).
The VGSF offers a
Postdoctoral Position
(full time)
Job Description:
The main focus of this position will be on research. It furthermore
involves coordinating a first/second year “Finance Paper Reading” course
and some general administrative tasks.
Job Qualification:
Candidates must have a doctoral degree in finance, financial economics
or equivalent. Solid training and experience in econometrics or
statistical modelling. Experience with one or more of the following
packages: R, GAUSS, EVIEWS, STATA. Evidence of research capability at a
level that can lead to publications in international peer-reviewed
journals. The language of the PhD program in Finance is English.
Therefore excellent English skills are required, German language skills
are desirable but not obligatory.
Start Date: As soon as possible, but no later than September 2006
Term: up to 2 years with possible extension
Salary: Euro 40.300 gross per annum
Application Deadline: June 25th, 2006
Candidates should mail or preferably e-mail their curriculum vitae,
letters of recommendation, a one page statement of purpose in which they
explain their interest in the position as well as their area of
research, and a copy of one research paper to:
Vienna Graduate School of Finance (VGSF)
o.Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Stefan Bogner
c/o Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien
Institut für Finanzierung und Finanzmärkte
Abteilung für Betriebliche Finanzierung
UZA 4, 6. Stock Kern B
Nordbergstraße 15 - 1090 Wien (Vienna), Austria
Tel: ++43 1 31336 4242 Fax: ++43 1 31336 736
E-mail: stefan.bogner(a)wu-wien.ac.at
Further details about the VGSF are available at:
http://www.vgsf.ac.at.