Research Fellow

Job title:

Research Fellow

Company:

University College London

Job description

About usAbout the Stone Centre at UCLThe Stone Centre is co-directed by Professors Imran Rasul and Wendy Carlin. The Centre aims to become a global hub for research and learning that will make wealth concentration and its impacts on innovation and sustainability central to economics education. Education and research are equal partners in the venture. The Stone Centre is pairing up CORE (Curriculum Open-access Resources in Economics), which is transforming economics education around the world, with the research strengths of the UCL Economics Department. The aim is to help shape the next generation of economists, bringing more attention and increasing capacity in both teaching – at all levels – and research to the causes and consequences of wealth concentration and inequality.About UCL and the Department of EconomicsUniversity College London (UCL) is the largest of the colleges in the federation that makes up the University of London. It is consistently rated as one of the top multi-faculty universities in the UK and has an annual turnover in excess of £400m. UCL is one of the UK’s premier research institutions encompassing immense research strength across all areas. It is also developing numerous interdisciplinary research centres. UCL has an excellent library and the library resources available in London, such as the British Library, are unrivalled in the UK.The Department of Economics has an outstanding international reputation in key areas of current research including applied theory, econometrics, game theory, labour economics, development economics, and macroeconomics. The Department of Economics has placed #1 for research environment and outputs in the 2021 REF results and ranked #3 overall.About the roleJob descriptionProfessors Rasul and Carlin are seeking to appoint a Research Fellow to work in the Stone Centre. The researcher will be appointed from September 2025 for a minimum of one year, with funding available for a maximum of two years.The Appointment will be on UCL salary scale Grade 7, £43,124 to £51,610 per annum inclusive of London Allowance, dependent upon experience and qualifications.

The UCL full-time working week totals 36.5 hours. Annual leave is 27 days per year. In addition, staff benefit from six College closure days per year. The person appointed will work at the offices of the Department of Economics, Drayton House, 30 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0AX. The postholder will benefit from interactions with colleagues in the Department of Economics and in UCL more broadly, and at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.About youWe welcome applications from students expecting to complete a PhD in a relevant subject by August 2025.What we offerAs well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits such as:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme

Further information available at Visit to find out more.Please note, if we receive a sufficient number of applications we may close the application window earlier than the closing date.Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and InclusionAs London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

Expected salary

£43124 – 51610 per year

Location

North West London

Job date

Sat, 04 Jan 2025 07:31:39 GMT

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