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Write your excellent research project together with University of Southern Denmark (SDU) and apply for a 2-year Marie Skłodowska-Curie European Fellowship position.
University of Southern Denmark
The Department of Economics at the University of Southern Denmark is seeking highly motivated researchers to collaborate on submitting projects under the Horizon Europe Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships action. Please note that this is not a direct job opening but rather an opportunity to apply for a grant that could lead to a two-year position as a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellow at our institution. Our department has been very successful in securing these grants in recent years and looks forward to supporting outstanding candidates through the application process.
Accepted fellows will be working at Econometrics and Data Science research group at the Department of Economics. The group focuses on producing high quality research and teaching in Econometrics, Statistics, Causal Inference, Machine Learning and Big Data Analytics. Our research platform has done pioneering work on the use of machine learning in economics. For example, we are at the research frontier in terms of the application of image recognition algorithms to transcribe historical documents. While data science methods are great for solving prediction problems, it is often necessary to uncover causal relationships in order to give empirically based policy recommendations. Our research group develops new methods and applies state-of-the-art causal inference in the fields of Health and Labor Economics to answer important questions.
Eligibility of the candidate
Candidates can be of any nationality, must hold a PhD degree (achieved within at most the last 8 years), and must not have worked or lived more than 12 months in Denmark within the previous 36 months at the time of the deadline for the application. Required working language: English.
The successful candidate(s) will have a strong international profile, a strong record of research publications, and have demonstrated exceptional potential to excel in scientific research. We offer a uniquely ambitious research environment, and we expect successful applicants to actively engage in the development of the research unit.
If you are interested in pursuing this opportunity, please forward your CV and a short, motivated application including: 1) your research area, 2) your project idea, 3) what knowledge and/or skills you want to develop through the fellowship, and 4) how your research will contribute to the group.
Read more about the MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship at https://marie-sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/actions/postdoctoral-fellowships
Expressions of interest must be forwarded by 15 March 2025 to Research Support Officer, Karla Douw (kdo@sam.sdu.dk) and Professor, Giovanni Mellace (giome@sam.sdu.dk). Selected candidates will be invited to participate in an online Marie Curie PF masterclass in April 2025. The MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship deadline is 12 September 2025.
For further information, please contact: Prof. Giovanni Mellace, giome@sam.sdu.dk You can read more about the department at https://www.sdu.dk/en/om_sdu/institutter_centre/oekonomiskinstitut.
