JOB DESCRIPTION:
Assistant Professors and Postdoctoral Fellows are usually appointed for fixed terms, from one year up to three years. All contracts may be renewed once, for up to six years. Assistant Professors differ from Postdoctoral Fellows on the basis of experience, scientific curriculum and compensation. The remuneration package is competitive, at the international level and includes generous research funds. Additional benefits may be negotiated with selected applicants.
IMT Assistant Professors and Postdoctoral Fellows work closely with other young researchers, Graduate Students and Senior Researchers and have a limited teaching load in the School Graduate Programs. The appointed persons are expected to conduct major research projects and publish in international journals.
JOB QUALIFICATIONS:
ECONOMICS:
IMT seeks highly qualified candidates in the following fields: Applied Economics, Applied Public Economics, International Economics, International Trade, Industrial Organization, Political Economy, Law and Economics, Health Economics. Qualified candidates are invited to apply for Faculty Positions at the Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow levels. Preference will be given to candidates oriented toward applied research and with high degrees of proficiency in the use of mathematical and statistical methods.
POLITICAL SCIENCE:
IMT seeks highly qualified candidates in all fields of Political Science: Comparative Politics; Comparative Law; International Relations; Administration Sciences; Public Policy; the Political Economy of Finance, Taxation and Public Goods; American and European Politics; and, Political and Economic History. Preference will be given to candidates coupling a strong orientation toward empirical research with a robust theoretical and methodological background.
Preference will be given to candidates who have completed or are near completion of their Ph.D. degrees or candidates with experience in formal instruction at the Graduate level.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE:
Each candidate may apply by simply filling out an online application form (available on the IMT website) and uploading relevant additional documents, such as a CV and relevant publications, in PDF format. In addition, IMT requires reference letters for each candidate.
IMT will be conducting interviews at the ASSA meetings, on January 3 - 5, 2010, in Atlanta.
DEADLINE: NOVEMBER 20, 2009.
For further information, please visit our website:
http://www.imtlucca.it
or, contact:
researchers.opening@imtlucca.it 
