Postdoc
On-Site
33000 EUR
Professor Carmine Guerriero
The ORIGINS group invites application for one postdoctoral position in economics, funded by a FIS 2 grant on “Institutional Resilience to Climate Change” (PI: Carmine Guerriero). The project will distinguish the short run economic effects of climate change from their long run institutional impact.
Founded in 2017, the ORIGINS group combines the scholarship of world-renowned archaeologists, Assyriologists, economists, jurists and political scientists to study the origins and impact of the first stable political, legal and market institutions, with a particular focus on Bronze Age Mesopotamia, Egypt and China. Over and above Carmine Guerriero (U of Bologna), other ORIGINS members involved in the INRES project are: Mark Altaweel (UCL), Giacomo Benati (U of Barcelona), Alberto Bisin (NYU), Alessio Palmisano (U of Turin), Alex Loktionov (Cambridge U) and David Stasavage (NYU). More information on our group and our activities can be found at www.origins-project.com.
Requirements
Candidates should hold a PhD in economics and have both a strong theoretical background and an expertise in models of institutional dynamics. Knowledge of empirical institutional economics would be considered as a relevant plus.
Position
- Duration: The position is renewable for up to 2 years (1 year + 1 year).
- Salary: The average gross salary is 33K euro per year.
The activities
Your key responsibilities include:
- Devising theoretical models of the institutional response to climate change.
- Possibly testing the model’s predictions empirically.
- Formulating policy-relevant assessments of past experience.
Application procedure
The deadline is on May 1st 2026, but applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis. Application materials must include cover letter, CV, transcript of relevant degrees, one paper and two reference letters and must be submitted by email to originsproject.research@gmail.com.
For any questions, please contact Prof. Carmine Guerriero at c.guerriero@unibo.it.
Department of Economics - Piazza Scaravilli, 2
40126 Bologna , Italy
