JOE Listings (Job Openings for Economists)

February 1, 2020 - July 31, 2020

World Bank Group

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Fragility, Conflict and Violence
Young Fellow in Forced Displacement Research

JOE ID Number: 2020-01_111464726
Date Posted: 02/13/2020
Date Inactive: 07/31/2020
Position Title/Short Description
Title: Young Fellow in Forced Displacement Research
Section: Other Nonacademic (Temporary, Part-Time, Non-Salaried, Consulting, Etc.)
Locations: Washington, District of Columbia, UNITED STATES
Geneva, SWITZERLAND
JEL Classifications:
H -- Public Economics
J -- Labor and Demographic Economics
I -- Health, Education, and Welfare
N -- Economic History
O -- Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth
Q -- Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics
R -- Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics
Keywords:
Forced displacement; refugees; migration.
Full Text of JOE Listing:

Thanks to a generous donation of the UK government, the World Bank and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) have partnered to offer 10 Post-Doc Fellowships for research on forced displacement. The fellowship consists of a Short-Term Consultancy (STC) contract with the World Bank for 150 days to be used over the period July 2020-June 2021. The World Bank will also provide one return ticket in economy class between home country and the location of the consultancy. Fellows will be assigned to World Bank or UNHCR units and are expected to produce high quality research to be published in the World Bank Policy Research Working Paper series and Journals. Fellowships are part-time and compatible with other assignments.

Application Requirements:
  • Application Instructions Below
Application deadline: 03/06/2020
Application Instructions:
Applications should be sent to: FDfellows@worldbank.org.

For a full description of the fellowship, please visit this webpage:

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/fragilityconflictviolence/brief/building-the-evidence-on-forced-displacement-a-multi-stakeholder-partnership

You can also download the call for applicants in pdf from here:

http://pubdocs.worldbank.org/en/198761580398257866/Call-for-Applicants-Forced-Displacement-Fellows-0130.pdf