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Department of Geography and Environment
Assistant Professor in Real Estate Economics and Finance
Salary is competitive with Departments at our peer institutions worldwide and not less than £53,905 pa inclusive
Based in the Department of Geography and Environment, you will contribute to the intellectual life of the School through conducting and publishing outstanding quality research, engaging in high quality teaching as instructed by the Head of Department, and participating in the School and wider Department activities. You will join one of the world’s best known urban economics and economic geography groups, which enjoys very strong international student demand across a wide range of graduate and undergraduate programmes.
You will have, or be close to finishing, a PhD in Economics, Economic Geography, Finance or a related discipline, by the post start date. You will have expertise in Urban Economics and/or Finance with some research focused on any area of Real Estate. You will have proven ability, or potential, to publish in refereed international journals and a clear, well developed and viable strategy for future outstanding research that has the potential to result in world-leading publications. You will be expected to work as part of a team in assisting the smooth running of the Department and its teaching programmes, particularly the MSc in Real Estate Economics and Finance. You will have the ability to teach courses in applied Urban and Real Estate Economics and/or Real Estate Finance at BSc and MSc level.
The other criteria that will be used when shortlisting for this post can be found on the person specification, which is attached to this vacancy on the LSE’s online recruitment system.
In addition to a competitive salary the benefits that come with this job include an occupational pension scheme, a research incentive scheme with personal reward options, generous research leave (sabbatical) entitlement, a collegial faculty environment and excellent support, training and development opportunities.
For further information about the post, please see the how to apply document, job description and the person specification.
If you have any technical queries with applying on the online system, please use the “contact us” links at the bottom of the LSE Jobs page. Should you have any queries about the role, please email geog.pg@lse.ac.uk .
The closing date for receipt of applications is 17th November 2017 (23.59 UK time). We are unable to accept any late applications.