University of Ottawa

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Located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Anishinabe-Algonquin people, the University of Ottawa is seeking candidates for a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Macroeconomics. The Faculty of Social Sciences welcomes candidates from all areas of macroeconomic including (but not limited to) behavioural economics, financial economics, environmental economics, monetary economics, macro-econometrics, and macro-labour economics. The Chair will implement a creative and independent research program that is based on external research funding and will be actively involved with graduate student training and education.
The Chairholder is expected to contribute to and benefit from a range of research activities organized by the University of Ottawa. The University provides researchers with opportunities to develop partnerships with a range of institutions, and federal, provincial and municipal government agencies. The University’s downtown campus is located near Parliament and the Bank of Canada. The University runs a variety of research events, such as the Marleau Lecture Series on Economic and Monetary Policy (https://socialsciences.uottawa.ca/economics/about-department/events/marleau-lecture-series-economic-monetary-policy) and the Alex Trebek Forum for Dialogue (https://www.uottawa.ca/forum-for-dialogue/). The University also hosts several research centres, including the Institute of the Environment. The full complement of uOttawa research centres are listed here: https://research.uottawa.ca/centres-institutes.
Applications should be submitted electronically at: http://uottawa.njoyn.com/CL3/xweb/xweb.asp?clid=57566&page=jobdetails&jobid=J1021-0922&BRID=EX116896&SBDID=1&LANG=1