Postdoctoral/Assistant Professor positions in Economics and Business

Promotion from Postdoctoral to Assistant Professor is contingent upon a favorable evaluation, while promotion to Associate Professor requires both a favorable evaluation and governmental accreditation.

The University of Barcelona is a leading center in southern Europe, deeply committed to excellence in research. It is consistently ranked as the top university in Spain in major global rankings and is a member of the League of European Research Universities (LERU). With a longstanding tradition in teaching, it offers a wide array of undergraduate and postgraduate degree programmes in Economics and Business. Within this framework, the UB School of Economics and the UB Business School serve as pivotal platforms for research and graduate education in Economics and Business, within the vibrant Barcelona academic hub. 

Candidates are expected to show outstanding commitment to research and must have completed a PhD when taking up the position.

They will be expected to teach in both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes, supervise students’ work at all levels, develop an internationally recognised research agenda, and actively participate in the research activities of their School, Department and research groups.

Submission of interest:

Interested candidates should submit their expression of interest via EconJobMarket (https://econjobmarket.org/positions/12967). The submission should include a cover letter, CV, three letters of recommendation, a copy of the Job Market Paper, and any other relevant research output. 

Interviews will be conducted in mid-December 2026. Based on the interviews, some candidates might be invited for seminars in January/February 2027. 

Deadline for submissions: December 3, 2026.  

Email enquiries should be directed to school.economics@ub.edu for positions in Economics, and to business.school@ub.edu for positions in Business.

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