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The School of Management of the Politecnico di Milano invites candidates to submit an expression of interest for a 2-year Post-Doc position in the field of Behavioural and Experimental Economics.

About the Position

The successful candidate will work on the Horizon project “Promoting Green Nudging for Sustainable Agriculture and Forestry” (PRUDENT), focusing on the design and impact evaluation of behavioral interventions to stimulate the transition towards sustainable practices in agriculture.

Main Responsibilities

• Survey and experimental design: assist in the design and implementation of survey, survey experiments, choice experiments, and field experiments.
• Quantitative analysis: use statistical tools and software to analyze microdata, and combine data from administrative and geospatial data. Web-scraping and ML are also valuable skills.
• Literature review:  conduct reviews of existing literature on the topic, identifying gaps and areas of interest.
• Stakeholder interaction: proactive participation in workshops and stakeholder engagement activities.
• Writing and reporting: assist in compiling research findings into comprehensive reports, ensuring clarity, accuracy, and coherence.

Candidate’s skills and characteristics

• He/she holds (or is close to completing) a PhD in economics, data science, management engineering, behavioral science or related fields.
• Strong track record in quantitative (advanced econometrics, computational methods, machine learning) and experimental methods (lab and/or field experiments).
• Study experience in agricultural economics, behavioral economics or experimental economics
• Programming in STATA, R, Python or any other major statistical software.
• Fluency in English (Italian not needed), good presentation and writing skills.
• Willingness to travel to project meetings and to conferences.
• Ability to work in an interdisciplinary and diverse environment committed to high-quality research.

Other relevant information

Assignment is expected to begin in Spring 2024, following a public competition procedure. Candidates expressing interest will be informed about the steps to follow to apply. The appointment period will be initially two years, renewable for another year, pending a positive evaluation.

The gross salary will be based on qualification and working experience and competitive with major universities in Europe.

About the School

POLIMI School of Management aims to contribute to the common good and individual well-being through a critical understanding of the opportunities and challenges posed by technology to business and society. DIG pursues its mission with an international reach by creating and sharing knowledge at the intersection of engineering, management, and economics through high-quality education, the quest for scientific excellence, and active community engagement.

The School is composed of the Department of Management, Economics and Industrial Engineering (DIG – Dipartimento di Ingegneria Gestionale), devoted to research, development of knowledge and pre-experience education, and the POLIMI Graduate School of Management (GSOM), devoted to post-experience and executive education.

Our research is strongly committed to cutting-edge topics within the international scientific debate and well aware of the demands of business and institutions. At the same time, we aim to support a fair and more inclusive society and improve people's well-being through better and safer products, services, workplaces and the environment. Our distinctive approach involves multidisciplinarity, a wide-ranging set of methodologies and drawing on our extensive networks. At DIG, we run Bachelor, Master and Doctoral programs in Management Engineering. At the GSOM we offer MBA and Executive MBA, Specialising Masters and Executive programs.

Politecnico di Milano is ranked 13th in the World, 7th in Europe, and 1st in Italy, according to QS World University Ranking by Subject – Engineering & Technology 2022.

POLIMI School of Management holds the “Triple crown”, having been accredited by EQUIS, AMBA (Association of MBAs), and AACSB (Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) and is ranked 31st in the Financial Times European Business School Rankings 2022. The School is also a member of PRME (Principles for Responsible Management Education).

How to express your interest

Please note that this is a call for expressions of interest, not a job vacancy announcement. The School of Management will advertise the open position though a public call later this year and will recruit by selection according to the criteria mentioned in the call.

Expression of interest for the position should include a CV, a job market paper, a motivational letter, one letter of reference, and contact information for references. The expression of interest should be sent by December 20^th, 2023 at the following address: sandra.cesaridemaria@polimi.it. All material should be submitted in English.

The candidates might be invited to a cognitive meeting and a visit to the School.

Politecnico di Milano reserves the right, if there are valid reasons, to leave the position open, to extend the application period for the call for interest, and to consider additional candidates who have not submitted an expression of interest.