Dear Colleagues,
I would like to draw your attention to a post-doctoral opportunity at the Department of Economics at Bocconi University. You find the details below.
Duration: 2 Years
Location: Innocenzo Gasparini Institute for Economic Research (IGIER) and Department of Economics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy
Start Date: September 1, 2022
Salary: €45,000/year (income tax exempt)
Description: The Post-Doc will work for 2 years (starting in September 2022) on the ERC project "POPULIZATION", under the supervision of the Principal Investigator, Professor Salvatore Nunnari (
https://snunnari.github.io). The project's overarching theme is the study of populism and political polarization using the tools of behavioral political economy, a blossoming eld at the intersection of behavioral economics and political economy. Depending on background and research interests, the Post- Doc will be involved in subprojects entailing (a) large scale surveys on measures of economic preferences, social preferences, cognitive abilities and political attitudes,(b) laboratory experiments at the Bocconi Laboratory for the Social Sciences, and/or (c) the development of theoretical models to explore the consequences of citizens' behavioral biases and limited cognitive resources on political outcomes. Beyond participating to the PI’s project, the Post-Doc will be an integral part of the vibrant research community of Bocconi University which is home to many researchers in the elds of behavioral economics, experimental economics, political economy and microeconomic theory. We welcome applications from candidates holding or being in the process of obtaining a PhD in any area of the social sciences.
Application Deadline: January 31, 2022Application Link: http://www.unibocconi.eu/faculty-postdocI would be very grateful if you could share this job ad with anyone who might be interested. Feel free to contact me if you would like more information about the position.
Best wishes for the end of the year!
Salvo Nunnari
https://snunnari.github.iosalvator...@unibocconi.it