Faculty Openings at Chicago Harris

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - CHILD DEVELOPMENT

Chicago Harris invites applications for junior faculty positions in child development. Applicants must expect to have completed their Ph.D. in developmental psychology or a closely related field by July 2013 and demonstrate strong promise for a scholarly career. Candidates with advanced quantitative skills and expertise in the measurement of children's skills and behavior, survey methods, experimental design, and teaching experience in Child and Family Policy will be given particular attention. Candidates should send a C.V., three letters of recommendation, and two writing samples on line at http://tinyurl.com/8f67jvj. Review of applications will begin October 15, 2012. The letters of recommendation may be sent electronically to Cynthia Cook Conley, c-cook@uchicago.edu. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after December 15, 2012.  Learn More 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - ECONOMICS

Chicago Harris invites applications for junior faculty positions in Economics. The School will consider applicants working in all sub-fields relevant to public policy with an emphasis on urban economics, environmental economics, development economics, public finance, international economics, health economics, political economy, regulation, and labor economics. Applicants must expect to have completed their Ph.D. by July 31, 2013 and demonstrate strong promise for a scholarly career. Applicants are required to submit a C.V., two letters of recommendation (three preferred), and one writing sample on line at http://tinyurl.com/cw9rq52. Review of applications will begin December 15, 2012. The letters of recommendation may be sent electronically to Cynthia Cook Conley, c-cook@uchicago.edu. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after March 1, 2013.  Learn More 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - ENERGY ECONOMICS

Chicago Harris invites applications for a faculty position in Energy Economics. The position is open rank. Applicants must hold a Ph.D. in economics or a closely related field and have a demonstrated scholarly interest in energy economics and policy. Junior applicants are encouraged to apply. Junior applicants must expect to complete their Ph.D. by July 31, 2013. The ideal candidate will desire to be an active participant in the work of the Energy Policy Institute at Chicago and in the University's engagement in scholarly questions around energy in China through the University of Chicago Center in Beijing.  Junior applicants are required to submit a C.V., two letters of recommendation (three preferred) and one writing sample. Senior applicants are required to submit a C.V. and two sample publications. The letters of recommendation may be sent electronically to Cynthia Cook Conley, c-cook@uchicago.edu. All other materials should be submitted online at http://tinyurl.com/cqr7jom. Review of applications will begin December 15, 2012. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after June 30, 2013. Junior applicants should submit applications by December 15, 2012 in order to ensure full consideration before the AEA meetings. Learn More Learn More

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - POLITICAL SCIENCE

Chicago Harris invites applications for a junior faculty position in Political Science. The search is open with respect to subfield. Applicants must expect to have completed a PhD, by July 31, 2013 and demonstrate strong promise for a scholarly career. Applicants are required to submit a C.V., at least two letters of recommendation (three preferred), and up to two writing samples online at http://tinyurl.com/bteopgq. Review of applications will begin October 1, 2012. The letters of recommendation may be sent electronically to Cynthia Cook Conley, c-cook@uchicago.edu. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after March 1, 2013.  Learn More 

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR - URBAN INITIATIVE

Chicago Harris invites applications for a junior faculty position as part of the Harris School's Urban Initiative. The School will consider applicants from any discipline whose research focuses on some aspect of urban policy or urban studies. Junior applicants must expect to have completed their Ph.D. by July 2013 and demonstrate strong promise for a scholarly career. Junior applicants are required to submit a C.V., two letters of recommendation (three preferred), and one writing sample on line at http://tinyurl.com/8kmghqs. The letters of recommendation may be sent electronically to Cynthia Cook Conley, c-cook@uchicago.edu. Review of applications will begin Oct 1, 2012. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after June 30, 2013.  Learn More 

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ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - EDUCATION POLICY

Chicago Harris invites applications for a senior faculty position in education policy. The School will consider applicants from any discipline whose research focuses on some aspect of education policy. Applicants are required to submit a C.V. and two sample publications on line at http://tinyurl.com/9sjxk45  Review of applications will begin Dec 1, 2012. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after June 30, 2013.  Learn More 

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR - URBAN INITIATIVE

Chicago Harris invites applications for Senior faculty position as part of the Harris School's Urban Initiative. The School will consider applicants from any discipline whose research focuses on some aspect of urban policy or urban studies. Senior applicants are required to submit a C.V. and two sample publications on line at http://tinyurl.com/cr32fnv. Review of applications will begin Oct 1, 2012. Screening of applications will continue until the position is filled. No applications will be accepted after June 30, 2013.  Learn More 

LECTURER

Chicago Harris is expanding the practical training elements of its formal curriculum and is seeking a full-time lecturer , for an initial three year renewable appointment, to teach students in the professional masters programs in three key areas: 1) policy writing and policy communication more generally, 2) policy analysis and problem solving for clients in the public, non-profit, and private sectors, and 3) the policymaking and implementation processes. This initiative seeks to build on the Harris School's traditional strengths in training students in the core social science aspects of policy analysis, implementation, and management, by enhancing opportunities for master's degree candidates to apply these skills in real-world settings and refine professional skills that will enhance their effectiveness in the policymaking and implementation arenas. Learn More

LECTURER - MASTER'S PROGRAM

Chicago Harris is seeking qualified applicants for part-time lecturer positions to teach in our Master's program in the 2012-13 academic year. We are accepting applications to teach in a variety of policy-related areas. Each candidate should submit a cover letter and a curriculum vitae. If you are interested in applying, please apply online at the Academic Career Opportunities web page at the University of Chicago website: http://tinyurl.com/c4bhfzy  Deadline for submission of all required application materials is April 5, 2013.  Learn More 

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (ASSISTANT PROFESSOR)

Chicago Harris is seeking an outstanding candidate for a full-time Research Associate (Assistant Professor) position. The successful candidate will develop an innovative research agenda to produce an integrated developmental approach to health that studies the origins and the evolution of health inequalities over the life-course and across generations, and the role played by cognition, personality, genes, and environment. We are seeking a candidate able to synthesize and extend insights from several disciplines into a unified approach, in order to build up a comprehensive framework for understanding health disparities that incorporates socioeconomic determinants, genetic inheritance, epigenetic mechanisms, biological mechanisms, policy interventions, and behavioral responses. Expertise in latent variables modeling applied to economic problems is strongly preferred. Applicants are required to possess a Ph.D. in economics and have postdoctoral research experience in the subject area. The successful candidate must be able to both work under supervision and to design and conduct research independently. The candidate must be able to supervise graduate students and is expected to present the work both at national and international conferences. Preference will be given to those with proven experience of leading successfully interdisciplinary collaborations and with a record of grant writing for large projects. Qualified applicants are invited to apply online by uploading a CV and a cover letter at http://tinyurl.com/4cdst7r. Compensation is dependent upon qualifications. Review of applications will commence immediately but will continue until position is filled.  Learn More 

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