PhD Positions in Computational Economics & Finance, University of Basel, Switzerland (2018)

Level of employment / possible date of entry

- part-time employment as a teaching and research assistant
- start date: 1 August 2018 or upon Agreement

The faculty of Business and Economics at the University of Basel (wwz.unibas.ch) has a strong emphasis on empirical work and quantitative methods. The Computational Economics and Finance unit (wwz.unibas.ch/compecon, head: Prof. Dietmar Maringer) is focusing on machine learning, simulation, and data analytics for economics and business, with a strong emphasis on finance

Your position
- enrolment in the departmental PhD program ("Individuelles Doktorat", https://wwz.unibas.ch/studium/studiengaenge/doktorat/individuelles-dokto...)
- individual research and collaboration in departmental research projects
- assistance and participation in teaching and administrative tasks

Your profile
- graduates from renowned economics, finance, or business programs or from related disciplines
- strong quantitative background
- keen interest in computational methods

We offer you
We offer a friendly, professional, international and interdisciplinary working environment. Your employment will be contracted according to standard regulations at University of Basel.

Application / contact
Please send your electronic application before March 15th, 2018, directly to Prof. Dietmar Maringer (Dietmar.Maringer@unibas.ch). For informal enquiries, you can also contact Dr. Christian Oesch (Christian.Oesch@unibas.ch). Your documents (pdf) should include:

- an up-to-date CV
- a letter of motivation
- an outline of preferred research topic
- transcripts of prior university course work (including grades)
- a sample of academic writing (master thesis, seminar paper, research paper, etc.)

Further details:
PhD Positions in Computational Economics & Finance, University of Basel, Switzerland (2018)