ERC / UKRI grant funded PhD Economics at University of Essex (UK)

[Jayant Ganguli]

Dear all

I am posting on behalf of my colleague Daniel Garrett, who is advertising for a funded PhD position as part of his ERC grant on Endogenous Lying in Economic Environments.  

Details, including on the application process, are available at <https://www.essex.ac.uk/Postgraduate/Research/Opportunities/Endogenous-Lying-in-Economic-Environments>

Final applications should be submitted to d.ga...@essex.ac.uk by the deadline of midday (12pm) UK time Monday 8 June 2026. Please contact Daniel at <d.ga...@essex.ac.uk> with any informal enquiries.

The candidate is expected to work in the context of and to contribute to the UKRI Frontier Research (aka ERC) grant `Endogenous Lying in Economic Environments’ (grant number EP/Z001528/1). This grant aims at improving our understanding of lying and incentives to lie especially in dynamic economic environments, where for instance the costs of lying may evolve with time. It also investigates the role of monitoring and inspection in dynamic settings.

Methodologically, the research focuses on contract theory and mechanism design, and on dynamic games such as inspection games. Lying is often potentially central to work in these areas where incentive constraints encode the deterrence of lying and can be affected by a distaste for lying or other lying costs. One question is the possible implications of agents who become desensitised to the costs of lying over time.

Best wishes

Jayant

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Jayant Ganguli

Department of Economics, University of Essex, UK